City Harbor Church – Hampden, Baltimore, MD

Forgiveness – Part One

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Why is learning Biblical forgiveness important?

  • Helps us learn more about the character of God.
  • Broadens our understanding of what Jesus did for us on the cross.
  • How we believe God forgives us shapes how we forgive others.

    • Sin: Foolishness, Prov. 24:9, transgression (to go across the boundary), 1 John 2:4, unrighteousness (breaking of relationship) 1 John 5:17, Not doing good James 4:17, doing good (! bad heart/motives),

    Exodus 34 – I forgive iniquity, rebellion, sin

    • Iniquity: perverse, make crooked
    • Rebellion: to break away from authority, trespass, quarrel, revolt
    • Sin: offense, habitual sin and its penalty, to miss the mark
    • Disobedience, not listening to God, error or sin of ignorance,

      • Effects of sin:

      1. Forfeited purity (shame),
      2. Knowledge of good and evil (we know good and evil but we only do evil, Romans 7:18-21
      3. Our conscience started working, Romans 2:14
      4. Try to make ourselves presentable
      5. Fear of God
      6. Blame
      7. Our Nature was corrupted
      8. Judgment followed (toil, death)


        9. God wanted to right these effects,

        • Righteousness, repairing our relationship with God and others
        • Love (John 3:16, Romans 5:8 while we were still sinners Jesus died)
        • Eternal life through Jesus

          • We have all sinned

          Romans 3:23-24


          God’s forgiveness is:

          • Gracious but not free. It cost him.
          • God’s forgiveness is conditional. Only those who repent and believe are saved.
          • A commitment. When God forgives he promises/commits to not hold that sin against us.


            • God’s Forgiveness:

            • Lays the groundwork for and begins the process of reconciliation.
            • Does not mean the elimination of all consequences.


              • What do we learn?:

              • Sin separates us from our relationship with God
              • Our repentance followed by God’s forgiveness restores that relationship
              • Forgiveness is costly
              • God’s forgiveness shows us His character


                • What should we do?

                • Consider the cost of God’s forgiveness to you
                • Spend time thanking God for His forgiveness

                  • Isaiah 44:22

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