TO FORGIVE:
- To give up resentment of or
claim to requital
Ex. To forgive an insult
- To grant relief from payment
Ex. To forgive a debt
- To cease to feel harshly toward
Ex. To forgive an offender
- To pardon
Ex. To pardon an enemy
- To grant forgiveness
- To excuse
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
- We are to be God-like, Christ-like Lk 23:34
Mt 5:39-48 to Eph 4:32 to Col 3:12,13
to 1Pe 2:21-23 to 1Jn 4:11-13
WHAT ARE WE TOLD?
Ps 37:1-11
- Lk 6:26-38 Love your enemies
Bless your enemies
Pray for your enemies
- Ro 12:14-21 Feed your enemies
- Pr 15:1 Tit 3:2 Respond kindly to your enemies
- Jas 2:8-13 Lk 17:3,4 1Sa 24:1-15 Show mercy
to your enemies
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T FORGIVE?
- God will turn away Pr 24:17,18
- Sacrifice becomes unaccepted Mt 5:22-24
- Prayer may go unanswered Mk 11:25,26
- A door opens for Satan 2Co 2:7-11 Eph 4:26,27
- God will respond to us in kind Mt 18:21-35
PROVERBial GUIDELINES
Proverbs 10:12,18;11:12;14:29; 16:1-3,6,7,20,32; 17:1,14,17;20:3;24:19,29;25:8-10;26:4
FOR MEDITATION
Ps 51:10 Jas 3:8-18 Ro 8:28-32
Heb 12:14,15
