by Mark Shaw | Aug 30, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
We do not realize how psychologized we are. By psychologized, I mean how affected we are by the worldly ideas of man. The Bible, rightly interpreted, must be our source of truth. True or False: Sins are against God alone. FALSE. We do sin against people. When someone...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 30, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
Like in the Old Testament, there are 3 words for forgiveness in the New Testament. These terms suggest that forgiveness is granted based upon human repentance. Eph. 4:32 says: “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 29, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
In the Old Testament, there are 3 words for “forgiveness.” Guess what? All 3 are conditional upon repentance! This makes sense when you remember that Israelites sacrificed animals and shed their blood for the remission of their sins. God is JUST. He must...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 28, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
In scenario #2, the BROTHER or SISTER in Christ repents. So what do we do now? Simply, forgive them. Grant them the gift of forgiveness, which is a promise not to bring it up to 1) yourself, 2) bring it up to the offender, and 3) bring it up to a third, uninvolved...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 28, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
If we are the offended party, how are we to forgive the offender according to Luke 17:3-10 & Matthew 18:15-20? Here are the only two possible scenarios: 1) The offender is NOT repentant. 2) The offender is repentant. In both cases, the offender is a BROTHER or...
by Mark Shaw | Aug 27, 2008 | Posts by Mark, Teaching, Truth in Love Staff
I love repentance. What a gift from God according to Rom. 2:4! God is patient with us all. Let me encourage you: confess your sins to God. Ask for Him to forgive you – not based upon your own good deeds, but upon THE greatest “good deed” of the...
