~
3F =
1F ~
Salvation is not a Reward
for the Righteous.
It is an available Gift
for those who understand their Guilt!
How
does God forgive sinners?
Consider three Fs:
Frankly
~
“And Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Simon, I have something to say to
you.’ So he said, ‘Teacher, say it.’ ‘There was a certain creditor who had two
debtors. One owed five hundred denarii,
and the other fifty. And when they had
nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love
him more?’” (Luke 7:40-42).
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to
abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known to us the
mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in
Himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on
earth—in Him. In Him also we have
obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who
works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first
trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory” (Ephesians 1:7-12).
“So Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to His own
city. Then behold, they brought to Him a
paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw
their faith, He said to the paralytic, ‘Son, be of good cheer; your sins are
forgiven you’” (Matthew 9:1-2).
Freely ~
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even
as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32).
“Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through
this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him everyone who
believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by
the law of Moses” (Acts 13:38-39).
“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’” (Matthew 18:21-22).
Fully
~ “And you, being dead in your trespasses and
the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven
you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was
against us, which was contrary to us. And
He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross” (Colossians
2:13-14).
“‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after
those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their
minds I will write them,’ then He adds, ‘Their sins and their lawless deeds I
will remember no more.’ Now where there
is remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin” (Hebrews
10:16-18).
“When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the
woman, He said to her, ‘Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?’ She said, ‘No one, Lord.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Neither do I condemn
you; go and sin no more’” (John 8:10-11).
“For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is
His mercy toward those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so
far has He removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:11-12).
3Fs
equals 1F ~ Frankly,
Freely, and Fully equals Forgiveness
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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