Sunday, March 13, 2011

Lesson 29 - Forgive and Forget

Forgive is said in 48 verses of the King James Bible; forgiven is said in 48 verses of the King James Bible; forgiveness is said in 7 verses of the King James Bible; forgave is said in 7 verses of the King James Bible. This is not the number of times it is said, just how many verses contain them. With forgiveness of sins being a HUGE part of what Jesus did for us on the cross, I felt like this would be a great beginning and a great end. To end with the remembrance of what Jesus did for us; for what He didn't have to do for us, but did.  Each time we sin, if we ask, we are forgiven. However, I feel that, even if someone doesn't ask us for forgiveness, it should come with our Christian spirit to do so. To forgive others of the wrongs they have done to us means that God will also forgive them; "To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also." So, forgiveness is something that we should always practice, if only so that we may be forgiven in the presence of God.

Forget is in 51 verses in the King Jame Bible; forgot is in 1.  There are two main themes when forget is said in the Bible; to forget the bad in life and to NOT forget God and his laws/ deeds. Only once does it talk about forgetting a wrong done (Genesis 27:45). However, in "deeper in love" I shared with you 16 things that love is; it says to "not keep score". If this is the case, we should forget that which has been wronged unto us. While forgetting isn't strongly stated in the Bible, it is implied within Love and that is the most important thing. The only way to regain trust in someone is to forgive them, and to forget what they did. To not bring it back up every time something goes wrong. This is something that most relationships lack; even mine. We tend to want to have more reasons to fight so we bring back up the wrongs from the past to make a "stronger" argument to get our point across. This isn't love;it is competition. I've always competed in my life for more attention, the last word, to be better than others, to have the upper hand, to help more people, to have a better name, to have a better _____ (fill in blank). Competition is all I've really lived, but that isn't love. Love is striping yourself of the competition and focusing on the other person while putting God first. To answer the lyrics to "Where is the Love" by Black Eyed Peas, love is hidden in competition that America finds more important than others. America wants to be better than everyone else, not to love everyone else. 
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Forgive/ Forgiveness/ Forgave/ Forgiven

  • Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.(Psalms 25:18)
  • 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.(Matthew 6:12-15)
  • 15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established . 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask , it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 21 Then came Peter to him, and said , Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.  (Matthew 18: 15-22)
  • And when ye stand praying , forgive , if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.(Mark 11:25)
  • Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive , and ye shall be forgiven : (Luke 6: 37) 
  • Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do . And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.  (Luke 23: 34)
  • To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; (2 Corinthians 2:10)
  • Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little." (Luke 7:47)
  • In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; (Ephesians 1:7)
  • And the prayer of faith shall save the sick , and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. (James 5:15)
  • Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion , and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. (Matthew 18:27)
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Forget/ Forgot
  • Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send , and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? (Genesis 27:45)
  • And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish . (Deuteronomy 8:19)
  • Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away : (Job 11:16)
  • Let him drink [when dying] , and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. (Proverbs 31:7)
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"Where is the Love?" - Black Eyed Peas
What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA fightin'
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love
The love, the love

It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love?

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
Now ask yourself

Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love?

Sing wit me y'all:
One world, one world (We only got)
One world, one world (That's all we got)
One world, one world
And something's wrong wit it (Yeah)
Something's wrong wit it (Yeah)
Something's wrong wit the wo-wo-world, yeah
We only got
(One world, one world)
That's all we got
(One world, one world)

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