TO ERR IS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE
They say that Alexander Pope was the author of these words but it is obvious the source was from the Bible. He, like most Christians understands that ... To err is human to forgive divine. When it comes to forgiving others as the Bible makes
clear. However, have you considered that these Biblical words To err is human to forgive divine applies to ourselves as well. We are taught to forgive all others and to repent and then forgive ourselves.
It seems every time we turn around ... We make a poor choice. Oft times these choices make family and friends turn against us. We can even turn on ourselves. We repent but still feel ... WRONG. We act as
though God is still against us.
But, He is NOT.
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Romans 8:31-33
What shall we then say to these things? If God be
for us, who can be against us? He that spared not
His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how
shall He not with Him also freely give us all
things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of
God's elect? It is God that justifieth. |
When God
chooses someone and is on their part, who can stand
against them? And if they try to, are they not
standing against God Himself when they do so?
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Romans 8:34
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died,
yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for
us. |
TO ERR IS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE BIBLE MEANING
TO ERR IS HUMAN QUOTE DEFINED
The dictionary defines
intercession as ... A prayer to God on behalf of another
person or the act of intervening (as to mediate a
dispute, etc.); "it occurs without human intervention"
... So, Jesus is the mediator
between mankind and God.
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1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Knowing
this ... Paul is asking who has the right to condemn
us when we fall ... When our Lord Jesus died for us
and is making intercession for us to our Father? The
answer is ... NOBODY. Their beliefs do NOT define us.
What our Lord believes of us is what is REAL as only
He knows the heart of man. |
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Romans 8:38-39
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
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Nothing or nobody can separate us from the Love that our Lord has for us. Though many would like for us to believe this about ourselves at times due to our poor past choices resulting in sins. The Word of God ASSURES us that our Salvation is not determined by man ... Thank GOD huh?
I would like
to take a look at two men from the Bible who did
HORRIBLE acts and yet were or became two of the most
Spirit filled men in the Bible, loved and highly favored
by God.
TO ERR IS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE BIBLE PATH
TO ERR IS HUMAN QUOTE BRINGS HOPE
We will begin with ... King David in the Bible.
In
2 Samuel, Chapter 11 ... We find that King David
desired Uriah’s wife Bathsheba, so David had sex with
her and she got pregnant. David tried to get her husband
Uriah to come lay with his wife, so that he would think
it was his own child, but he refused and said he would not enjoy such comforts while his
brethren were at war. Then David had Uriah killed by
placing him on the front line of a war that was ongoing
between Israel and another nation, and after he was
dead, took Bathsheba to be his wife.
In
2 Samuel, Chapter 12 ... We find that in punishment
for this, God said the child conceived between David and
Bathsheeba would die and the child did die. After this a
child from David and the SAME woman became the next King
of Israel and was blessed by God. His name was Solomon.
In fact ... God chose JESUS to be placed in that SAME
bloodline.
So David
was an adulterer and a murderer, but he REPENTED to GOD.
When we repent to GOD and our loving Father forgives ...
God TRULY forgives:
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Psalms 103:12
As far as
the east is from the west, so far hath he removed
our transgressions from us. |
Man has NO
RIGHT to try and have us carry guilt when GOD forgave as
tho we require they repent to US as well. NOTHING and
NOBODY can separate us from God’s Grace. When God says,
it is gone. Brothers and sisters ... IT IS GONE.
The next
man I would like to talk about made HORRIBLE choices yet
was later used by God.
His name
was Paul.
In Acts,
Chapters
7,
8 and
9
we are introduced to a man named Saul, which would later
have his name changed to Paul and become the tool that
God would use to reach Gentiles (Those other than Jews)
Saul
(Paul) was present at the stoning to death of a man of
God named Stephen and consented to his death. He made
havock of the church, entering into every house, and
taking men and women to prison.
He even asked the High Priest at the time, if he could
get permission to go to Damascus to round up Christians
there and bring them back to Jerusalem to imprison them.
He was granted permission.
In
Chapter 9 of the Book of Acts, we see that a
funny thing happened on the way to his plotted torture
of Christians ... Jesus introduced Himself to Saul (Paul)
and said “I
am Jesus whom thou persecutest” ... Saul was then blinded
for three days and did not eat or drink anything.
