FORGIVENESS
HOW DO I MAKE THINGS RIGHT? Ps 51
| THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONTRITION | What does contrition mean? | Deep and genuine feeling of guilt and remorse, grief |
| 2 Cor 7:10- Godly sorrow is
CONTRITION <007:010 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.> |
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| I’ve sinned against a good, perfect, and Holy God “against You, You only, have I sinned” | ||
| Godly sorrow brings repentance. Repentance comes from the Greek word metanoya which means turn around | ||
| Repentance is always visible (Lk
3:8) <Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.> |
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| THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONFESSION | Covering it up doesn’t work | David tried to ( Ps 32)<chapter> |
| We try (1 Jhn 1:8,
1:9) <001:008 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 001:009 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. >
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| There is no forgiveness without confession (Jam
5:16) <Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.> |
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| We are as sick as our secrets and as healthy as our honesty | ||
| (Prov 28:13) “He who covers his sins will
not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have
mercy.” <He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.> |
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| What do I do about private sin? | ||
| What do I do with public sin? | ||
| THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS WITHOUT COST | Ps 51:7 “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall
be clean” <Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.> |
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| THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS WITHOUT COST | Why does their have to be a sacrifice? | {1} Sin brings death |
| {2} When someone sins someone pays. | ||
| A REMINDER OF HOW HORRIBLE SIN IS | WHAT ABOUT MY SIN? | |
| MY PASSOVER LAMB | ||
| DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF ME | ||
| FORGIVENESS COMES WITH A GREAT COST! |