Forgiveness – Page 4 – Grace Evangelical Society

February 20, 2024

If Forgiveness Isn’t Optional, Why Is It So Hard to Do? Part 1

Anger, Bitterness, consequences, Estranged, Fellowship, Forgetting, Forgiveness, Matt 18:15, relationship, Responsibility

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about forgiveness. What are the terms of forgiveness in our relations with others? Are there conditions? What about bitterness? Is it okay to hold things against others who have not repented? And here is a big one: Is forgiveness equal to forgetting? Bob and Ken have an interesting discussion for you about this question.

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January 26, 2024

What About Repentance and Salvation in Luke 13:3 and Luke 24:47?

2 Pet 3:9, Ezek 18:30-32, faith alone, Forgiveness, Great Commission., Luke 13:3, Luke 24:47, Perish, Repentance

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are for a third day looking at some references to repentance and salvation. In Luke 13:3, is Jesus saying that repentance is needed in order to not individually perish? What does He mean by “perish”? How does forgiveness work into the discussion? Please listen for some Biblical clarity about these questions and issues.

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December 6, 2023

Romans-Part 49–Rom 12:17-21–Forgiveness

Avenge, consequences, Fellowship, Forgiveness, Heap Coals, revenge, Romans 12:17-21, vengeance

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Kathryn Wright and Ken Yates are in Romans 12, talking about forgiveness. Why is forgiveness hard to do? Why is it so important to God? How should we deal with repeat offenses? What does, “but rather, give place to wrath” mean? Kathryn and Ken will discuss this on today’s podcast.

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October 25, 2023

Four Questions About Faith, Bible Schools, Zacchaeus and Forgiveness

1 John 1:9, 1 John 2:2, 1 Pet 3:7, Bible College, Bible School, Clinging, Fellowship, Forgiveness, John 1:29, John 11:26, John 3:16, Luke 11:14, Relying, Spiritual Formation., Trusting, Zacchaeus

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Philippe Sterling are (lightning round) answering many questions. (1) Does John 3:16 mean trusting, relying, clinging to Jesus? (2) Which Bible schools are good ones? (3) When was Zacchaeus eternally saved? (4) Why won’t God listen to a husband’s prayer if he mistreats his wife? Bob and Philippe will offer their thoughts about all these questions.

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Forgiving People We Have Never Met

October 6, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Fellowship, Forgiveness, Mercy

Even though she died 25 years ago, I still remember the story of Karla Faye Tucker. In 1998 she made national news by being the first woman executed in the state of Texas since the Civil War. When you saw her in interviews, it was hard to imagine that she could have done the things

A Light Shining in the Darkness

September 11, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Kings 25, Forgiveness, Grace, Israel

The Book of Second Kings ends on a very dark note. In fact, one would be hard-pressed to paint a bleaker picture of a nation. The ten tribes in the Jews’ northern kingdom had been defeated by the Assyrians about 140 years earlier. They had been taken off to Assyria as captives. Now the Babylonians

Nobody Has Out-sinned the Grace of God

September 7, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - 2 Chronicles 31, 2 Kings 21, Forgiveness, Grace, Manasseh, Mercy

Manasseh, one of the kings of Judah, was not a good man. He brought a great deal of grief upon his people. He ruled for 55 years and is described by the author of 2 Kings as the evilest king in the nation’s history (2 Kgs 21:1-16). When God gave the Jews the Promised Land,

September 5, 2023

Does a Lack of Forgiveness Impact the Church? If Sins Are Forgiven, Will They Not Be Mentioned at the Judgment Seat of Christ?

1 John 1:9, 2 Cor 5:10, Believer, Benefit, Bitterness, Church, Fellowship, Forgiveness, Heb 12:14, holiness, Impact, Judgment Seat, Phil 4:2, rewards

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about forgiveness between believers. What are the benefits of forgiveness between believers and toward the church? How does forgiveness affect or correspond to the Judgment Seat of Christ? Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates will offer their thoughts about this question in this episode.

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August 30, 2023

Doesn’t Luke 24:47 Speak of Repentance for Forgiveness of Sins?

1 John 1:9, Acts 10:48, Confession, Critical Text Position, Forgiveness, Luke 24:47, Majority Text Position, Repentance, Textual criticism

Welcome to Grace in Focus radio. Today, Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about a particular understanding of Luke 24:47. Was the original reading “for the forgiveness of sins” or “and the forgiveness of sins”? What is the relation between repentance and forgiveness? Please listen to this episode!

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Remembering the Unforgiving Servant (Matthew 18:21-35)

August 23, 2023 by Ken Yates in Blog - Forgiveness, Grace, Mercy

One lesson from the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant in Matt 18:21-35 is that as believers, we have received grace from God. When we come down hard on others who sin, it is often true that we have been guilty of the same sin. We need to look at ourselves before being quick to judge