TO ERR IS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE BIBLE FACTS
TO ERR IS HUMAN QUOTE BLESSING
Now here is the part of interest ... Jesus went to a man named
Ananias in a vision and told him to go and heal Saul’s
eyes. But Ananias questioned the Lord. Here is what
Ananias responded:
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Acts 9:13-14
Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of
this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints
at Jerusalem: And here he hath authority from the
chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. |
Did you
notice that even tho Ananias was being addressed BY THE LORD, he still questioned the Lord? It was because Ananias knew of Saul’s past and fear, anger and doubt blinded Him even to the Word of His Lord ...
Here is
what Jesus said in response to Ananias ...
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Acts 9:15-16
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a
chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the
Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For
I will shew him how great things he must suffer for
my name's sake. |
DESPITE
what Ananias believed about Saul (Paul) due to his past
and Ananias’ resulting anger, fear, doubt etc. ... Jesus
said ... I HAVE CHOSEN HIM. As time passed other
Christians feared Paul’s reputation and would have no
part of him at first, but a few believed his conversion
was authentic and took him in which became the stepping
stone to what we have today ... Most of the New Testament,
which contains words we live by were written by Paul. It
was this SINNER that the Lord used to bring US closer to
HIM.
Is
God cool or what? We must remember that God has chosen
what many deem as unworthy:
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1 Corinthians 1:26-28
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many
wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish
things of the world to confound the wise; and God
hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound
the things which are mighty; And base things of the
world, and things which are despised, hath God
chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to
nought things that are. |
TO ERR IS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE BIBLE VERSE
TO ERR IS HUMAN QUOTE GIFT
Please open your mind and heart for just for a minute or two as
I share a thought I considered years back.
Most
believe Judas Iscariot as being one that is CERTAINLY
condemned to Hell, after all he did commit a most
horrible act against the Lord. But I gotta ask ya ...
Did not Satan enter him? Was this not Satan's deed
performed through him? Did not Jesus prophesy that this
would occur and did Judas' acts not bring forth God's
plan?
Did our
Lord not say upon the Cross of those who crucified Him
...
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Luke 23:34
Father, forgive them; for they know not
what they do. |
Is Judas
excluded from this statement?
Was the man upon the Cross next to Jesus not in his last hours
when He repented and was told He would be in Paradise
that day? Did not Judas repent after the devil had left
him because he KNEW Jesus was Lord and saw what he had
done? Was his sorrow for what he had done not so painful
that he cast the money back at those who deceived him
and then hung himself?
Do we not ALL have the ability to repent for our sins,
despite the manner of sin, and to be forgiven? Is it
ever too late?
What of
these Words of Jesus?
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Matthew 12:31
Wherefore I say unto you, ALL MANNER OF SIN AND
BLASPHEMY shall be forgiven unto men: but the
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be
forgiven unto men. |
This
passage begins with Jesus saying ... "ALL manner of sin
and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men" Is Judas an
exception? Judas was dead by the time the Holy Spirit
arrived at Pentecost in the upper room and introduced
Himself to the Apostles and others. This means Judas
never knew the Holy Spirit so he could not have
blasphemed Him.
TO ERR IS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE BIBLE VOW
TO ERR IS HUMAN QUOTE PROMISE
Did not all the Apostles fall short? Did not Peter not deny
Jesus thrice? Did not all of the Apostles run in fear?
Jesus did tell the 12 Apostles
including Judas
at the Last Supper that they would be in Heaven with Him
and judge the 12 tribes of Israel.
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Luke 22:14 and
22:28-30
And when the hour was come, He
sat down, and the TWELVE
APOSTLES with Him.
And He said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat
this Passover with you before I suffer: For I say unto
you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be
fulfilled in the kingdom of God. And He took the cup,
and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it
among yourselves: For I say unto you, I will not drink
of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall
come. And He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it,
and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is
given for you: this do in remembrance of Me. Likewise
also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new
testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
But, behold, the hand
of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
And truly the Son of man
goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom He is
betrayed!
