What is sin that we need forgiveness?

It isn’t necessarily the ugly evil in the world. God sees us in our horrendous circumstances, and wants to desperately rescue us from this horror. Forgiveness covers everything that is mankind’s separation from God.

Old Testament

2 Samuel 13

Jeremiah 31:34 - They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

Isaiah 1:18 - “Come now, and let us reason together,”

Says the Lord,

“Though your sins are as scarlet,

They will be as white as snow;

Though they are red like crimson,

They will be like wool.

Micah 7:18-19 - Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity

And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His [a]possession?

He does not retain His anger forever,

Because He delights in [b]unchanging love.

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He will again have compassion on us;

He will tread our iniquities under foot.

Yes, You will cast all [c]their sins

Into the depths of the sea.

Psalm 103 - Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget none of His benefits;
3 Who pardons all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases;
4 Who redeems your life from the pit,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion;
5 Who satisfies your [a]years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.

6 The Lord performs [b]righteous deeds
And judgments for all who are oppressed. 

7 He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the sons of Israel. 

8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. 

9 He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.

10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who [c]fear Him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

New Testament

Matthew 11:28-30

Romans 5/6

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