• Psalms 32:1-2
  • What is forgiveness?
    • Hebrews 8:12
    • Mercy acting to remove the guilt of sins in one’s life.
  • Who is forgiven?
    • Acts 2:38
    • Forgiveness occurs at the point of baptism.
    • Acts 8:9-13 - If we sin after baptism, we must repent and pray to be forgiven.
    • I John 1:8
  • How and when are Christians forgiven?
    • Matthew 26:28
    • When we confess and repent of our sins and pray for forgiveness, we are forgiven.
    • Luke 17:3-4 - What about when one Christian sins against another?
      • The one sinned against should rebuke the one who sinned.
      • If the one who sinned repents, the one sinned against must forgive him.
    • What about when one sins against many people?
      • The one who sinned must repent, confess, and ask forgiveness of those sinned against.
  • Why are Christians forgiven?
    • I John 4:9-11
    • We are forgiven because God loved us.