Forgiveness by God:
Introduction: What is Forgiveness?
Daniel 9:9- "The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him."
Steps to being forgiven by God:
Admit you are a sinner – pray to God confessing your sins to Him and admitting you have fallen short of his will.
Believe in Christ – believe in His birth, death, resurrection, the things he did on earth while he was here, and that he is coming back to take us all home and the Old Heaven and Earth will die away and the New Heaven and Earth will combine.
Choose to follow Jesus, God's Son, despite everything this sin-cursed Earth throws at us.
1 John 1:9- If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
How to forgive others:
Matthew 6:14-15- "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins."
1. Don't hold grudges against the person who has done wrong because God doesn't hold any grudges against you once you accept Jesus.
2. Don't seek revenge – it is against God's word and is sin. God didn't try to take revenge so why should we.
3. You should forgive and forget, despite what they did to use because they are human and don't know any better.
Leviticus 19:18- 'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD'
