Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered…. I acknowledge my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgression to the Lord, and you forgave the iniquity of my is. Psalm 32:1,5 True happiness is when you received forgiveness from God. Before forgiveness from God, we carry guilt, shame, and condemnation. It makes our heart feel heavy. However, after Christ’s forgiveness, we don’t carry guilt around us. Our consciences is not troubled anymore.an This forgiveness from God is for all who look for His mercy. You will find peace and relief. God’s forgiveness can be shown in three ways. The…
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Pay Attention for Forgiveness
Pay attention to yourselves! If you brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents forgive him. Luke 17:3 “Don’t Judge!” is a phrase we hear a lot lately. I do think there is a time when we shouldn’t judge and this is towards non believers. All we can do is pray for them and let God’s light shine through us. We need to be loving towards them. Let’s take a look at the word rebuke. It means according to dictionary.com, is to express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions. In this verse, is saying that if we see our brothers and sisters in Christ sinning, we…
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Forgive From The Heart
So also my Heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart. Matthew 18:35 God wants us to forgive. Jesus taught about forgiveness. He taught about God’s forgiveness. Even though God freely gives to those who confess and turn away from sin, it also depends on each individual’s willingness to forgive others. A person could lose the chance to be forgiven of their sins. If they are unwilling to forgive others. A person heart can become bitter, resentful, and unforgiving when they refuse to forgive. This is a sad state to be in. This is where you could lose…
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Forgive One Another
For if you forgive others their trespass, your Heavenly Father will also forgive, but if you do not forgive others, their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14 -15 Can you easily forgive others? or is it hard for you to do? Does it depend on what the situation is? God forgives us when we ask, all he asks is that we also forgive others. It doesn’t matter what the crime, hurt, offense is. God asks us to forgive. What does forgive actually mean? According to the dictionary.com, forgive means to stop feeling angry or resentful towards(someone) for an offense, flaw or mistake. Flaw sure is interesting in this…
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His Great Mercy
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and which according to His great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3 God’s mercy is wonderful. It is much-needed for our salvation. Because of his mercy, he has caused us to be born again. Born again is a spiritual birth – regeneration. Regeneration is God bringing Christians to new life or born again from a previous state of separation from God. His mercy for us, while we are ignorance and guilt, depravity and weakness, shows up in His love and goodness. It’s the…
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Mercy Over Judgement
So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgement is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement. James 2:12-13 We are saved by God’s gift of Grace through faith. As christians, we are required to obey Christ. We, christians, will go before the judgement seat of Christ, to be judge by the way we conduct ourselves. We must speak and act that is pleasing to God. We must act and speak in ways that are obedient to God. God will judge those who show favoritism because it breaks the law of love. Verse 12,…
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Mercy Seat Of God
Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in details. Hebrews 9:5 The mercy-seat was used as the cover of the ark of the covenant in the Holy of Holies. The mercy-seat was sprinkled with the blood on the annual day of atonement. On the annual Day of Atonement both a bull and a goat were used. The bulls blood was used for the High Priest and His family. The goat’s blood was used for the whole nation. This served as an offering for the sins as an offering to God. The Mercy seat is where God would come and…
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According To His Own Mercy
But after the kindness and love of God our savior toward man appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, Titus 3:4-5 God sure does show us kindness and love. We have no excuse for being self – exalted or mistreating of others in thoughts or action. Since God shows us mercy, we are to show mercy to others. Our changed life is attributable to the manifestation of man because of God. He appeared to us in human form. God lived among us to save us, not for the works we…
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God’s Heart of Mercy
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the Dayspring from on High has visited us, Luke 1:78 The tender mercy of our God is the heart of God. God gives the miserable and the afflicted mercy, He joined with a desire to help us. God’s mercy towards men is salvation. Here is Zacharias prophesying about John the Baptist ministry. He is talking about God’s mercies through His son Jesus, who will be the light in the dark. Remember Zacharias couldn’t talk until after his son John the Baptist was born. He couldn’t talk all due to his doubt. Through this Zacharias spoke about a pardoning mercy. Zacharias states that…
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The Merciful
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Matthew 5:7 God is so merciful to us. We are to be imitators of God. As God gives us mercy, we should be willing to off others mercy. Each day of every moment, God gives us His mercy. People need mercy. We, humans make mistakes, we mess up, we sin. We are not perfect, Yet!!! With all of this, God still offers us mercy all day long, when we don’t deserve. When someone wrongs us, whether they know it or not, are we willing to offer mercy to them? Being merciful is being full of sympathy and compassion towards those who…