Today we continue our week-long focus on forgiveness by looking at the incredible gift of forgiveness we've been offered in Jesus.

Every command God has given us, he has already supplied the grace to live in obedience to.

Forgiveness is no different. May we find the grace to

forgive as we rest in the forgiveness we've already been offered through our Savior. Welcome to

the first 15 podcast. I'm going to be. I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm The Our scripture for today comes from Ephesians 4 verse 32.

Scripture says, be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God and Christ forgave you.

Before we have the ability to live a lifestyle of forgiveness, we must discover the depth of forgiveness we have received in Jesus.

God's love is the foundation for our own love.

His forgiveness is the foundation for our own forgiveness.

In order to love to greater depths,

we must continuously reflect on the nature of our own sin and God's overwhelming mercy.

In Luke 7, verses 44 through 47, Jesus reveals an important spiritual principle

about forgiveness, sacrifice, and love.

A sinful woman has just come and ministered to Jesus, cleaning his feet with her own tears,

hair, and alabaster ointment. When Simon, a Pharisee, saw the incredible act of love, he judged

the woman and Jesus in his heart. Knowing Simon's thoughts, Jesus says to him, do you see this woman? I entered

your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them

with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not ceased to kiss my feet.

You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much.

But he who is forgiven little loves little.

He who is forgiven little, loves little. Allow Jesus' words to settle into your heart for a minute.

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