The Word of Forgiveness.
Making a distinction between the word of forgiveness and the spirit of forgiveness is helpful. Many of the Scriptures link forgiveness to repentance. A careful reading of these passages shows that there is no other way of reading these except to conclude that when one repents I am called to forgive them.
Luke 17:3-4
- So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."
Notice the conditional ‘if’ in these verses. There is no alternative presented except to forgive when a person repents.
Other passages to consider are Hosea 14:1-4 and Matthew 18:15-35, Deuteronomy 29:19-20, Jeremiah 5:2-9, Lamentations 3:40-50.
Prayer:-
- Ask God to bless this year’s Committee of Management with wisdom, insight and an ability to tend to our finances and resources in a way that promotes the Kingdom, grows it and nurtures it.
- Pray that the MOPS ministry will continue to reach out, to touch lives with the grace of God and to make disciples for Jesus’ name.
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