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Ds Hein Barnard

Forgiveness – Day 20

The result of focussing on the important things that God wants us to focus on, is that we can live a new life (1-4). Verses 5-11 deal with what the old life was, where Paul made it clear that this is not how God wants us to live.

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

BAKOLOSE 3

12Kaha le le bakgethwa ba Modimo, ba halaleditsweng, ba ratwang ke yena, ebang le kutlwelobohloko, le mosa, le boikokobetso, le bonolo, le boiphapanyo. 13Ha e mong a lla ka e mong le mamellane, mme le tshwarelane jwalokaha le Morena a le tshwaretse. 14Hodima tsena tsohle, ebang le lerato, e leng lona le tlamahanyang tsohle hore di phethehe.

15Kgotso ya Kreste e ke e buse dipelo tsa lona. Ke ka kgotso ena Modimo a le bitseditseng ho ba mmele o le mong. Lebohang ke hona. 16Lentswe la Kreste le ahe ka ho lona ka menono yohle ya lona. Rutanang, mme le eletsane ka bohlale bohle. Ka dipelo tse tletseng teboho, binelang Modimo dipesalema, difela le dipina tse halalelang. 17Eng kapa eng eo le e etsang kapa le e bolelang, le e etse lebitsong la Morena Jesu, mme ka yena le lebohe Modimo Ntata lona.

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Forgiveness in the Pauline Epistles – 2

Paul started in verse 12 with how the new life in Christ would look like.  This matches the new identity and the new relationship we are part of – children of God.  Part of our new identity is our forgiving spirit.  Christ set the example on the cross (Luke 23:34) and taught us in the Lord’s Prayer to indefinitely forgive, as we have been indefinitely, perfectly forgiven.  We are mindful of how often we sinned and received forgiveness.  Therefore, we do it with love, experiencing the peace of Christ with gratefulness.

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