DAILY TEXT for today Monday, December 9, 2024, Love Jehovah your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind (Mat. 22:37).

DAILY TEXT, Today Monday December 9, 2024, Love Jehovah your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind (Mat. 22:37).

Let us examine the Scriptures every day 2024

Monday, December 9, 2024

Put on the new personality (Col. 3:10).

It is not enough to regret sins committed. We must also take action. When deciding whether to forgive someone, Jehovah looks at conversion. To be converted is to turn around or to turn back—to turn away from the wrong path and begin to live as Jehovah wants. (Isa. 55:7) A person who is converted must transform his mind so that it is guided by Jehovah’s thoughts. (Rom. 12:2; Eph. 4:23) He must be determined to leave behind his evil thoughts and actions. (Col. 3:7-9) But let us not forget that it is actually our faith in Jesus’ sacrifice that makes it possible for Jehovah to forgive us and cleanse us from our sins. When Jehovah sees that we are trying our best to change our ways, he forgives us in light of his Son’s sacrifice. (1 John 1:7) w22.06 6 §16, 17.

Why is Jehovah's forgiveness incomparable?

The writers of the Hebrew Scriptures knew that Jehovah’s forgiveness is incomparable. They sometimes used a Hebrew term that, according to one reference work, “is reserved especially to denote the forgiveness granted by God to the sinner.” This work adds: “It is never used to denote that lower kind and measure of forgiveness which is exercised by one man toward another” (Synonyms of the Old Testament, translation and adaptation by Santiago Escuain). Only Jehovah has the power to completely forgive a repentant sinner. And how do we feel when Jehovah forgives us?

What does a person who receives Jehovah's forgiveness enjoy? And does Jehovah's forgiveness have an expiration date?

When we accept the fact that Jehovah has forgiven us, “times of relief” come to us. And that includes peace of mind and a good conscience. All of this cannot come from human forgiveness but from forgiveness given by “Jehovah himself.”—Acts 3:19. When Jehovah forgives us, he allows us to be his friends again. It is as if we had never sinned.

After Jehovah has forgiven a person, he never again accuses or punishes him for what he did. (Isa. 43:25; Jer. 31:34) Jehovah puts his sins “as far away as the east is from the west.” (Ps. 103:12) Thinking about the immensity of his forgiveness awakens gratitude and reverence in us. (Ps. 130:4) But whom does Jehovah forgive in this way?

What have we learned so far about Jehovah's forgiveness?Books of Jehovah

As we have seen, Jehovah's forgiveness does not depend on the severity of a sin. Furthermore, we have learned that Jehovah uses his knowledge as our Creator, Lawgiver, and Judge when deciding whether to forgive someone or not. So what things does Jehovah look at?

According to Luke 12:47, 48, what does Jehovah consider when deciding whether to forgive?

One thing Jehovah takes into account is whether the sinner knew that what he was doing was wrong. Jesus made this clear, as we can read in Luke 12:47, 48 (read it). When a person knowingly does something that God condemns and that is evil, he commits a serious sin. He risks not being forgiven by Jehovah. (Mark 3:29; John 9:41) But we must admit that sometimes we realize that we did something that was wrong. In this case, is there a chance that Jehovah will forgive us? Of course there is. And this brings us to another thing that Jehovah takes into account.

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