The Nature of Forgiveness is Mercy
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🗓️ 15 August 2022
⏱️ 9 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. This week, 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 this week 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 In Me 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. |
| 0:10.0 | But Scripture clearly commands us to forgive others. So in this week of the first 15 podcast, |
| 0:15.9 | 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 |
| 0:22.7 | to a world with no concept of mercy. May you be filled with courage and boldness to offer forgiveness |
| 0:29.1 | to those in desperate need of grace. And may God's love shine through you as you enter into your |
| 0:35.2 | calling as a minister of reconciliation. Welcome to the |
| 0:39.2 | First of Teen podcast. Today's scripture comes from Luke 6, 36 through 37. God's word says, be merciful even as your |
| 1:01.0 | father is merciful. Judge not and you will not be judged. Condem not and you will not be condemned. |
| 1:08.2 | Forgive and you will be forgiven. |
| 1:18.6 | We would be wholly lost if it weren't for the abundant mercy of our Heavenly Father. Romans 3 23 through 24 says, |
| 1:21.6 | For all have sin and fall short of the glory of God |
| 1:25.6 | and are justified by His grace as a gift through the redemption |
| 1:29.7 | that is in Christ Jesus. We are offered total and complete forgiveness of our sins because God loves us |
| 1:38.2 | and has mercy on us. The mercy of God allots us freedom and restored 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. |
| 1:53.7 | The nature of forgiveness is mercy. |
| 1:56.8 | And the Bible tells us in Luke 6, 36 through 37, be merciful, even as your father is merciful. |
| 2:04.6 | Judge not and you will not be judged. |
| 2:07.4 | Condem not and you will not be condemned. |
| 2:10.4 | Forgive and you will be forgiven. |
| 2:13.7 | In order for us to be merciful with others, we must be consistently encountering and reflecting |
| 2:20.2 | on the abundant mercy of God toward us. |
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