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  • John Gaston avatar

    God-Who-Forgives

    Contributed by John Gaston on Sep 19, 2018
     | 5,127 views

    How can the God who maintains absolute Justice, dismiss the charges of the guilty? Yet God's hyphenated name is God-Who-Forgives! How can this be?

    GOD-WHO-FORGIVES Ps. 99:8, NKJV INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Nuns And Greed 1. There was a very large nun who dearly loved her food. She was cautioned by the Mother Superior on the subject of greed. ‘Remember,’ she was told, ‘the Bible says that we are temples of the Holy Spirit, and therefore we ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Christopher Martin avatar

    Forgiveness And Daily Bread

    Contributed by Christopher Martin on Aug 20, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,610 views

    Series B, Proper 13 Preached in the McConnellsburg Lutheran Parish 8/5/2012

    I have to admit, every time I read through this part of the book of Exodus, I am just amazed at the behavior of the Israelites. If there was ever a group of people who should know from first hand experience that when God promises to do something, He will do it, it should be the Israelites. ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • John Kapteyn avatar

    Father, Forgive Them

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,171 views

    These words of Jesus confront us as we consider what the implications are for us.

    Introductory Considerations 1. This cross on whom my Saviour died remains a mystery to me. I cling to it because it is the center symbol of my faith. I know my Saviour died for me. I know he took upon Himself all of my sin. I have heard countless sermons about the cross and preached many about it ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    The First Word: Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Mar 24, 2005
    based on 45 ratings
     | 74,947 views

    An analysis of Jesus’ first word on the cross, as set forth in Luke 23:34, teaches us about forgiveness.

    Introduction Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). Herbert Lockyer, in his book titled, All the Last Words of Saints and Sinners, says, "The last words of both saints and sinners about to enter eternity, what they had to say before their ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Scott Maze avatar

    Father, Forgive Them Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Mar 7, 2022
     | 6,202 views

    Jesus prayed for His murders. He prayed for the very people who were His cruelest enemies. "Father, forgive them" is for the very ones who are doing unimaginable cruel things to Him.

    Jesus hung on the cross for six agonizing hours before succumbing to the torture of crucifixion through asphyxiation. During that time, Jesus made seven statements on the cross recorded in the four gospels of the New Testament. Each of these statements is significant and worthy of every drop of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Forgiveness Is Conditional: Basics Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 17, 2020
     | 3,775 views

    Forgiveness is conditional and part of a continuum.

    Forgiveness Basics (Luke 17:3-4) 1. Twenty years ago, Rwanda experienced a horrible genocide as one tribal group attacked and massacred another over tribal rivalry. Here is one story of forgiveness from that horrid era. “He killed my father and three brothers. He did these killings with other ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Russell Brownworth avatar

    From Failure To Forgiveness

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Oct 28, 2010
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     | 9,525 views

    God chooses to forgive us

    27The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of animals. 28And just as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Ernie Arnold avatar

    The Love And Joy Of Forgiveness

    Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Mar 1, 2016
     | 5,973 views

    In Jesus Parable of the Loving Father we see 1. The love of forgiveness and 2. The Joy that Forgiveness brings to everyone. Forgiveness starts with a heart of holy love and ends with rejoicing and celebration!

    Scripture: Luke 15:11-32; Psalms 32; Joshua 5:9-12 Theme: Forgiveness Proposition: In Jesus' Parable of the Loving Father we see 1. The love of forgiveness and 2. The joy of forgiveness INTRO: I had the privilege of growing up in the hills of Eastern Kentucky in a little town called ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Crucifixion: The Power Of Forgiveness

    Contributed by Joe Harding on Mar 29, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,944 views

    THE CRUCIFIXION BROUGHT OUR FORGIVENESS

    THE CRUCIFIXION: THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS LUKE 23: 32-43 MARCH 21, 2004 INTRODUCTION: Someone once said, to err is human; to forgive divine! Not long before she died in 1988, in a moment of surprising candor in television, Marghanita Laski, one of our best-known secular humanists and novelists, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    Forgiving One Another

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Sep 27, 2018
     | 3,192 views

    Do we really value confession and contrition before God? Do we realize the enormity of our own debt?

    Colossians – Jesus Holds it All Forgiving One Another September 30, 2018 Colossians 3:12-14 NIV “Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Freedom Of God's Forgiveness

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Apr 25, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,596 views

    Our worth and value comes not in what we do or what others think of us, but by who we are in Christ Jesus.

    THE STORY IS TOLD ABOUT A WELL-KNOWN SPEAKER WHO STARTED OFF HIS SEMINAR BY HOLDING UP A $20.00 BILL. IN THE ROOM OF 200, HE ASKED, "WHO WOULD LIKE THIS $20 BILL?" HANDS STARTED GOING UP. HE SAID, "I AM GOING TO GIVE THIS $20 TO ONE OF YOU BUT FIRST, LET ME DO THIS. HE PROCEEDED TO CRUMPLE UP THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • David Insell avatar

    Must I Forgive?

    Contributed by David Insell on Jun 26, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,742 views

    Here is a seed thought on forgiveness. Take it and develope it. This is an article I wrote for a newsletter that goes into several prisons in the U.S.

    Must I Forgive? MAT 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Robert Leroe avatar

    "Forgiveness-God's And Ours" Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 6, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 14,402 views

    God’s forgiveness frees us to forgive others.

    "Forgiveness-God’s and Ours" Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts A driver placed a note under the windshield wiper of his illegally parked car which read: "I’ve circled the block for 20 minutes. I’m late for an appointment, and if I don’t park here I’ll lose ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • R. David Reynolds avatar

    To Proclaim And To Grant Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Feb 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,059 views

    This is the 3rd in a series of messages based on Luke 4:14-21 and Isaiah 61:1-4 which equates the mission of the Church with the mission of Jesus as He states it in Luke 4:18-19.

    His Mission and Ours: To Proclaim and Grant Forgiveness --Luke 4:14-21 and II Corinthians 5:18-21 So far in our text from Luke 4 we have discovered that His Mission and Ours to “bring good news to the poor, to proclaim release to those in bondage to sin, and to proclaim recovery of sight to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Gerald Roberts avatar

    "Father Forgive Them"

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on May 21, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,467 views

    The sermon shares with us why God forgives, How God forgives, where God forgives us, and when God forgives.

    Luke 23:34 Father forgive them 1. Why does God Forgive? The answers is John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in him shall not parish but have everlasting life • God Forgives because WE all Need Forgiveness (Isaiah 53:6 ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist