The Nature of Forgiveness is Mercy
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 13 August 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Offering forgiveness to others is one of the most difficult and important aspects of the Christian life. But Scripture clearly commands us to forgive others. In this week of the First15 podcast, we’re going to look at how God longs to fashion us into his likeness that we might model the love we’ve been shown to a world with no concept of mercy. May you be filled with courage and boldness to offer forgiveness to those in desperate need of grace. And may God’s love shine through as you enter into your calling as a minister of reconciliation.
Our Scripture for today comes from Luke 6:36-37, and today's worship is Yet Not I But Through Christ by CityAlight.
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| 0:00.0 | Offering forgiveness to others is one of the most difficult and important aspects of the Christian life. |
| 0:10.1 | But Scripture clearly commands us to forgive others. So in this week of the first 15 podcast, |
| 0:16.2 | we're going to look at how God longs to fashion us into His likeness, that we might model the love we've been |
| 0:22.4 | shown to a world with no concept of mercy. May you be filled with courage and boldness to offer |
| 0:28.8 | forgiveness to those in desperate need of grace. And may God's love shine through you as you |
| 0:34.6 | enter into your calling as a minister of reconciliation. |
| 0:38.4 | Welcome to the first of teen podcast. |
| 0:53.9 | Today's scripture comes from Luke 6, 36 through 37. God's word says, be merciful, even as your father is merciful. Judge not and you will not be judged. Condem not and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. |
| 1:12.6 | We would be wholly lost if it weren't for the abundant mercy of our Heavenly Father. |
| 1:19.6 | Romans 3 23 through 24 says, |
| 1:22.6 | For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God |
| 1:25.6 | and are justified by His grace as a gift through the |
| 1:29.8 | redemption that is in Christ Jesus. We are offered total and complete forgiveness of our sins |
| 1:36.9 | because God loves us and has mercy on us. The mercy of God allots us freedom and restored |
| 1:44.0 | relationship we can never attain on our own. |
| 1:47.0 | We are not justified by our own works or inherent worth, but by grace alone. |
| 1:54.0 | The nature of forgiveness is mercy. |
| 1:57.0 | And the Bible tells us in Luke 6, 36 through 37, be merciful, even as your father is merciful. |
| 2:05.1 | Judge not and you will not be judged. Condem not and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will |
| 2:12.4 | be forgiven. In order for us to be merciful with others, we must be consistently encountering and reflecting on the abundant mercy of God toward us. |
| 2:24.1 | When we were at our lowest, God met us and offered us eternal, abundant life in Him. |
| 2:30.4 | When we had no ability to attain right standing before our Creator, he brought himself low, took on the form of a servant, and died for our sakes. |
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