God Says.... Part 5 of 5

FORGIVENESS

·      Psalm 103:8-14

Þ   The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love

Þ   As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us

Þ   As a father show compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him

Þ   For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust

·      2 Corinthians 5:17-6:12

Þ   Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Þ   In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them

Þ   For our sake he (Father God) made him to be sin who knew no sin (Jesus), so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Þ   Behold now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation

Þ   You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections.

·      Isaiah 52:11-53:12

Þ   Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out form the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.

Þ   Surely he (Jesus) borne our griefs and carried our sorrows….he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities (sins).

Þ   He bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.

·      Hebrews 9:1-28

Þ   But when Christ appeared as a high priest…he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.

Þ   Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins

Þ   As it is, he (Jesus) has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Þ   So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him

·      Hebrews 10:19-25

Þ   Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

·      1 John 4:7-21

Þ   Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides I him, and he is God.

Þ   So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.

Þ   God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him

Þ   We may have confidence for the day of judgment

·      Psalm 32:1-11

Þ   Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Þ   I acknowledged my sin to you and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin

Þ   Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for you, all you upright in heart!

·      Romans 5:1-11

Þ   But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us

·      Ephesians 2:1-10

Þ   But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ

Þ   By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast

·      Romans 8:1-11

Þ   There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

Þ   You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you