G859 forgiveness
Original: ἄφεσις
Transliteration: APHESIS
Phonetic: af'-es-is
- RELEASE from BONDAGE or IMPRISONMENT
- forgiveness or PARDON, of SINS (LETTING them GO AS IF they had NEVER BEEN
COMMITTED),
- REMISSION of the penalty
Strong's Definition: From G863; FREEDOM; pardon:- DELIVERANCE, forgiveness, liberty, REMISSION.
DISMISSAL.
- a SENDING AWAY,
- a LETTING GO,
- a RELEASE, PARDON,
- COMPLETE FORGIVENESS.
HOW TO LIVE THE APHĒSIS LIFE?
Many still struggle with the consequences of sin in their lives and relationships.
Comparison is a symptom of inferiority and superiority
HOW to be FREE from this struggle?
1. RECOGNIZE that IN CHRIST we have the GRACIOUS and LOVING forgiveness of GOD.
We don't deserve it but we still get it
Christ did not deserve punishment because He did not sin
We deserve the death penalty but Jesus got it for us
We now receive the undeserved favour
2. ACKNOWLEDGE/AGREE/CONFESS to God that we have actually messed up our lives by rejecting Jesus thus failing to live according to His Instructions.
1 JOHN 1:7 TPT
But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the BLOOD of JESUS, his SON, CONTINUALLY CLEANSES us from ALL SIN.
1 JOHN 1:8 TPT
If we boast that we have no sin, we’re only fooling ourselves and
are strangers to the truth.
1 JOHN 1:9 TPT
But if we freely admit (confess) HOMOLOGEŌ our sins when
his light uncovers them, he will be faithful to forgive us every time.
GOD is JUST to FORGIVE us our sins BECAUSE of CHRIST, and he will continue to CLEANSE us from all unrighteousness.
Homologeo means agree with
G3670 confess
Original: ὁμολογέω
Transliteration: HOMOLOGEŌ
Phonetic: hom-ol-og-eh'-o
Thayer Definition:
- to SAY the SAME THING AS ANOTHER, i.e. to AGREE WITH,
- assent
- not to refuse, to promise
- not to deny
- to confess, declare
- to confess, i.e. to admit or declare one's self guilty of what one is accused of
- to declare openly, speak out freely
- to praise, celebrate
Strong's Definition: From a compound of the base of G3674 and G3056; to ASSENT, that is, covenant, ACKNOWLEDGE:- con- (pro-) fess, confession is made,
give thanks, promise
G863 forgive
Original: ἀφίημι
Transliteration: APHIĒMI
Phonetic: af-ee'-ay-mee
Thayer Definition:
- to send away
- to bid going away or depart
- of a husband divorcing his wife
- to send forth, yield up, to expire
- to let go, let alone, let be
- to disregard
- to leave, not to discuss now, (a topic)
- to omit, neglect
- to let go, give up a debt, forgive, to remit
- to give up, keep no longer
- to permit, allow, not to hinder, - to give up a thing to a person
- to leave, go way from one
Go to a place where we are accepted in the Lord
God don't demand us to do anything to please Him
- IN ORDER to GO to ANOTHER PLACE
- to depart from any one
- to depart from one and leave him to himself so that all mutual claims are abandoned
- to go away leaving something behind
- to leave one by not taking him as a companion
- to leave on dying, leave behind one
- to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining
- abandon, leave destitute
Leave behind your past, your guilt
Strong's Definition: From G575 and ἵημι hiēmi (to SEND; an intensive form of εἶμι eimi (TO GO));
- to send forth, - cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE ONE WHO HAS RECEIVED APHESIS FORGIVENESS FROM GOD?
PSALMS 32:1 TPT
What BLISS belongs to the one whose REBELLION has been FORGIVEN,
those whose sins are covered by blood.
H5375 forgiven
Original: נסה נשׂא
Transliteration: nâśâ' nâsâh
Phonetic: naw-saw'
- to lift, bear up, carry, take
PSALMS 32:1 NLT
Oh, what JOY for those whose DISOBEDIENCE is FORGIVEN,
whose sin is PUT OUT of SIGHT!
PSALMS 32:1 AMP
BLESSED [FORTUNATE, PROSPEROUS, FAVORED by GOD]
is he whose TRANSGRESSIONS is FORGIVEN,
And whose is Covered.
PSALMS 32:1 EASY
When GOD has FORGIVEN someone's sins, they are TRULY HAPPY!
They may have turned against God, but when God forgives them, they are happy.
WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE SO HAPPY?
PSALMS 32:2 NLT
Yes, what JOY for those whose RECORD the LORD has CLEARED of GUILT, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!
PSALMS 32:2 TPT
What bliss belongs to those who have confessed their corruption to God!
For HE wipes their slates CLEAN and REMOVES HYPOCRISY from their HEARTS.
PSALMS 32:3 TPT
Before I confessed my sins, I kept it all inside; my dishonesty devastated my inner life, causing my life to be filled with frustration, irrepressible anguish, and misery.
PSALMS 32:5 NLT
Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt.
