Forgiveness Why?

[Josef]

Hey All,
What do all of these verses have in common?

Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Matthew 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

Colossians 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Psalms 86:5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Psalms 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Buzzzzzz, time's up: Forgiveness.

Now for the all-important final question:

Why does God forgive?

Keep walking everybody.
May God bless,
Taz

 

[for_his_glory]

God forgives us because of His great love in His mercy and grace He has for His creation as He sits patiently waiting for all to repent turn back to Him. Everyone has a chance to repent and turn back, but many will continue to reject that great love.

Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Gen 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Numbers 14:18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

 

[Who Me]

Why does God forgive?

Because of his amazing love and mercy towards his creation.

 

[Tenchi]

Why does God forgive?

Because it's in His nature to do so. Forgiveness isn't an arbitrary thing God extends to us, a thing that He could choose in the next moment to withdraw, but a manifestation of His divine nature.