Category: 1b1 – Forgiveness

Forgiveness is foundational to be able to love your neighbor, to love mercy.

Mercy is the Meat

Matt 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." Mercy is the meat, mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God

We can rise above the turmoil as we simply consider that the meat is mercy. Matt 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”

Importance of Forgiving

Forgiveness - Purposefully altering one’s attitude toward someone who has offended or otherwise owes us a debtm changing from negative feelings toward them to a desire for them to prosper, Thoughts of God, Thoughtsfogod, David Reese

As believers in Jesus, we have reason to be cautious as we look at Matthew 18:23-35 18:23-35. “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves…. “And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt. But that slave went […]

Finished, Paid in Full, and Blotted Out

having been; blotted out, wiped away, obliterated, rubbed out - it is; finished, completed, paid, fulfilled, accomplished - having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Colossians 2:14 - Τετέλεσται, Tetelestai, ἐξαλείφω, exaleiphó, mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God, David Reese

To be saved, is to confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord- (Yehoshua=Joshua+YHWH — YHWH is salvation) along with believing in your heart (our center, mind, will, intention) that God raised Him from the dead. This is salvation, salvation from being separated from God. This is what it means to be born again. […]