You Are Not the Only One

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3. Movie: Oliver!

Unlike the master’s response, God says to us, “You are forgiven!”

1. Peter said to them, “Each one of you must turn away from your sins and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, so that your sins will be forgiven; and you will receive God’s gift, the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)
2. But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing. (1 John 1:9)
3. Get rid of all bitterness, passion, and anger. No more shouting or insults, no more hateful feelings of any sort. Instead, be kind and tender-hearted to one another, and forgive one another, as God has forgiven you through Christ. (Ephesians 4:31-32)
4. If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive the wrongs you have done. (Matthew 6:14-15)

But the act of forgiveness is not just between us and God. It is also between us and others:

1. So if you are about to offer your gift to God at the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar, go at once and make peace with your brother, and then come back and offer your gift to God. (Matthew 5:23-24)
2. So then, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you will be healed. The prayer of a good person has a powerful effect. (James 5:16)
3. You are the people of God; he loved you and chose you for his own. So then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Be tolerant with one another and forgive one another whenever any of you has a complaint against someone else. You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you. (Colossians 3:12-13)
4. God announced long ago through all the prophets that his Messiah had to suffer; and he made it come true in this way. Repent, then, and turn to God, so that he will forgive your sins. If you do, times of spiritual strength will come from the Lord, and he will send Jesus, who is the Messiah he has already chosen for you. (Acts 3:18-20)
5. Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us. (Matthew 6:12)
6. Jesus said, “Forgive them, Father! They don’t know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34)

Confess before God and before man and then forgiveness will come.  If the other person refuses to accept your act of confession then that is between them and God. I have asked for or reached out to someone who thought I hurt their feelings.  They did not return my call, and or respond to my e-mail. So I left it up to them. My conscience was clear. If they ever call me for prayer, or just to talk to I will talk to them and I will pray for them. Everyone deserves to know that they are forgiven. Sometimes we have to forgive people even if they don’t ask for forgiveness. Why? god does that for us too.