Tag: Forgiving

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Proverbs 28, you did it onto ME, says the LORD!

Pro 28:1, The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion. 

One who is wicked is always looking around, and scared at police sirens; for they know they’re guilty and are afraid of getting caught! Bold are the righteous for they have nothing to fear!

Psa 27:1, …THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR? THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE; OF WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID? 

Pro 28:4, THOSE WHO FORSAKE THE LAW PRAISE THE WICKED, BUT SUCH AS KEEP THE LAW CONTEND WITH THEM. 

Were seeing a lot of this today in our society where lawlessness is praised, and common sense is thrown out the door! This is one of the signs of the end of days!

Mat 24:12, AND BECAUSE LAWLESSNESS WILL ABOUND, THE LOVE OF MANY WILL GROW COLD. 

Pro 28:13, HE WHO COVERS HIS SINS WILL NOT PROSPER, BUT WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM WILL HAVE MERCY. 

HE already knows what you have done, confess your sins and turn from them! HE WILL NOT FORGIVE A SIN THAT YOU HAVE NOT ASKED HIM TO FORGIVE!

Psa 32:5, I ACKNOWLEDGED MY SIN TO YOU, AND MY INIQUITY I HAVE NOT HIDDEN. I SAID, “I WILL CONFESS MY TRANSGRESSIONS TO THE LORD,” AND YOU FORGAVE THE INIQUITY OF MY SIN. SELAH 

Pro 28:26, HE WHO TRUSTS IN HIS OWN HEART IS A FOOL, BUT WHOEVER WALKS WISELY WILL BE DELIVERED. 

I have heard many say, “DO WHAT’S IN YOUR HEART AND YOU WILL BE FINE”? 

Jer 17:9, “THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND DESPERATELY WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT? 

Pro 28:27, HE WHO GIVES TO THE POOR WILL NOT LACK, BUT HE WHO HIDES HIS EYES WILL HAVE MANY CURSES. 

The LORD sees all and knows all! If you give to the poor your actually giving it to the LORD!

Mat 25:38-40, When did we see YOU a stranger and take YOU in, or naked and clothe YOU? Or when did we see YOU sick, or in prison, and come to YOU?’ And the KING will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, INASMUCH AS YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN, YOU DID IT TO ME.’

Heb 13:16, BUT DO NOT FORGET TO DO GOOD AND TO SHARE, FOR WITH SUCH SACRIFICES GOD IS WELL PLEASED. 

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Psalm 32, Being forgiven!

Psa 32:1-2, …BLESSED IS HE WHOSE TRANSGRESSION IS FORGIVEN, WHOSE SIN IS COVERED. BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD DOES NOT IMPUTE INIQUITY, AND IN WHOSE SPIRIT THERE IS NO DECEIT.

Mans greatest need, even though many don’t know it, is to be forgiven from their sins! Remember when JESUS healed the Paralytic man!

Luk 5:20, When He saw their faith, He said to him, “Man, YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN YOU.” 

Did the paralytic man arise? NO, JESUS SAW HIS GREATEST NEED WAS TO BE FORGIVEN NOT MADE WELL!

Luk 5:24, BUT THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE SON OF MAN HAS POWER ON EARTH TO FORGIVE SINS”—He said to the man who was paralyzed, “I SAY TO YOU, ARISE, TAKE UP YOUR BED, AND GO TO YOUR HOUSE.” 

Men only see the external and are completely blind to the internal man! Being made well is indeed a true blessing, but without the forgiveness of sin it is hopeless!

Isa 1:18, “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “THOUGH YOUR SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY ARE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL.

Psa 32:5, I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah 

Once forgiven are we then perfect? NO, were still sinners! Don’t try to hide your sins for HE sees all and knows all! Confess them!

1Jn 1:9-10, IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED, WE MAKE HIM A LIAR, AND HIS WORD IS NOT IN US.

I’m a sinner saved by HIS grace, not that I deserve it, but because I took hold of HIS gift!

Psa 32:6, For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him.

There is a storm of judgement coming to the earth, don’t be part of that! Seek the LORD now while HE may be found and confess your sins! HE IS ALWAYS LISTENING! 

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2Samuel 14, Absalom Returns!

2Sa 14:1-2, So Joab …PERCEIVED THAT THE KING’S HEART WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ABSALOM. And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “PLEASE PRETEND TO BE A MOURNER, AND PUT ON MOURNING APPAREL; …BUT ACT LIKE A WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN MOURNING A LONG TIME FOR THE DEAD.

Joab wanted to bring back Absalom because it was affecting David, the king!

2Sa 14:14, FOR WE WILL SURELY DIE AND BECOME LIKE WATER SPILLED ON THE GROUND, which cannot be gathered up again. YET GOD DOES NOT TAKE AWAY A LIFE; BUT HE DEVISES MEANS, SO THAT HIS BANISHED ONES ARE NOT EXPELLED FROM HIM. 

The wise woman told David “WE ALL DIE THEN THE OPPORTUNITY OF RECONCILIATION IS GONE! DO IT NOW! GOD DEVISES MEANS TO BRING BACK A BANISHED PERSON BACK TO HIMSELF! A PICTURE OF JESUS WHO HUNG ON THE CROSS TO BRING US BACK TO THE FATHER

2Co 5:18, Now all things are of God, WHO HAS RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, AND HAS GIVEN US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION, 

TIME IS SHORT, FORGIVE AND MOVE ON! WE HAVE WORK TO DO FOR HIS KINGDOM!

Mat 18:21-22, Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I DO NOT SAY TO YOU, UP TO SEVEN TIMES, BUT UP TO SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN.