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In the Urantia Book

Divine forgiveness

  • The Father is who blots out transgressions for his own sake 97:7.10
  • There is never a closure of the Father’s heart to the need and the petition of his children. 5:1.11
  • Divine forgiveness is inevitable; it is inherent and inalienable in God’s infinite understanding, in his perfect knowledge of all that concerns the mistaken judgment and erroneous choosing of the child. 2:5.4 97:7.7 131:2.11 174:1
  • love of Jesus is what forgives sins 147:5.5 148:9.2-3 188:5.2
  • no forgiveness exists for deliberate blasphemy against God. When men go so far as knowingly to ascribe the doings of God to the forces of evil, such deliberate rebels will hardly seek forgiveness for their sins. 153:4.3 165:3.6
  • our forgiveness is personally available if we forgive our fellow men 144:3.6 146:2.4 170:2.23 170:3.4-5 188:4.13
  • Said Isaiah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow 97:5.2 131:2.10 156:2.7
  • Jesus taught them to preach the forgiveness of sin through faith in God without penance or sacrifice, and that the Father in heaven loves all his children with the same eternal love. He said: If you confess your sins, they are forgiven 89:10 138:8.2 156:2.7

Iniquiters

  • persistent workers of iniquity will never seek nor receive forgiveness, they are guilty of the sin of eternally rejecting divine forgiveness. 153:4.3
  • all manner of sins may be forgiven, but it is doubt whether the established iniquiter would ever sincerely experience sorrow for his misdeeds or accept forgiveness for his sins. 67:1.6

Michael’s attitude

  • Early in the days of the Lucifer rebellion, salvation was offered all rebels by Michael. 53:9.1
  • he offered Lutentia, the first rebel System Sovereign in Nebadon, the privilege of sharing system throne if he would only apologize 119:2.5
  • repentant universe rebels will be rehabilitated, but may not serve in original positions wherein they defaulted 35:9.10 35:10.4 67:4.7
  • Jesus pronounced a beautiful sermon about forgiveness: “If a kindhearted man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, does he not immediately leave the ninety and nine and go out in search of the one that has gone astray? I declare that there is more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety and nine righteous persons who need no repentance”. 159:1

Nature of forgiveness

  • is Godlike. This capacity to understand man’s nature and forgive his apparent wrongdoing is Godlike. 174:1.4
  • forgiveness provides salvation 188:5.3
  • The forgiveness does not have to be sought, only received as the consciousness of re-establishment of loyalty relations between the creature and the Creator. 89:10.6
  • forgiveness takes away bonds of sin 131:5.5

Practicing forgiveness

  • forgiveness of love transcends forgiveness of mercy 188:5.2
  • How many times do we have to forgive? Jesus said, “Not only seven times, but seventy times and seven.” That is, the more, the better, because the more forgiveness we give, the more we will receive. 159:1.4-7
  • If someone irritates us, causes feelings of resentment, we should sympathetically seek to discern his viewpoint, his reasons for such objectionable conduct. 100:4.4
  • The triumph of the death on the cross is all summed up in the spirit of Jesus’ attitude toward those who assailed him. He made the cross an eternal symbol of the triumph of love over hate and the victory of truth over evil when he prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” 187:2.4 188:5.6
  • Understanding relationships associated with attitudes of love effectively prevent all those estrangements which later necessitate the readjustment of repentance by the child with forgiveness by the parent. 174:1.2
  • A loving parent experiences little difficulty in forgiving his child, even many times. 140:5.17
  • If your brother sins against you, go to him and with tact and patience show him his fault. And do all this between you and him alone. If your brother will not hear you, go again with one or two friends. If he refuses to hear, then tell the story to the congregation. 159:1.3
  • we must release our friends from wrong they have done us 131:4.5-6
  • we must not resist evil treatment of one’s personality, evil injury to one’s feelings of personal dignity 141:3.8
  • Spirit of Truth endows us with power to forgive personal injuries 194:3.12
  • Jesus taught to preach the forgiveness of sin through faith in God 138:8.2 167:5.2 170:3.3
  • understanding neighbor makes forgiveness easier 2:4.2
  • Zebedee sons apologized to apostles and were restored to the good graces of their brethren. 171:0.6

Primitive men

  • primitives would give feasts to wipe out dishonor from one's name 69:5.12
  • primitives would ask forgiveness at a public meeting for sins they intended to commit the following week 89:2.5

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

Where it appears

Forgiveness is linked in 49 paragraphs of the text; the first 40 are listed.

2:4.22:6.653:9.167:1.689:2.589:10.691:4.391:8.596:6.397:4.5119:2.5121:6.5131:1.8131:4.5131:5.5131:6.2131:8.5133:3.7133:4.12138:8.2139:12.14140:8.13141:3.8142:7.11144:3.9144:5.96146:2.4147:5.4148:9.3150:5.2153:4.3154:6.3159:1.1159:5.16161:2.4165:3.6167:5.2170:2.23170:3.3174:1.1

See also

Atonement doctrineBlasphemyBloodChildrenConfessionCriminalsCrossDangerEvilFaithFamilyFathersGodGuiltHipposHoseaHungerImmaturityIndolenceIniquityInitiativeInjusticeJesusJewsJudas IscariotKingdom of heavenLambsLord’s PrayerLoveLucifer rebellionMartyrsMercyMichael of NebadonMoneylendersPaloniaParentsPassivityPastPatiencePrayerPridePrisonersProphetsRacesRedemptionReligionRepentanceRevengeRingSacrificeSalvationSanitationSaviorSelf-importanceSimon PeterSinSinnersSpirit of TruthSpiritual growthStewardTendernessThieves crucified with JesusTruthUniversal FatherVictoryWarWorship
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