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Forgiveness does not mean the cancellation of all consequences of wrong doing. It means the refusal on God's part to let our guilty past affect His relationship with us.
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Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end, and the Lord of life holds all who die and all who mourn.
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The age of Grace began in mid-Acts, after the conversion of the Apostle Paul. It is through his letters alone that we learn about the dispensation of Grace, about Israel being set aside, with Jew and Gentile being saved into the Body of Christ. It was Paul who taught 'all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses' (Acts 2121). It was also Paul who proclaimed the forgiveness of sins 'to all who would believe' in Christ, adding that 'ye could not be justified by the law of Moses' (Acts 1338-39). The measuring rod of grace tells us that the age of Grace began with Paul, then continued through those who were saved and subsequently carried on His God-given doctrines of grace.
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It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.
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When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.
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Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
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I do not bring forgiveness with me, nor forgetfulness. The only ones who can forgive are dead; the living have no right to forget.
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It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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If we could only share our hopes, our dreams, our disappointments, our fears, our achievements, and our discoveries... the world would be a little kinder and a lot more forgiving.
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Forgiveness is love in its most noble form.
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It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited.
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Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed.
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We are all instantly forgiven but in order to benefit from this forgiveness, we must in turn forgive others and ourselves.
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them as much.
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
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Reason to rule but mercy to forgive: The first is the law, the last prerogative.
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Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
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Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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Through His redemptive work we are 'justified from all things' (Acts 1338,39) and now rejoice in 'the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace' (Eph. 17), a position in Christ at God's right hand (Eph. 24-6), 'all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ' (Eph. 13) and 'the hope of the glory of God' (Rom. 52), to be fully realized when we are 'caught up together... to meet the Lord in the air' (1 Thess. 417). Then will be fulfilled the desire of God's loving heart 'That in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus' (Eph. 27).
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What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
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You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.
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It has been said that God's gift is also indescribable because of the grace by which it is given. God, who is rich in mercy, gave the world the gift of His dear Son while we were at enmity with Him. Paul says 'But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us' (Rom. 58). Therefore, in Him we are freely given all things redemption, forgiveness of sins, righteousness, peace, hope, wisdom and knowledge.
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Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.
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A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.
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Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!
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One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget.
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He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
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Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
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Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
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There's no point in burying a hatchet if you're going to put up a marker on the site.
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He who has injured thee was stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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For my part I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.
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Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.
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To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.
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It is always easier to ask forgiveness than permission.
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The path of repentance, though hard at times, lifts one ever upwards and leads to a perfect forgiveness.
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Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which you may be eligible after the destruction of your body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure your receiving said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself and that which may not be yourself, but which may have an interest in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen.
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There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow.
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Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west!
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