• If God forgave disobedient Adam, He will forgive you and me
• If Jesus forgave adulterer and murderer King David, He will forgive you and me
• If God forgave wicked king Manasseh, He will forgive you and me
• If God forgave backslidden Jonah, He will forgive you and me
• If God forgave the harlot Rahab, He will forgive you and me
• If Jesus forgave the thief on the cross, He will forgive you and me
• If Jesus forgave greedy Zacchaeus, He will forgive you and me
• If Jesus forgave the Philippian jailer, He will forgive you and me
• If Jesus forgave persecutor Paul, known as Saul, He will forgive you and me

1. In order to experience God’s FORGIVENESS, you have to know the FORGIVER, Jesus Christ! (Luke 7:36, 37)

“36And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. 37And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment.”

Here was a Bad woman that needed to EMPTIED of her Badness that she might be FILLED up with God’s Goodness!

When Jesus forgave me in 1982, He looked beyond What I had done, (though it was sin- and wrong) and told me to Look at what He had DONE on the cross! (His death, burial, and resurrection) Likewise, Jesus did the same thing with this woman.

2. In order to experience God’s FORGIVENESS, you have to come with repentance to the FORGIVER, Jesus Christ! (Luke 7:38)

“8And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.”

** Come to Jesus BELIEVING

3. In order to experience God’s FORGIVENESS, you need to know the FORGIVER, Jesus Christ PAID a HIGH PRICE for our FORGIVENESS! (Luke 7:48, 49)

“47Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. 48And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.”

** Jesus PAID a PRICE too high for me to pay! (Eph 1:7)

4. In order to experience God’s FORGIVENESS, you NEED to ASK and TRUST Jesus Christ in FAITH right now! (Luke 7:49, 50)

“49And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 50And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.”

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