Why Is Forgiveness Important and Necessary?
• Because we have all sinned against and have offended God, our creator and judge. • Because we are guilty and deserve God’s punishments for our sins. • Because we are in danger of dying in our sins and then there is no hope for ever and ever. • Because we are in danger of everlasting punishment. “These shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous unto eternal life” (Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:15). • Because without God’s forgiveness and cleansing from our sins we cannot go to Heaven when we leave this world. • Because we are in danger in getting used to and set in our ways and our hearts become hardened toward God to where we will never listen to God and change. Some Bible Examples of People in Need of Forgiveness. Joseph (Genesis 50:15-21) Joseph had been sold by his brothers to slave traders who brought him to Egypt and sold him to the captain of Pharaoh’s guard. It is quite an interesting story told in Genesis, chapters 37-50. Joseph eventually became ruler of Egyp
