How have you experienced condemnation from the devil over failures committed by you or to you? Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, ... For by grace you have been saved through faith. Are you confessing the sins of your friends, communities, and nations? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— ... Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. W Forgive Us Our Debts (Matthew 6:12, 14-15) And forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors… For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors - Give us, O Lord, redemption in thy blood, even the forgiveness of sins: as thou enablest us freely and fully to forgive every man, so do thou forgive all our trespasses. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. Indebtedness and ... /d/debt.htm - 28k 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. A Maskil of David. How should this be done? Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. Scripture quotations marked (NASB) are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, and 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. ... On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. By doing this, we maintain and increase our spiritual health and vibrancy. So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. This is necessary for our spiritual health, as we will always struggle with sin. But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. We must accept God’s forgiveness and his cleansing. If we do not forgive, we curse ourselves. If we are constantly in discord with others, it probably pictures the discord in our relationship with God. Declare me innocent from hidden faults. 2 Tim 3:16-17). L Ephesians 4:26-27 says, “‘Be angry and do not sin’; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger. They will. Sometimes, our contributions may primarily be sins of omission (Jam 4:17)—meaning, we have not done the good we should have done. Lord, forgive us our debts, even as we forgive our debtors! But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” And Jesus answered them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” And he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” ... And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”. In those moments, we’ll have to forgive again in faith. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. It was his holiness that compelled him to send his Son to die on the cross for our sins (John 3:16). 9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. This corresponds with the last point. ... Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. Application Question: What sins is God calling you to confess and repent of? Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press. If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. Because of this reality, believers must continually practice confession before God. Ezekiel 22:30-31 says that God sought for a man to stand in the gap but found none, so he destroyed the land. He restores my soul. He similarly threw the merciless servant into jail to be tortured. Q When we harbor unforgiveness, we come under God’s discipline and open the door for Satan into our lives and relationships.