FORGIVENESS OF SIN \FORSAKING GOD \FORGETTING GOD FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES 1 FORGIVENESS OF SIN FORGIVENESS OF SIN ACCOMPLISHED BY THE CROSS COL 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: HEB 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. FORGIVENESS OF SIN BASED ON GOD'S GRACE LUK 7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? FORGIVENESS OF SIN CONDITIONED BY ATTITUDE TOWARD OTHERS MAT 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. MAR 11:25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. FORGIVENESS OF SIN CONNECTED WITH REPENTANCE ACT 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Yeshua The Messiah for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. FORGIVENESS OF SIN FOUNDED IN GOD PSA 130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that you may be feared. DAN 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against him; FORGIVENESS OF SIN GRANTED BY THE MESSIAH LUK 7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. MAT 2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, FORGIVENESS OF SIN RECEIVED THROUGH THE MESSIAH 1JO 2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 2 FORSAKING GOD BACKSLIDERS GUILTY OF FORSAKING GOD JER 15:6 You hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, you art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. BEING CONFUSED FORSAKING GOD JER 17:13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters. FORSAKING GOD BRINGS DOWN HIS WRATH EZR 8:22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. CURSED PRONOUNCED UPON FORSAKING GOD JER 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the Lord. FORSAKING GOD FOLLOWED BY REMORSE EZE 6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. IDOLATERS GUILTY OF FORSAKING GOD *** IDOLATRY - THE WORSHIP OF IDOLS = ANYTHING YOU CHERISH BEFORE GOD *** -------- 1SA 8:8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 1KI 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtors the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. FORSAKING GOD IS FORSAKING HIS COMMANDMENTS EZR 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken you commandments, FORSAKING GOD IS FORSAKING HIS COVENANT DEU 29:25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 1KI 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken you covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain you prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. JER 22:9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. DAN 11:30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. FORSAKING GOD IS FORSAKING HIS HOUSE 2CH 29:6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs. FORSAKING GOD IS FORSAKING THE RIGHT WAY 2PE 2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; FORSAKING GOD LEADS MEN TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN DEVICES JER 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. PROSPERITY TEMPTS TO FORSAKING GOD DEU 31:20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, that flows with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. DEU 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: you art waxen fat, you art grown thick, you art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation. FORSAKING GOD PROVOKES GOD TO FORSAKE MEN JDG 10:13 Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. 2CH 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; the Lord is with you, while you be with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found of you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. 2CH 24:20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress you the commandments of the Lord, that you cannot prosper? because you have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you. 2CH 24:21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord. 2CH 24:22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it. 2CH 24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. 2CH 24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. PUNISHMENT OF FORSAKING GOD DEU 28:20 The Lord shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set thine hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of you doings, whereby you hast forsaken me. 2KI 22:16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: 2KI 22:17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. ISA 1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. JER 1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. JER 5:19 And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Wherefore does the Lord our God all these things unto us? then will you answer them, like as you have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours. RESOLVED AGAINST FORSAKING GOD JOS 24:16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods; NEH 10:29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; NEH 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: SIN OF FORSAKING GOD TO BE CONFESSED EZR 9:10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken you commandments, TRUSTING IN MAN IS FORSAKING GOD JER 17:5 Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the Lord. UNREASONABLENESS AND INGRATITUDE OF FORSAKING GOD JER 2:5 Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? JER 2:6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? WARNING AGAINST FORSAKING GOD JOS 24:20 If you forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 1CH 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know you the God of you father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of thee; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever. THE WICKED GUILTY OF FORSAKING GOD DEU 28:20 The Lord shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set thine hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of you doings, whereby you hast forsaken me. WICKEDNESS OF FORSAKING GOD JER 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. JER 5:7 How shall I pardon you for this? you children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 3 FORGETTING GOD BACKSLIDERS ARE GUILTY OF FORGETTING GOD JER 3:21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God. JER 3:22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for you art the Lord our God. CAUTIONS AGINST FORGETTING GOD DEU 6:12 Then beware l you forget the Lord, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. DEU 8:11 Beware that you forget not the Lord you God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command you this day: FORGETTING GOD A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE WICKED PRO 2:17 Which forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God. ISA 65:11 But you are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. FORGETTING GOD INTERCHANGED BY FALSED TEACHERS JER 23:27 Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. EXHORTATION TO THOSE GUILTY OF FORGETTING GOD PSA 50:22 Now consider this, you that forget God, l I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. FORGETTING GOD IS FORGETTING HIS BENIFITS PSA 103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: PSA 106:7 Our fathers understood not you wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. FORGETTING GOD IS FORGETTING HIS COVENANT DEU 4:23 Take heed unto yourselves, l you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. 