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INTRODUCTION
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What is forgiveness?
Thomas Watson (English Puritan preacher) described forgiveness as
Resisting revenge.
, “Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for
the wrath of God, for it is written, 'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,' says the Lord.”
Don't seek to do them mischief.
, “See that no one repays another with evil
for evil.”
Wish well to them.
, “Bless those who curse you.”
We know that under normal, natural circumstances, repentance should precede forgiveness.
Put in another way, forgiveness must follow repentance.
If we follow this line of thought or argument, we need to be careful not to miss the beauty of God’s kind of forgiveness.
We are to forgive one another as Christ has forgiven us!
Not only that, we are to look after those who are less well situated than us.
Job was falsely accused by Eliphaz of being mean, miserly and of mistreating the weak and vulnerable.
These allegations are so serious that if you did them to people today, regardless of what you suppose they have done to you, God will be really angry with you (see ).
We know that under normal, natural circumstances, repentance should precede forgiveness.
Put in another way, forgiveness must follow repentance.
If we follow this line of thought or argument, we need to be careful not to miss the beauty of God’s kind of forgiveness.
We are to forgive one another as Christ has forgiven us!
Not only that, we are to look after those who are less well situated than us.
Job was falsely accused by Eliphaz of being mean, miserly and of mistreating the weak and vulnerable.
These allegations are so serious that if you did them to people today, regardless of what you suppose they have done to you, God will be really angry with you (see ).
Grieve at their calamities.
, “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not
let your heart be glad when he stumbles.”
Pray for them.
, “But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who
persecute you.”
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Seek reconciliation with them.
, “If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.”
Be always willing to come to their relief.
, “If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.”
We know that under normal, natural circumstances, repentance should precede forgiveness.
Put in another way, forgiveness must follow repentance.
If we follow this line of thought or argument, we need to be careful not to miss the beauty of God’s kind of forgiveness.
We are to forgive one another as Christ has forgiven us!
The Standard of Forgiveness is As Christ Has forgiven Us!
If you go below this standard, you have failed.
secondly, our own forgiveness is dependent on our forgiving others!
It is clearly written that if we do not forgive those who offend us, then God will not forgive us.
It is clearly written that if we do not forgive those who offend us, then God will not forgive us.
1. FORGIVENESS BEFORE SERVICE (RECONCILE FIRST)
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No one is permitted to participate in the service of Christ, who is not willing from their heart to forgive those who offended them.
As it is written, he who desires the office of an overseer, a deacon or worker, desires a good thing.
But He/she must be willing to drop all charges against those who have offended him/her, and from the heart forgive them.
This is a prime condition for service in the Kingdom of Christ.
This is a necessary condition for our own forgiveness before God ().
It couldn't be clearer.
If you fail to forgive, case closed.
You can never be forgiven by God!
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Judging from this Scripture, are we justified to withhold forgiveness of someone who injures us, offends us or trespasses against us, but refuses to repent and apologise to us?
We don’t have to wait for someone to repent, and apologise to us before we can forgive them.
No! We have to forgive even if the offender has not repented.
2. FORGIVENESS BY SEVENS (UNLIMITED FORGIVENESS)
2. FORGIVENESS BY SEVENS (UNLIMITED FORGIVENESS)
No! We have to forgive even if the offender has not repented2.
FORGIVENESS BY SEVENS (UNLIMITED FORGIVENESS)
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The apostle Peter’s question suggests that He believed that if you forgave seven time a day you have done really well; and if you refuse to forgive after seen times, you are justified.
But Jesus put him right, telling him that you don’t stop forgiving.
In scripture, the number 7 is used for completeness.
It derived its meaning from God’s creation of all things.
On the 7th day it is said that God rested from His creating, after completing his creation.
It’s like Jesus was telling Peter, don’t just count how many times you are offended.
Just go on forgiving as you are forgiven.
For many people this is quite challenging.
In , Paul lists the manifestation of the old nature and encourages all believers to show their true nature and desist from all these - lying, anger, wrath, stealing, corrupt communications, grieving the Holy Spirit.
Most of these are also related to unforgiveness.
Instead of allowing ourselves to be controlled by these, the apostle encourages us to become tender hearted, to forgive as Christ has forgiven us.
True forgiveness is a limitless exercise because that is how God forgives us.
I used to do a little arithmetic with Christ’s answer to Peter’s question: Peter was to told to forgive 70 x 7 times, or 490 times in a day.
There are 8 working hours of 60 minutes each, or 480 minutes in a day.
If you interpret Christ answer in this form of arithmetic progression, you’d have to forgive a person who offends you every minute from 9.00 am to 5.10 pm.
3. FORGIVENESS OF FELLOW SERVANTS (WITHOUT WHICH NO FORGIVENESS)
How much do you owe God?
And how much does your neighbour owe you?
Is there someone who you need to forgive?
Is there someone who you haven’t talked to in a long time because of what they did?
Is there someone who you avoid like the plague?
Is there someone who you avoid like the plague?
Is there someone who you avoid like the plague?
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