And they began to enquire among themselves, which of
them it was that should do this thing. And there was
also a strife among them, which of them should be
accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings
of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they
that exercise authority upon them are called
benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is
greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he
that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is
greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?
is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as He that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my
temptations. And I appoint
unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye
may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones
judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Was not Jesus talking to all
twelve when He made the promise that they would all sit on thrones judging the
twelve tribes of Israel?
IS JUDAS IN
HELL OR IS HE IN PARADISE?
ONLY GOD KNOWS
My point
is ... Before today, you may have been so very sure that
Judas was sentenced to hell for his horrific acts, but
the Words of Jesus Himself reveals that it MAY not be
TRUTH.
Sooooooooooo, beware allowing anyone or anything to have
you condemn yourself or others as well ...
As it MAY
not be TRUTH.
TO ERR IS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE BIBLE LESSON
TO ERR IS HUMAN QUOTE PROVES HIS LOVE
THE TRUTH IS ... Jesus Loves us and Forgives us our sins ... ALL manner of sins, IF we repent. ALL Christians fall. Absolutely everyone (except for Jesus) from past to the date you are reading these words. We all sin and we need only ask forgiveness and carry on. Always remember the lyrics in the "We fall down" song by Bob Carisle ...
And the Saints are just the sinners who fall down ... And GET UP.
At what point does the sin of others become inexcusable in our eyes and heart when we may have performed the very same sin in our own lives at some point. Is it that the day WE chose to stop, was the very day that it became inexcusable? Tsk Tsk
So, again ...
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Romans 8:31-33
What shall we then say to these things? If God be
for us, who can be against us? He that spared not
His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how
shall He not with Him also freely give us all
things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of
God's elect? It is God that justifieth. |
When
God chooses someone and is on his or her part, who can
stand against them? Are they not standing against God
Himself when they do so?
This
brings up another question ... What if we (like Ananias
knew of Paul’s past) know something that someone did in
the past and hear of their supposed conversion yet fear
for the safety of others. Do we warn others and if so
how do we do so as not to contend with others who APPEAR
to be doing God’s work and if their conversion is real,
we would be contending with GOD? How do we discern the
matter?
This
reminds me of a story in the Bible where the Apostles
were brought before the Jewish religious council and
were being told to stop preaching about Jesus and the
apostles said: whatever, we are gonna do what God wants
not what man wants and this angered the religious
leaders and they were about to slay the Apostles when
one of the council named Gamaliel said:
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Acts 5:38-39
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and
let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be
of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God,
ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even
to fight against God. |
TO ERR IS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE BIBLE PASSAGE
TO ERR IS HUMAN QUOTE AND GRACEIf we come
across someone who we KNOW has sinned and they APPEAR to
be converted or trying to, but we still do not trust
them, we need to remember Gamaliel's words ... If the
person in question is not REAL, their plot will not
prosper in the sea of things. If God chooses to use a
vessel and someone contends with that soul, even if they
believe that they are are doing a God service ... They
are contending with GOD.
So, it is
best not to allow our own emotions to get involved as
Ananias did and just trust in the Lord.
And if you are one that is being judged and really are
trying to do what the Lord wants of you ... Remember
this:
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Romans 8:38-39
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord. |
NOTHING AND/OR NOBODY CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OUR LORD HAS FOR US. HIS FORGIVENESS AND GRACE OVERCOME EVERYTHING ELSE.
Tho many would like for us
to believe this about ourselves at times, due to our
poor past choices resulting in sins. The Word of God
ASSURES us that our Salvation is not determined by man ...
But rather by a merciful and Loving Father.
Of course we
want to be perfect for the Lord immediately.
However ...
God's timing is not our timing.
TO ERR IS HUMAN TO FORGIVE DIVINE BIBLE SUMMARY
TO ERR IS HUMAN QUOTE CONCLUSION
The
purification of a soul is a process which takes time.
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Galatians 5:5
For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of
righteousness by Faith. |
Until we obtain the righteousness we
long for ... We must remember these words:
To err is human to forgive divine.
Even forgiveness of ourselves as for us to GET UP and carry on.
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