Four Reasons to Forgive

 I John 19:10 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His Word is not in us."

Ephesians 5:1 "Therefore be imitators of God as dear children."

Romans 4:7,8 "Blessed are those, whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered, blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin."

Mt. 6:12-14 "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Luke 6:37-38 "Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."

Matthew 25:23-26 "Then he who had received one talent, came and said, Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not gathered seed. And I was afraid and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours. But his Lord answered and said to him, you wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sewn and gathered where I had not scattered seed."

Romans 12:1 "I Beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

John 4:24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and truth."

Colossians 3:13 "Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another, even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.

1. We forgive because we have been forgiven.

2. Forgiveness of others is a prerequisite of God.

3. forgiveness of others is a prerequisite of true worship.

4. Forgiveness shows Christlikeness.

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