You Must Forgive Others as God Forgave You

Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Forgiveness
Text: Ephesians 4:32
Theme: You Must Forgive Others as God Forgave You.

One: The Word Meanings of Forgiveness

• To release
• To grace

Two: The Divine Example of Forgiveness

• God graces us with the perfect righteousness of Christ
• God graces us wiht the substitutionary death of Christ
• God graces us with the everlasting life of Christ

Three: The Five Elements of Forgiveness

1. God's forgiveness is marked by grace.
2. God's forgiveness is marked by promise.
3. God's forgiveness is marked by release.
4. God's forgiveness is marked by condition.
5. God's forgiveness is marked by reconciliation.

Four: The Working Definition of Forgiveness

• God graciously¹ promises² to release from moral liability³ the repentent sinner⁴ for reconciliation⁵.

...forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ. ~ Ephesians 4:32