Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans even as I exclude myself from the community of sinners. But no one can be in the presence of the God of the crucified Messiah for long without overcoming this double exclusion - without transposing the enemy from the sphere of monstrous inhumanity into the sphere of shared humanity and herself from the sphere of proud innocence into the sphere of common sinfulness. When one knows that the torturer will not eternally triumph over the victim, one is free to rediscover that person's humanity and imitate God's love for him. And when one knows that God's love is greater than all sin, one is free to see onself in the light of God's justice and so rediscover one's own sinfulness.
Miroslav Volf
Christian, you know that one sin you have repented of but still gnaws at your conscience? Jesus fully absorbed God's just wrath for it, and as such, He remembers it no more.... He will not to treat you as you justly deserve. It has already been dealt with. Once you've been granted His forgiveness, believe His promise! (Rom 8:1)
"Christ by his intercession answers all bills of indictment brought in against the elect. Do what they can, sin, and then Satan, accuses believers to God, and conscience accuses them to themselves; but Christ, by his intercession, answers all these accusations."
-Thomas Watson
| Title |
Notes |
Forgiveness  |
Peter Kurowski |
Forgiveness (.pdf)  |
by J. C. Ryle |
Forgiveness of Sins  |
William Greenhill - Ezekiel 16:9 |
Pardon For the Greatest of Sinners  |
Jonathan Edwards - Psalm 25:11 |
Repentance: According to 2 Corinthians 7:11  |
John Calvin |
Accepted in the Beloved  |
John M. Brentnall |
Whom Does God Forgive?  |
James R. White |
Forgiveness of Sins  |
Henry Law (online book) |
Forgiveness of Injuries  |
John Angell James |
Forgiving and Forgiveness  |
P. G. Mathew |
Beyond Forgiveness: Blasphemy Against the Spirit  |
John Piper - Mark 3:20-35 |
Repentance, Forgiveness, and the Gift of the Spirit  |
John Piper - Acts 2:37-41 |
A Discourse of the Pardon of Sin  |
Stephen Charnock |
Did Jesus Have to Die?  |
Dr. David B. McWilliams |
How Can a Person Experience Forgiveness of Sin?  |
Contrasting Islam and Christianity - LeaderU.com |
Eight Steps To Biblical Forgiveness  |
Bill Fields |
The Fruits of Faith-Our Spiritual Service  |
Martin Luther |
The Gifts and Works of Christ's Members  |
Martin Luther |
Christ our Great High Priest  |
Martin Luther |
Christians Aren't Perfect Just Forgiven  |
Dr. John H. Armstrong |
And Jesus said, Father forgive them...  |
John Calvin - Commentary on Luke 23:34 |
Biblical Judging and Why Commanded by Christ Jesus  |
John Calvin |
The Nature & Purpose of Excommunication  |
Jonathan Edwards |
The Issue of Forgiveness in the Sermon on the Mount  |
Greg Herrick |
An Overview of the Forgiveness of Believers  |
J. Hampton Keathley III |
The Parable Of The Unforgiving Servant  |
J. Hampton Keathley IV, Th.M. |
As God Has Forgiven  |
Richard L. Strauss. Th.M., Th.D. |
He Will Abundantly Pardon  |
Richard L. Strauss, Ph.D. |
Of the Pardon of Sin  |
John Gill |
Prodigal Love for the Prodigal Son  |
Charles Spurgeon |
Manasseh  |
Charles Spurgeon |
Forgiveness Made Easy  |
Charles Spurgeon |
First Forgiveness, Then Healing  |
Charles Spurgeon |
Forgiveness Isaiah 43:25  |
Charles Spurgeon |
Jesus Pardoning  |
Charles Spurgeon |
Many Kisses for Returning Sinners, or Prodigal Love for the Prodigal Son  |
Spurgeon |
Redemption Through Blood, the Gracious Forgiveness of Sins  |
Charles Spurgeon |
The Prodigal's Return  |
Charles Spurgeon |
A Cheering Congratulation  |
Charles Spurgeon |
A Sense of Pardoned Sin  |
Charles Spurgeon |
A God Ready to Pardon  |
Charles Spurgeon |
"A Fathers Pity"  |
Rev. Carl Haak |
Total Forgiveness  |
Tony Capoccia |
The Forgiveness of Injuries  |
Samuel Stanhope Smith |
When the Lord Does Not Take Account of Sin  |
John Piper - Romans 4:6-8 |
If We Fail to Forgive Others, Will God Forgive Us?  |
J.W. Hendryx |
Something God Cannot Do  |
Michael S. Horton |
Redeeming Bitterness  |
Miroslav Volf |
An Obligation to Remember Eternally?  |
Miroslav Volf, excerpted from The End of Memory |
Absolved Only Through the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ (.pdf)  |
John Calvin - Galatians 5:1-3 |
The Word of Forgiveness  |
A.W. Pink |
The Battle is Won through Forgiveness, Restoration  |
Sinclair Ferguson |
Forgiveness and Repeat Offenses  |
John MacArthur |
Let Them Know or Let It Go?  |
John MacArthur |
1 Timothy 1:15-16 - Total Forgiveness  |
Tony Capoccia |
God’s Non-Remembrance of Sin  |
C.H. Spurgeon (pdf) |
Feeling guilty?: Then you probably are, and Christ is the remedy  |
Vern S. Poythress |
Remission of Sins  |
Thomas Manton |
Misunderstandings of Grace (.pdf)  |
Tom Wells, Reformation & Revival 3:1 (Winter 1994): 33-44. |
Unpacking Forgiveness (.pdf)  |
Chris Brauns |
What Is Forgiveness?  |
W .E. Best |