If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:7–10īut if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. The gift of the Holy Spirit does not mean some specific spiritual “gift” as in 1 Corinthians 12–14 but rather the gift of the Spirit himself, coming to dwell within the believer. Repentance includes a change of mind that ends up trusting God (i.e., having faith). Genuine faith always involves repentance, and vice versa. 7:10), and sometimes both are named (Acts 20:21). Sometimes faith alone is named as the one thing necessary for salvation (see John 3:16 Acts 16:31 Rom. The gospel can be summarized in different ways. This does not imply that people can be saved without having faith in Christ as Savior, because the need to believe is implied both in the command to “repent” and also in the command to “be baptized … in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.” The willingness to submit to baptism is an outward expression of inward faith in Christ (cf. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” Read More Acts 2:38-39Īnd Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Those who have received such forgiveness are so moved with gratitude toward God that they also eagerly forgive those who are debtors to them. Rather, this is a prayer for the restoration of personal fellowship with God when fellowship has been hindered by sin (cf. Read Moreįorgive us our debts (the fifth petition) does not mean that believers need to ask daily for justification, since believers are justified forever from the moment of initial saving faith (Rom. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.įor if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Here the psalm focuses on the inner condition that the ceremony points to. 19:19) come from the ceremonial system, where they refer to rites that allow a person to come safely into God’s presence. The plea for mercy here is a humble one, based entirely on God’s mercy, frankly recognizing that the worshiper does not deserve it. 34:6–7), with its focus on his grace and kindness. The terms mercy and steadfast love, as well as transgressions, iniquity, and sin, all evoke God’s proclamation of his own name (Ex. The psalm opens with an appeal to God for forgiveness. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin! Read More Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 8) reveal that this is an application of Ex. 13 the word is related to merciful** in v. 12) are names for what God forgives in Ex.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. 32:13), and finally he quotes God’s own description of his character to prove that he ought to forgive (Ex. He reminds God that he promised Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land (cf. He points out that, were God to fulfill his threat to annihilate Israel, the nations would say that the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land (cf. Moses prays here, as he did after the making of the golden calf (Exodus 32), acting, as often in the Pentateuch, as a covenant mediator (cf.
The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’ Read More This article is part of the Key Bible Verses series.
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