2KI 17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods. FORGETTING GOD IS FORGETTING HIS LAW PSA 119:1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. HOS 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that you will be no priest to me: seeing you hast forgotten the law of you God, I will also forget you children. FORGETTING GOD IS FORGETTING HIS PAST DELIVERANCE JDG 8:34 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: PSA 78:42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. FORGETTING GOD IS FORGETTING HIS POWER TO DELIVER ISA 51:13 And forget the Lord you maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? ISA 51:14 The captive exile hastens that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. ISA 51:15 But I am the Lord you God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name. FORGETTING GOD IS FORGETTING HIS WORD HEB 12:5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you art rebuked of him: JAM 1:25 But whoso looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. FORGETTING GOD IS FORGETTING HIS WORKS PSA 78:7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: PSA 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God. PSA 78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. PSA 78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; PSA 78:11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. PSA 106:13 They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel: PROSPERITY OFTENS LEADS TO FORGETTING GOD DEU 8:12 L when you hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; DEU 8:13 And when you herds and you flocks multiply, and you silver and you gold is multiplied, and all that you hast is multiplied; DEU 8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord you God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; HOS 13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. PUNISHMENT OF FORGETTING GOD JOB 8:12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb. JOB 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: PSA 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. ISA 17:10 Because you hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of you strength, therefore will you plant pleasant plants, and will set it with strange slips: ISA 17:11 In the day will you make you plant to grow, and in the morning will you make you seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. EZE 23:35 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because you hast forgotten me, and cast me behind you back, therefore bear you also you lewdness and you whoredoms. HOS 8:14 For Israel hath forgotten his maker, and builds temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. RESOLVED AGAINST FORGETTING GOD PSA 119:16 I will delight myself in you statutes: I will not forget you word. PSA 119:17 Deal bountifully with you servant, that I may live, and keep you word. PSA 119:18 Open you mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of you law. PSA 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not you commandments from me. PSA 119:20 My soul breaks for the longing that it hath unto you judgments at all times. PSA 119:21 You hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from you commandments. PSA 119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept you testimonies. PSA 119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but you servant did meditate in you statutes. PSA 119:24 you testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. PSA 119:25 My soul cleaves unto the dust: quicken you me according to you word. PSA 119:26 I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me you statutes. PSA 119:27 Make me to understand the way of you precepts: so shall I talk of you wondrous works. PSA 119:28 My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen you me according unto you word. PSA 119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me you law graciously. PSA 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: you judgments have I laid before me. PSA 119:31 I have stuck unto you testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame. PSA 119:32 I will run the way of you commandments, when you will enlarge my heart. PSA 119:33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of you statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. PSA 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep you law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. PSA 119:35 Make me to go in the path of you commandments; for therein do I delight. PSA 119:36 Incline my heart unto you testimonies, and not to covetousness. PSA 119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken you me in you way. PSA 119:38 Stablish you word unto you servant, who is devoted to you fear. PSA 119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for you judgments are good. PSA 119:40 Behold, I have longed after you precepts: quicken me in you righteousness. PSA 119:41 Let you mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even you salvation, according to you word. PSA 119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in you word. PSA 119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in you judgments. PSA 119:44 So shall I keep you law continually for ever and ever. PSA 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. PSA 119:46 I will speak of you testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. PSA 119:47 And I will delight myself in you commandments, which I have loved. PSA 119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto you commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in you statutes. PSA 119:49 Remember the word unto you servant, upon which you hast caused me to hope. PSA 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for you word hath quickened me. PSA 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from you law. PSA 119:52 I remembered you judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself. PSA 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake you law. PSA 119:54 you statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. PSA 119:55 I have remembered you name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept you law. PSA 119:56 This I had, because I kept you precepts. PSA 119:57 You art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep you words. PSA 119:58 I entreated you favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to you word. PSA 119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto