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1. FORGIVEN PEOPLE ARE HAPPY PEOPLE<\/span><\/span> <\/b> Some people collect stamps, some people collect butterflies. Some people 2. FORGIVENESS IS A CONDITIONAL ACTION<\/span><\/span> <\/b> 3. GOD’S FORGIVENESS IS WHAT COUNTS THE MOST<\/span><\/span> <\/b> Like a man robbing a store. He is caught, he goes to trial, and is found guilty. While A. His forgiveness is real and lasting. In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Is it really complicated ? Not really, but a lot of factors go into whether a person can be truly forgiven, or not. 1. FORGIVEN PEOPLE ARE HAPPY PEOPLE A. Many accounts of such people in the Bible. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Psalm 32:1 B. They forgive and they do not dwell on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12],"tags":[52,35,49,50,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA. Many accounts of such people in the Bible.
\nBlessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
\nPsalm 32:1 <\/span><\/i>
\nB. They forgive and they do not dwell on the sins of others. Readiness to forgive
\nis an attitude which doesn’t dwell on other’s faults, but examines our own
\nrelationship with God. God is ready to forgive…
\nFor thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy
\nunto all them that call upon thee. Psalm 86:5<\/i><\/span>
\nC. They don’t collect imaginary sins. Often people misinterpret the actions or words
\nof someone else. But if they are in a bad spiritual state they could quickly make
\nthe wrong conclusions, and assume that someone sinned against them.
\nHe that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
\nProverbs 18:13<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n
\ncollect what they view as offenses by other people. For instance: On a TV
\ncommercial a man is starting to lose his hair. So everywhere he looks, he sees
\nbalding heads. When he goes to the grocery store and sees a melon, he thinks
\nof his head being bald. When he sees the US Capitol Building, with it’s huge
\ndome, he thinks of his head without hair. WHY? He has internalized it – instead
\nof turning it over to God – so he becomes paranoid about everything people
\nsay and everything he sees. When people aren’t right with God, nothing you do
\nwill please them. If you tell them you appreciate them helping in some way,
\nthey will interpret that to mean, “They want me to do it more.” If you don’t say
\nanything, they say, “They don’t appreciate anything I’ve done.”<\/p>\n
\nA. It is needed only when a genuine offense is committed. Some people hate their
\n“brother without cause”.
\nStrive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
\nProverbs 3:30<\/span><\/i>
\nFor example: “I forgive O.J.” – Well, he didn’t do anything to you. So, how can
\nyou forgive him? That’s like saying to a man whose mortgage payment was four
\nmonths past due – “Brother, I forgive you.” Unless you held the mortgage, what
\ngood is that statement?
\nB. It depends upon true repentance.
\nTake heed to yourselves: if thy brother trespass
\nagainst thee, rebuke him;
\nand if he repent, forgive him. Luke 17:3<\/span><\/i>
\nYou have a Biblical obligation to tell him the fault face to face, not behind his
\nback.
\nMoreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee,
\ngo and tell him his fault
\nbetween thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy
\nbrother. Matthew 18:15<\/span><\/i>
\nHow can this be done, if the person you want to forgive is dead ?
\n– Get it right with God. If it even matters to the person, and they are in heaven,
\nthere is forgiveness.
\nC. It depends on the willingness of the offended party. It is required when
\nconditions are met.
\nBut if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
\nyour Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:15<\/span><\/i>
\nMany carry around bitterness and anger from years past. Tragic ! It affects
\ntheir health, their mental state, and their relationship with God. Even Christians
\nwho carry grudges around, for even as little as a couple weeks can be
\nnegatively affected.<\/p>\n
\n*Many people want to forgive themselves. So what if you can forgive your own sin,
\nbut don’t have the record of it taken away from heaven ?<\/p>\n
\nin jail, he receives a letter from the store owner. In it, the store owner says that he
\nhas forgiven the man. So, what? It doesn’t get the man out of jail any more than
\nself-forgiveness will get you out of hell or a bad relationship with the Lord.<\/p>\n
\nIf we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
\ncleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9<\/span><\/p>\n
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