Donald Peart is married to Judith Peart. Since 1986, Donald dedicated himself to intense study of the Bible and prayer; and he known to have studied the Bible for up to eight hours per day. Donald has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Donald and Judith have served as pastors since 1997; and they currently pastor Crown of Glory Ministries in Randallstown, Maryland.

Forgiven 490

By Donald Peart

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Copyright © 2011 Donald Peart
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ISBN: 978-1-4567-6625-2

Contents

Introduction.........................................1Jesus Anointed to Forgive!...........................2The Ministry of Reconciliation.......................5Forgiveness of Every Sin.............................9"There is a Sin unto Death"..........................12How to Receive Forgiveness...........................17Seventy Times Seven Forgiveness......................21"Seventy Sevens" to End Sins.........................23490 Forgiveness in Every Measure.....................27The Bosom of 490 Forgiveness.........................30How often do we forgive?.............................32Forgiven Ten Thousand Times..........................35No More Consciousness of Sins........................38The Examples of Forgiveness..........................41There is no Condemnation.............................44

Chapter One

Jesus Anointed to Forgive!

Luke 4:18, NKJ

The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed

Jesus was and is anointed to forgive. The verse above reads in the Greek as such: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me ... to proclaim 'forgiveness' to the captives, and ... to 'send in forgiveness' them that are 'shattered to minute particles'."

Jesus, in one of His first declarations, indicated that the "captives" need to be "forgiven" and those whose lives are "shattered" also need to be "forgiven." The forgiveness of Jesus flows from the anointing of the Holy Spirit. "The Spirit of the Lord ... has anointed Me to ... proclaim forgiveness and ... to 'commission' in forgiveness...."

There are many who claim to have the anointing of the Lord Jesus, yet some cannot forgive! The Scripture states that it is Satan who does not forgive. Thus, it is satanic to hold un-forgiveness against any.

2 Corinthians 2:10-11, NKJ

10 Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, 11 lest Satan should take advantage (lit., that no larger portion) of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices (lit., thoughts).

The Scripture states that Satan gets the "advantage," or literally, "a larger part," "to overreach," "to have more" of any, if one refuses to forgive. Any thought of not wanting to forgive is a satanic "thought." In contrast, the "thoughts" of God are "higher" than Satan and mankind. God's thoughts are thoughts of "mercy and they "abundantly pardon."

Isaiah 55:7-9, NKJ

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon (lit. forgive). 8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. 9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts."

"The unrighteous man" must "forsake ... his thoughts; and return ... to our God, and He (God) will have mercy ... He (God) will abundantly forgive. "For My (God's) thoughts are not your (ours) thoughts." The conjunction "for" in the reference above connects the two verses. Therefore, God's thoughts are mercy and abundance of forgiveness. The true anointing forgives! The anointing from the Holy One is also an anointing to forgive. There is "release" in forgiveness! Shattered lives can be put together again by forgiveness!

Dr Kelley Varner, who mentored me for about 15 years, and became as a father to me for about 4 years before his passing, recounted an event that occurred on his way back home from a ministry trip abroad. He said, as the airplane landed, he heard the voice of the Lord say to him, "I am going to deliver my creation through forgiveness."

This is the heart of the Father; He has granted His creation the forgiveness of sins through the blood of Jesus (Colossians 1:14)! "All have sinned" (see Romans 3:23). Therefore "all" are candidates to be forgiven by the Lord Jesus.

There are so many who are so self-condemned and some who are condemned by others, and therefore feel that they are unforgivable. I am here to tell you that that belief is not true! Jesus, the Christ was anointed to forgive us of all types of sins with one exception. Jesus is not like mankind whose hearts are hard to forgive. Jesus is Mercy. In fact, Jesus so loved, He took the punishment we deserved for our sins so that we would not have to be punished eternally, as long as we accept Jesus' salvation.

Jesus' death on the cross was an "exchange" for us. He died so we do not have to die eternally for our sins. He was punished for our sins on the cross so we may be forgiven from going to the lake of fire and lightning. Jesus was also raised from the dead to enforce our release from the captivity of sins. Here is a fact! You will be forgiven by the Lord Jesus, if you ask Him for His mercy, accepting Jesus' blood that was shed for you.

I have not found anywhere in the New Testament where Jesus denied someone's request for His mercy. This same living Jesus will forgive you now! All you have to do is ask Him from your heart, and then "trust" Him that He has forgiven you. Jesus was anointed to forgive. He is still anointed to forgive YOU! "God was in 'the Anointed One' reconciling the world unto Himself not 'taking inventory' of their trespasses" (2 Corinthians 5:19).

The Ministry of Reconciliation

The Spirit of Jesus laid it on my wife's (Judith) heart to share a message on "The Ministry of Reconciliation" at a Wednesday night Bible study. I thought it appropriate to honor her by sharing her beautiful lesson at this point in the book. Here is Judith:

As ministers (or believers) we have a responsibility to reconcile the world back to God through Christ. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:11 that because we know the terror of the Lord we persuade men. But how do we persuade men as ministers and believers? First we must see that word "persuade," indicates that we "persuade" others by winning them; we persuade others by stirring them with God's words to believe; or we convince them to have faith in a Person—Jesus.

The ministry of reconciliation and its main purpose, according to 2 Corinthians 5:17, is to make everyone in Christ a "new creation," where "old things are passed away," and all things have become "new." God wants to save "all" and bring them to Christ no matter how they see themselves or what they may feel they have done. The word "new" is a Greek word which means: new in form and quality, fresh, unused, novel, a new kind.

As God reconciles you back to Himself through Jesus; He is turning you into a whole new person inside and out. He's accepting anyone who wants to come to Him and to change their hearts and way of life; and He is giving them a "new form."

This "new form" is a new pattern—the life of Jesus. The Bible says be imitators of God as dear children and walk in...