Good morning, Lord

50 Commandments of Jesus

32. Forgive Offenders—Matthew 18:21–22

 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?”

 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Good morning, Lord, thank You for forgiving us of so much, all our sin, all our shame, please help us forgive without counting, just as You do. Empower us to forgive supernaturally, there is no way we, as mortals, could forgive over and over and over again, but it's what we have come to expect of You, please help us pass the blessing of forgiveness on, we pray in Jesus' name, amen.

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hamartanó: to miss the mark, do wrong, sin

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Cognate: 264 hamartánō (from 1 /A "not" and 3313 /méros, "a part, share") – properly, having no share in; to sin, which always brings forfeiture – i.e. eternal loss due to missing God's mark. Like 266 /hamartía, 264 (hamartánō) is regularly used in ancient times of an archer missing the target (Homer, Aesch., etc). Every decision (action) done apart from faith (4102 /pístis) is sin (Ro 14:23; cf. Heb 11:6). See 266 (hamartia).