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|                    B I B L E   B U L L E T I N          Number 6 |
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|                      God's Total Forgiveness                     |
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|  Prior to the Apostle Paul's conversion to Christianity he was a |
|  murderer of Christians; as believers, Moses committed the sin   |
|  of murder, and King David committed adultery with Bathsheba and |
|  killed her husband.  In each case God gave total forgiveness.   |
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|  Webster's Dictionary says "to forgive" is to, "overlook; give   |
|  up desire to punish; to stop being angry with."  God defines    |
|  "forgiveness" when He says, "I will forgive their wickedness    |
|  and will remember their sins no more" (Hebrews 8:12).  God's    |     
|  forgiveness is one that permanently forgets that sins were      | 
|  committed.  This, in effect, treats forgiven sinners as if      | 
|  they had never committed any sins.                              | 
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|  Some churches today try to restrict redeemed sinners from       | 
|  leadership and other church ministries if they have ever        | 
|  committed any "Big Sins" in their pasts (i.e., divorce, murder, | 
|  adultery, etc).  This prejudice insults the forgiving power of  | 
|  the Blood of Jesus Christ and negates the heart of the Gospel   | 
|  message -- that God offers absolute forgiveness to sinners.     | 
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|  God forgives sin completely.  We have only to look at Paul,     |
|  Moses, and David to see examples of God's ability to forgive    |
|  and use the redeemed sinner for His glorious purpose without    |
|  any restrictions because of past sins.                          |
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