Forgiveness is a spiritual dynamic that affects the lives of every human being, but more so the lives of all born again believers in Jesus Christ. Whether you find that you have been the victim of someone’s transgression or you are the one who transgressed someone else, youwill find that you will eventually have to deal with forgiveness at some point in your life.
Take time and adopt some of these principles into your life and you will find that you can free yourself from bitterness and resentments you may be harboring:
- Principle (1): Make allowances for others’ faults. Colossians 3:13
- Principle (2): You must always forgive. Luke 17:4
- Principle (3): Extend mercy to your offender. Matthew 18:33
- Principle (4): God delights in showing mercy. Micah 7:18b
- Principle (5): The Spirit of God is who directs you. Galatians 5:17
- Principle (6): Don’t repay evil for evil. 1Peter 3:9
- Principle (7): It’s not in you to continue sinning. 1John3:9
- Principle (8): Love covers a multitude of sins. 1Peter 4:8
- Principle (9): Forgiveness must come from the heart. Matthew 18:35
- Principle (10): You decide your fate. Matthew 6:14,15
- Principle (11): Love God and man. 1John 4:21
- Principle (12): Compassion rules the day. Luke 6:36
- Principle (13): Stand firm against the devil. James 4:7
- Principle (14): Any amount of faith works. Luke 17:6
- Principle (15): Do what is right. Matthew 5:24
- Principle (16): Live to please Christ. Colossians 3:12, 13
- Principle (17): Duty calls. Luke 17:9, 10
- Principle (18): God chooses to forget sin. Hebrews 10:17
- Principle (19): Live through the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:25
- Principle (20): All sin opposes God. 1John 3:4
- Principle (21): Confession must be made for sin. 1John 1:9
