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Posted on 03/27/2026 12:53:59 AM PDT by metmom
"Forgive us our debts" (Matt. 6:12).
Forgiveness removes the guilt and penalty of sin and restores intimacy with God.
Man's greatest problem is sin. It renders him spiritually dead, alienates him from God and his fellow man, plagues him with guilt and fear, and can eventually damn him to eternal hell. The only solution is forgiveness—and the only source of forgiveness is Jesus Christ.
All sin is punishable by death (Rom. 6:23) but Christ bore the sins of the world, thereby making it possible to be forgiven and have eternal life through faith in Him (John 3:16). What a glorious reality!
Scripture speaks of two kinds of forgiveness: judicial and parental. Judicial forgiveness comes from God the righteous judge, who wiped your sin off the record and set you free from its punishment and guilt. At the moment of your salvation He forgave all your sins—past, present, and future—and pronounced you righteous for all eternity. That's why nothing can ever separate you from Christ's love (Rom. 8:38-39).
Parental forgiveness is granted to believers by their loving heavenly Father as they confess their sin and seek His cleansing. That's the kind of forgiveness Jesus speaks of in Matthew 6:12.
When a child disobeys his father, the father/child relationship isn't severed. The child is still a member of the family and there's a sense in which he is already forgiven because he's under the umbrella of his father's parental love. But some of the intimacy of their relationship is lost until the child seeks forgiveness.
That's the idea in Matthew 6:12. The sins you commit as a believer don't rob you of your salvation, but they do affect your relationship with God. He still loves you and will always be your Father, but the intimacy and sweet communion you once knew is jeopardized until you seek reconciliation by confessing your sins.
As a Christian, you are judicially forgiven and will never come into condemnation. But never presume on that grace. Make confession part of your daily prayers so sin will never erode your relationship with your Heavenly Father.
Suggestions for Prayer
-Thank God for His judicial forgiveness of all your sins.
-Ask Him to help you maintain the joy of your relationship with Him by quickly dealing with any sin that comes up in your life.
For Further Study
-Read Psalm 32:1-7.
-How did David feel about forgiveness?
-What happened to David before he confessed his sin?
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discussion on forgiveness without mention of repentance?
All sin is punishable by death (Rom. 6:23) but Christ bore the sins of the world, thereby making it possible to be forgiven and have eternal life through faith in Him (John 3:16). What a glorious reality!
Wouldn't THIS void the caucus label?
“discussion on forgiveness without mention of repentance?”
Very true...
However, remorse, penitence or contrition for past conduct or sin is not a necessary ingredient. Ownership of the wrongful action is necessary. If you do not own the action and feeling associated with it, you do not have the ability to heal it. Perpetual victims never heal as things that happen are never their fault.
Usually, remorse or contrition automatically happen when you own it.
COPILOT: Here’s the clean, literal answer based on Free Republic’s own posted guidance — the only authoritative source is the Religion Moderator’s “Caucus Rules Reminder,” which lays out exactly what the CAUCUS label means and when it should be used.
A CAUCUS label is used when a thread is intended only for members of a specific group, confession, or identity to discuss matters internal to that group.
Examples:
Catholic Caucus → Only Catholics may post
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Jewish Caucus, Veterans Caucus, etc.
It is not a general-interest tag. It is a restricted‑participation marker.
The CAUCUS tag is appropriate only when the topic is meant exclusively for members of that group to speak among themselves. This is the core rule emphasized by the Religion Moderator.
This is the enforcement side:
“Caucus threads are closed to any poster who is not a member of the caucus.”
The moderator notes that violators “seem not to be able to see the ‘Caucus’ label at the top,” which implies the label must be visible and explicit. Example format: Catholic Caucus: [Thread Title]
A thread about Catholicism is not automatically a Catholic Caucus thread. A thread for Catholics only is.
The Religion Moderator explicitly states that the rules exist to prevent out‑group posting and that violations had been occurring, prompting the reminder. This means the CAUCUS label is not decorative — it carries moderation weight.
Use CAUCUS only when your intent is:
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AFTER the kid is born?
“AFTER the kid is born?”
Many years after the child is born. I work with adults.
I’ve done workshops in gay & lesbian communities. Not to judge, but to help them better understand themselves. We seek to understand the perceptual programming event in their life that implanted the attraction in their soul.
Although not as common, occasionally the attraction is caused by an attached spirit of the opposite gender.
interesting
Remember the parable in John 9:1 where the man was blind from birth and His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”? While the answer was neither as this was created by God as an example this happened “so that the works of God might be displayed in him,” it opens the door to sin before birth, or the sin from a parent passing to the child.
All three causes are possible.
How? This is a devotional and the source is and Evangelical source and no other religions are mentioned.
This is a caucus thread and not open to members not Evangelical nor open to debate or mentioning other faith systems. You need to honor that and stay off these threads.
Please read the posting guidelines about caucus and devotional threads and if you want to toot your own horn, start your own thread.
Grace Community Church is a non-denominational, evangelical church.
I am a Bible Believing Christian who has accepted Jesus as my Savior. I’m very sorry if that is in opposition to your caucus.
“Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of the Christian gospel.”
Oh, I guess we must suppress evangelism unless it is in total agreement with our own restrictive interpretations!
I share not to glorify myself, but to add to understanding the same scripture you are quoting in your article. Since when did evangelism become an exclusive group when by definition they are an interdenominational movement?
Your comments are divisive and not in the spirit of the thread. You want to hijack it when you can start your own thread. You want to share but not to glorify myself? Those who have followed previous postings of yours are free to have their own opinions on that. Feel free to stop posting on this thread. Thank you.
Re-read the posting guidelines.
This is is not the place to push your eastern mysticism disguised as “Christianity”.
Nor do your teachings or theology line up with Scripture.
If you wish to toot your own horn and push your unscriptural teachings, start your own thread. Don’t pollute what is a devotional.
I never realized that you were a cessationist.
Please tell me one thing in my post that does not align with scripture.
Is your screen name self descriptive?
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