SANCTIFICATION

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SANCTIFICATION

Forgiving Challenge, part 6

April 2, 2023

In our last week in Forgiving Challenge, pastor Eli talks about SANCTIFICATION. This is a now and not yet word that is all about being freed from sin. Through faith we are free from the penalty for sin but we are also in the process of being made better, day by day. Jesus isn't content to leave us where we are! He is shaping us to be like him!

RESTORATION

March 26, 2023 • Eli Thomas

Knowing someone loves us is nice, isn't it? But having them TELL us that they love us is much better! Forgiveness works the same way- the Bible tells us that when we confess we are forgiven but most of us our skeptical by nature- we need to hear it. Absolution is the spoken assurance that God hears your confession and forgives your sins. We may believe what the Bible says but there is undeniable power for freedom in Absolution!

ABSOLUTION

March 19, 2023 • John 21:15–17

CONFESSION

March 12, 2023

No one likes to examine their failures. It is tempting to just decide that God knows our sin and to move straight on to the assurance of forgiveness. BUT- the Bible tells us to CONFESS our sins- not to make us relive them but to make us aware of the ways in which we have strayed to help us stay the course in the future.