you testimonies. PSA 119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. PSA 119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten you law. PSA 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you because of you righteous judgments. PSA 119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep you precepts. PSA 119:64 The earth, O Lord, is full of you mercy: teach me you statutes. PSA 119:65 You hast dealt well with you servant, O Lord, according unto you word. PSA 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed you commandments. PSA 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept you word. PSA 119:68 You art good, and do good; teach me you statutes. PSA 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep you precepts with my whole heart. PSA 119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in you law. PSA 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn you statutes. PSA 119:72 The law of you mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. PSA 119:73 you hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn you commandments. PSA 119:74 They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in you word. PSA 119:75 I know, O Lord, that you judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness hast afflicted me. PSA 119:76 Let, I pray thee, you merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to you word unto you servant. PSA 119:77 Let you tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for you law is my delight. PSA 119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in you precepts. PSA 119:79 Let those that fear you turn unto me, and those that have known you testimonies. PSA 119:80 Let my heart be sound in you statutes; that I be not ashamed. PSA 119:81 My soul faints for you salvation: but I hope in you word. PSA 119:82 Mine eyes fail for you word, saying, When wilt you comfort me? PSA 119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget you statutes. PSA 119:84 How many are the days of you servant? when wilt you execute judgment on them that persecute me? PSA 119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after you law. PSA 119:86 All you commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help you me. PSA 119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not you precepts. PSA 119:88 Quicken me after you loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of you mouth. PSA 119:89 For ever, O Lord, you word is settled in heaven. PSA 119:90 you faithfulness is unto all generations: you hast established the earth, and it abides. PSA 119:91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are you servants. PSA 119:92 Unless you law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. PSA 119:93 I will never forget you precepts: for with them you hast quickened me. TRIALS SHOULD NOT LEAD TO FORGETTING GOD PSA 44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in you covenant. PSA 44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from you way; PSA 44:19 Though you hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. PSA 44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange God; 4 FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES A CHARACTERISTIC OF SAINTS PSA 7:4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy: THE MESSIAH SETS AN EXAMPLE OF FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES LUK 23:34 Then said Yeshua, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES COMMANDED MAR 11:25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. ROM 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES A GLORY TO SAINTS PRO 19:11 The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES ILLUSTRATED MAT 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. MAT 18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. MAT 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. MAT 18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all. MAT 18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. MAT 18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that you owes. MAT 18:29 And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all. MAT 18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. MAT 18:31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. MAT 18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desires me: MAT 18:33 Should not you also have had compassion on you fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee? MAT 18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. MAT 18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if you from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES MOTIVATES TO THE MESSIAH FORGIVENESS OF US COL 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as The Messiah forgave you, so also do ye. FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES MOTIVATES TO GOD'S FORGIVENESS OF US EPH 4:32 And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for The Messiah's sake hath forgiven you. FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES MOTIVATES TO THE MERCY OF GOD LUK 6:36 Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES MOTIVATES TO OUR NEED OF FORGIVENESS MAR 11:25 And when you stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. NO FORGIVENESS WITHOUT FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES MAT 6:15 But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. JAM 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoices against judgment. PROMISES TO FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES MAT 6:14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: LUK 6:37 Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven: FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY BLESSING AND PRAYER MAT 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY FORBEARNCE *** FORBEARANCE- ABSTINENCE, PATIENCE *** COL 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as The Messiah forgave you, so also do ye. FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY KINDNESS GEN 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. GEN 45:6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be shearing nor harvest. GEN 45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. GEN 45:8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. GEN 45:9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith you son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: GEN 45:10 And you will dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and you children's children, and thy flocks, and you herds, and all that you hast: GEN 45:11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; l thou, and thy household, and all that you hast, come to poverty. ROM 12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES TO BE UNLIMITED MAT 18:22 Yeshua saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. LUK 17:4 And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; you will forgive him.