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Discipleship Focus: Forgiveness
- Forgiveness: Obviously, forgiveness is when our sins are absolved by God. We do not deserve this forgiveness, but God grants it to us anyway. We cannot earn forgiveness, but God gives it to us anyway. As we are forgiven by God, He also asks us to forgive others. In fact, Jesus Himself teaches us to pray for our forgiveness in the Lord’s Prayer when He says, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
As we begin Leviticus, we get a heavy topic right off the bat:
atonement. Atonement is the process of
dealing with our sinfulness. In fact,
the word atonement means “to cover.”
What is neat about this chapter is that God desires us to know the
process of forgiveness. God didn’t have
to forgive any of us. He didn’t have to
provide a means to atone for sin. But He
desires it. He wants to be in
relationship with us. Therefore, He
teaches us to know atonement. He teaches
us to know forgiveness. He teaches us to
value His forgiveness.
Of course, this is even truer in the New Testament. God didn’t have to send His Son, but He did. He didn’t have to take our sins upon Himself,
but He did. God pours out His
forgiveness upon us and simply asks that we reflect His forgiveness onto the
people around us.
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