Pillar 3 - Walking in Obedience
Feel Forgiveness
Scripture portrays forgiveness as a reflection of God’s heart.
Forgiveness is one of the most misunderstood commands in Scripture — and one of the most liberating when it is finally understood and extended from a place of having been forgiven first.
Do You Not Know ?
Belief In Christ Sets You Free …
That Your Sins Are Forgiven!
Have Your Not Heard ?
You Are To Forgive One Another,
As God In Christ Forgave You.
The Choice Is Yours!!
HELL - ENDLESS AGONY WITH SATAN IN THE LAKE OF FIRE
OR
HEAVEN - ETERNAL LIFE OF JOY, PEACE AND LOVE WITH CHRIST JESUS
Feel Forgiveness!!
“Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” Colossians 3:13
Where Will You Spend Eternity ?
This is the truth in its simplest form — the same words printed inside every Feel Forgiveness Truth Card:
Do not move past this too quickly.
If this is true, which it is, it changes everything about your life.
What Scripture Says About Forgiveness
Forgiveness is central to the Christian faith. The Bible speaks powerfully to both the forgiveness between two people – a horizontal forgiveness between the offender and the offended, and the divine forgiveness – a vertical forgiveness purchased by the Cross of Christ. This divine forgiveness empowers you to forgive others.
All mankind stands as the offender to God through sin and rebellion, breaking the relationship between the created and the Creator. In God’s holiness, justice cannot simply overlook sin, although His love seeks reconciliation. God’s solution to this paradox is Christ’s substitutionary death and resurrection. Rather than demanding a payment humanity cannot give, Jesus paid the penalty for your sins, reconciling you to the Father.
Paul writes in Ephesians 1:7 "In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace." This means that when you turn to Christ in faith, your sins are completely forgiven – not because you deserve it, but because it is offered freely by grace, confirmed by the costly death of God’s Son. “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1.
Every human offense is secondary to the divine offense. When you truly grasp the depth of God’s forgiveness to you, you can extend that same grace to those who have wronged you. In fact, Jesus commanded you to do so. In Matthew 6:14-15, Jesus states "For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
Forgiveness isn’t about minimizing sin, excusing harm or denying justice. It acknowledges the real offense, but it means taking the loss upon oneself, absorbing the debt rather than extracting payment. Yet, this release through forgiveness frees the offended from the effects of anger and bitterness. “Beloved, never avenge yourselves… ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord.” Romans 12:19
Justice has already been addressed at the Cross. Christ alone is worthy to judge the final accounting. Christians forgive to mirror the Cross, because we have first been forgiven. While divine forgiveness transforms you, you must still do the difficult work of forgiving those who have harmed you and seeking forgiveness from those you have harmed.
What Others Ask
Q. How do I truly feel forgiven by God after something serious?
A. Feeling forgiven begins with believing that forgiveness is complete in Christ — not partial or provisional. Colossians 2:13-14 says God 'forgave us all our trespasses, canceling the record of debt that stood against us.' The feeling follows the fact. Spend time in Psalm 103:12 and Isaiah 43:25. Let truth precede emotion, and invite the Holy Spirit to make it real.
A. Why do I still feel guilty even after confessing my sins to God?
A. Persistent guilt after genuine confession is often accusation — from the enemy or from self — rather than the Spirit's conviction. Romans 8:1 declares: 'There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.' The Holy Spirit convicts to lead to repentance; He does not condemn the repentant. If you have confessed and turned, the guilt is not from God.
Q. What does 1 John 1:9 promise about forgiveness?
A. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.' This is unconditional and total: faithful (God will not fail to forgive), just (the debt has been legally paid at the cross), and cleansing (not merely pardoned but purified). The promise is as complete as the forgiveness it describes."
Q. Is there any sin God will not forgive?
A. Jesus speaks of a sin that will not be forgiven — 'blasphemy against the Holy Spirit' (Matthew 12:31). Theologians generally understand this as the final, persistent rejection of the Spirit's testimony about Christ — the hardened refusal of salvation itself. Anyone who fears they have committed this sin almost certainly has not — that very fear is evidence the Spirit is still at work in them.
Q. How do I forgive myself when God has already forgiven me?
A. Self-forgiveness is not a biblical category — it is actually a form of holding your own court after God has already ruled. The struggle to 'forgive yourself' often means you haven't fully believed what God says about His forgiveness. Receive His verdict. Agree with Him about your sin (that's confession) and about His grace (that's faith). Self-punishment is not humility — it is refusing the gift or not fully trusting in it.
Digging Deeper Introduction
Forgiveness is a central reality to Christian life and faith. It embodies both the redemptive work of God through the cross of Jesus Christ and the defining marks of a transformed heart extending the grace of forgiveness to others unconditionally. Though linked, these are two distinct concepts of forgiveness that operate on different planes. The first is divine and vertical; the second human and horizontal.
Forgiveness originates in God’s character. God is described as merciful, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. At the same time, He is righteous, holy, and just with His wrath set against sin. Hebrews 3:22 recalls the Old Testament law of cleansing and forgiveness: “The law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”
Sin entered the world through man’s disobedience when he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God cannot simply overlook sin or pretend it didn’t happen. Justice demands payment either by the sinner or a substitute. Christ’s death on the cross satisfied divine justice, enabling God to forgive without compromising His righteousness.
You have been forgiven—will you forgive others?
Who do you need to forgive?
From whom do you need to ask forgiveness?
Someone’s eternity depends on it!
Awaken the sleeper!
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