Tuesday: 8th October, 2024
Topic: Authority to Forgive Sins
Text: John 20: 21-23

The text above emphasizes Jesus' delegation of authority to His disciples to forgive sins. After addressing His disciples,  He then breathed on them and said “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven." Thus, to forgive sins, is a joint action of believers and the Holy Spirit and must be through repentance and faith in Jesus. Jesus expects believers to be mediators and confidently proclaim forgiveness in Jesus' name.
With the Holy Spirit, pray and mediate for God’s forgiveness of sinners.

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