Advent with Allison Part 4: Forgive as You’ve Been Forgiven

Welcome back to Advent with Allison, a five-part series where we anticipate the annual commemoration of Jesus’s birth. This episode is part four, covering the perfect forgiveness that Jesus modeled in his birth, life, death, and resurrection. Our almighty God extends salvation, freedom from sin, and eternal security to those who accept it. Tune in to explore Jesus’s forgiveness made available to you and why Christ-followers must extend gracious forgiveness to others.

(A quick note of correction: When I talked about Jesus’s crucifixion around the 34-35 minute mark, I misspoke and used the phrase “tie up” but we know Jesus had nails driven into his hands or wrists from John 20:24-27. Sorry for any confusion!)

Thank you for joining us! Below, you can find the information we studied for this episode.

Scriptures

• Genesis 16:13
• Leviticus 4:32-35
• Psalm 32, 51, 103:12
• Matthew 4:1-11, 5:27-30, 6:14, 7:13-14, 18:21-35, 26:15, 26:40, 27
• Mark 15
• Luke 23
• John 19
• Acts 7:54-60
• Romans 6:23, 10:9
• 2 Corinthians 1:3
• Philippians 2:1-11
• Hebrews 4:15
• 1 John 1:8-10

Resources

• ESV Study Bible
• Bible Project, “Animal Sacrifice? Really?” (Article)
• Bible Project, “Sacrifice and Atonement” (YouTube Video)
• David Guzik, “Matthew 21 Commentary: The Beginning of Jesus’s Last Week”
• David Guzik, “Matthew 25 Commentary: Jesus’s Olivet Discourse”
• ESV, “Sacrifices”
• Got Questions, “Does God really forget our sins?”
• Got Questions, “If I do not forgive others, does that mean my sins are not forgiven?”
• James Beilby, Paul Eddy, Thomas Schreiner, Gregory Boyd, Joel Green, Bruce Reichenbach, The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views (Spectrum Multiview Book Series)
• The Harmony of the Gospels: The Crucifixion (side-by-side comparison from all four gospels)

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