Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven – Matthew 18:21-22
If we are honest with ourselves, Peter’s question is one we all would have wanted to ask. Exactly how many […]
The Lord God…forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty – Exodus 34:6-7
We are here informed of two attributes of God which seem to be completely contradictory. On the one hand, He is described as forgiving. No matter what the transgression, no matter how dark the sin, no […]
It is important to remember that every sin leads to Hell – even a sin as seemingly “small” as eating one bite of a forbidden fruit. There is no sin which, in the eyes of God, is “forgivable” in the sense of being too small or petty for Him to care about. Because God is […]
Read more »There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared – Psalm 130:4
This is a striking statement from beginning to end. First, there is forgiveness with the holy, perfect God who does not pardon sins? How could this be? On the other hand, even this forgiveness of God should lead us to a reverential fear […]
Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you – Ephesians 4:32
What soft comfort and what hard conviction are contained in this one admonition! First, we are told that God has, for Christ’s sake, forgiven you (if you are among “the faithful in Christ Jesus” […]
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