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  THE FRUIT OF FORGIVENESS
  by Elisabeth Elliot
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of demonstrating our
determination to forsake sin through specific actions after receiving
forgiveness.

Topics: "Repentance", "Forgiveness"
Scripture References: Isaiah 27:9, Matthew 3:8, Luke 3:8, Acts 26:20, James 2:17

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Elisabeth Elliot emphasizes the daily forgiveness we receive from God
for various sins, highlighting the contrast between the magnitude of
grace and the commonality of forgiveness. She references Isaiah 27:9,
illustrating the need for tangible actions to demonstrate repentance and
forsaking of specific sins, akin to smashing stone altars as a symbol of
genuine repentance and the fruit of forgiveness.

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Every day I am forgiven for many sins of many kinds, and although on the
one hand forgiveness seems such an impossible thing (but grace is
greater than all my sin), on the other hand I receive it often without
wonder and nearly always without offering any "fruit."

When the Lord punished Israel, Isaiah wrote: "Only then can the fruit of
his forgiveness be shown: they must smash their stone altars into
pounded chalk" (Is 27:9 JBP).

When I acknowledge a specific sin, it is a good thing to do something
specific to demonstrate my determination to forsake it. Smash an altar,
sacrifice an hour of sleep or a meal (if the sin has been, e.g., failure
to do what I want to do "because I haven't time"), write a note of
apology to one sinned against, make restitution in some way for a wrong.
To arise and obey in such a particular act is an appropriate sign of the
genuineness of my repentance--the fruit of forgiveness.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/elisabeth-elliot/the-fruit-of-forgiveness/
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