Forgiving for Jesus' Sake

“I say to the glory of God and in utter humility that whenever I see myself before God and realize even something of what my blessed Lord has done for me, I am ready to forgive anybody anything.” –D. Martyn Loyd Jones

“It is shallow nonsense to say that God forgives us because He is love…. The love of God means Calvary—nothing less; the love of God is spelt on the cross, and nowhere else. The only ground on which God can forgive me is the cross of my Lord.” –Oswald Chambers

Nancy Leigh DeMoss follows up by saying:

“We tend to forget that. We somehow have the idea that God has forgiven us purely out of His kindness, just because He wanted to. Forgiveness is sort of what we would expect from a God who wouldn’t mind going out of His way to be extra nice to us. But it makes a huge difference when we realize the ground on which our forgiveness was procured. If we are to forgive others as God has forgiven us. Calvary required and agony we cannot fully comprehend. On the cross, Jesus took our sin upon Himself, enduring the wrenching consequence of broken fellowship with the Father—the one He adored, the One from whom He had never experienced a moment of separation. That is impossible for us to fully grasp. We can at best only imagine what the Father and Son must have endured when, for the first time ever, the cost of our sin interrupted their eternal fellowship.”

-How well does your life reflect the forgiving heart of God toward sinners?
-Do non-believers see the gospel in you by the way you respond to those who wrong you?