Forgiveness Set as an Example for Us by Our Heavenly Father

Deuteronomy 30.1. “And it will be when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you and you will call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD* your God has driven you, 2. and return to the LORD* your God, and will obey His voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your being, 3. then the LORD* your God will turn your captivity and have compassion upon you, and will return and gather you from all the nations where the LORD* your God has scattered you. 4. If you are driven out to the outermost of heaven, the LORD* your God will gather you from there and He will fetch you from there, 5. and the LORD* your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed and you will possess it. And He will do good for you and multiply you above your fathers. 6. And the LORD* your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD* your God with all your heart and with your whole being, so you may live. 7. And the LORD* your God will put all these curses upon your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. 8. And you will return and obey the voice of the LORD* and do all His commandments which I command you this day. 9. And the LORD* your God will give you abundance in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your land, for good, for the LORD* will again rejoice over you for good, as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10. if you hearken to the voice of the LORD* your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this scroll of the Torah, and if you turn to the LORD* your God with all your heart and with your entire being.

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