A Guide To Forgiveness: Why God Started It What It Means and How To Do It

By Rhonda Miller

This workbook is about forgiveness from a biblical standpoint. This one tells us what Jesus says about it and what He did to make forgiveness happen. It answers the questions “What is forgiveness?” and “how did forgiveness begin?” It highlights people, in the bible, who received forgiveness after betrayal, murder, and more. It also addresses reconciliation, acceptance and what to do if someone will not forgive you.
There is a worksheet after each chapter to deepen our understanding of forgiveness. There is also guide to forgiveness worksheet to take us through the steps of forgiveness that God has given us through His Son, Jesus Christ.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vervante
• Release date: Jan 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781645508083

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THE FOUNDATION

How It All Began

This is a summary of the series of events that took place with Adam and Even in the Garden of Eden. These events initiated our need for God’s forgiveness. The summary is adapted from Genesis, chapters 1-3.

In the beginning, God created the heavens, the earth and everything in it. God created the Garden of Eden, which had all kinds of beautiful trees and delicious fruits.

God also created Adam, the first man, and gave him the responsibility to care for the Garden of Eden. God specifically instructed Adam not to eat from one particular tree, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:15-17).

Then God created a woman, an ideal mate and companion for Adam. God put Adam in a deep sleep, took one of his ribs and created a woman from this rib. When Adam awakened from his deep sleep and met the woman, he was extremely happy with God’s creation, and he called her woman. Adam, being responsible, told the woman about the garden and the one tree that was off limits (Genesis 2:19-25; 3:2).

Satan came along, disguised as a serpent, to speak to the woman. He approached her while she was alone and asked her: Is it true that you cannot eat any of the trees in the garden? The woman told the serpent they could eat from any of the trees except from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. She further explained they would die if they touched or ate from it. The shrewd serpent told the woman that she would not actually die. He said, God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil (Genesis 3:2-4).

The woman looked more closely at the tree. She gazed at it. It was gorgeous. It was lovely. Perhaps she even walked around the tree slowly, gazing at the mouth-watering fruit hanging from it. So, she ate the fruit and shared with Adam, who also ate some of it. He completely disregarded what God had told him before he met the woman. As soon as they both ate the fruit, they realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together to hide their nakedness from each other and from God (Genesis