I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.”
And YOU FORGAVE ME!
ALL my GUILT is GONE. (Interlude)
PSALMS 32:8-9 TPT
I hear the Lord saying, “I will stay close to you, instructing and guiding you along the PATHWAY for your LIFE.
I will ADVISE you ALONG the WAY and LEAD you forth with my eyes as your guide.
So don’t make it difficult; don’t be stubborn when I take you where you’ve not been before.
Don’t make me tug you and pull you along.
Just come with me!”
APHIĒMI af-ee'-ay-mee
- to send away..
- IN ORDER to GO to ANOTHER PLACE
3. REPENT
ACTS 3:19 KJV
REPENT ye therefore, and be CONVERTED, that your SINS may be BLOTTED OUT,
when the TIMES of REFRESHING shall COME from the PRESENCE of the LORD;
WHAT IS REPENTANCE in the NEW COVENANT?
G3341 repentance
Original: μετάνοια
Transliteration: METANOIA
Phonetic: met-an'-oy-ah
Thayer Definition:
a CHANGE of MIND, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of something he has done
Strong's Definition: From G3340; compunction (for guilt, including reformation); by implication reversal (of [another's] decision):- repentance.
Conscience has a knowledge of right and wrong
G3340 repent
Original: μετανοέω
Transliteration: METANOEŌ
Phonetic: met-an-o-eh'-o
Thayer Definition:
- to change one's mind, i.e. to repent
- to CHANGE ONE'S MIND for BETTER, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins
Strong's Definition: From G3326 and G3539; to THINK DIFFERENTLY or afterwards, that is, RECONSIDER (morally to feel compunction): - repent.
Etymologically speaking, μετανοέω is a compound of νοέω [noeō], which means “to understand, to ponder, to think about,” and μετα [meta], which means “with”: μετανοέω means “to UNDERSTAND WITH, to USE the MIND with.”
When we repent, we are using our MIND to REALIZE that we have done wrong, to hate/regret our sin, and to CHANGE our MIND for the BETTER.
The Greek word μετα-νοέω METANOEŌ is a lot like our English word CON-SCIENCE : both terms imply “with knowledge.”
CONSCIENCE -
a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as
a guide to one's behaviour.
"he had a guilty conscience about his desires"
synonyms: sense of right and wrong, sense of right, moral sense, still small voice, inner voice, voice within, morals, standards, values, principles, ethics, creed, beliefs, compunction, scruples, qualms
REPENT - RENEW/RENOVATE our MINDS and CHANGE THE WAY we THINK which allow us to LIVE ACCORDING to GOD’S WILL.
WHAT BRINGS REPENTANCE ?
Jesus died for me. We don't deserve it.God is so good, He did not count my sin against me. He took my punishment on my behalf when i don't deserve it. This is the goodness of God. My sin is so big, i did not receive the punishment, because Jesus took the punishment on my behalf.
ROMANS 2:4 NKJV
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance,
and longsuffering, not knowing that the GOODNESS of GOD leads you to repentance?
WHAT IS THE RESULT OF REPENTANCE?
ACTS 3:19 NKJV
Repent therefore and be CONVERTED, that your sins may be blotted out, so that TIMES of REFRESHING may COME from the PRESENCE of the LORD,
G1994 converted
Original: ἐπιστρέφω
Transliteration: EPISTREPHŌ
Phonetic: ep-ee-stref'-o
Thayer Definition:
to turn to
to the worship of the true God
to cause to return, to bring back
to the love and obedience of God
to love wisdom and righteousness
to turn one's self about, turn back
to return, turn back, come back
Strong's Definition: From G1909 and G4762; to REVERT:- come (go) again, convert, (re-) turn (about, again).
The word forgiveness (aphesis) means LOOSING SOMEONE FROM WHAT BINDS him.
It stems from a verb meaning to SEND AWAY.
FORGIVENESS grants FREEDOM to those who are in BONDAGE.
ACTS 2:38 AMP
And Peter said to them, “Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the FORGIVENESS of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
HEBREWS 9:22 AMP
In fact under the Law almost everything is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness [neither release from sin and its guilt, nor cancellation of the merited punishment].
A good behavior can only come about from a good nature
God has lifted the sentence of condemnation upon Christians for their sins through the death of Christ on their behalf and no longer counts them as guilty.
Forgiveness is necessary both because God is just and because all humans are guilty with sin.
When we UNDERSTAND this, we RECEIVE RELEASE (APHĒSIS ) from the captivating power of sin in our lives.
FORGIVEN AND FREE
ROMANS 6:22 TPT
But now, as God’s loving servants, you live in JOYOUS FREEDOM from the power of sin.
So consider the BENEFITS you now ENJOY—you are brought deeper into the experience of true holiness that ends with eternal life!
ROMANS 6:23 NLT
For the wages of sin is death, but the FREE GIFT of GOD
is ETERNAL LIFE through CHRIST JESUS our Lord.
O HAPPY DAY!!!
Do you want to be happy everyday of your lives?
Meditate on the forgiveness of sin and you will be happy everyday