"As Bright as Day"

"The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shown in the sight of the heathen." (Psalms 98:2)
If it's proof that you need, there is really nothing more that needs to be shown then what has already been delivered to us. I know, there are always those that want to be entertained and made to feel as though they have been enlightened; but that is really not what this is meant to be about, because it's all about love and forgiveness. If there was one thing that mattered out of all the teaching from this last Sunday, it was that we must experience forgiveness. It has got to be real enough to change our lives; to truly know that our sins have been forgiven, and in such a way that it causes us to want to forgive those who have done something to us. Whether we actually do so, that's another story all by it's self, because true forgiveness can only happen by us giving up our rights; something that takes giving up all that we think that we are owed, even that which we think that we deserve. By the time we get ready to forgive someone, there is always something that makes us feel as though we need to make it subject to some sort of condition, as in their reaction or their response. It's really not about any of that, it's about us being free to grow in our relationship with the God who has forgiven us. If we have not forgiven others, then we really don't get to experience what forgiveness is all about. The same thing works for love; if we cannot love unconditionally, then we cannot know the love of God. We might think that we love, but if our love is based upon conditions, then it's not true love. God will not force us to love Him, but there is nothing else He needs to show us in order for Him to be loved by us; He has already done all that He could to prove His love to us, now it's our turn to love Him back. And in the process of loving Him back, we must love one another; just as in the process of receiving His forgiveness, we must forgive others as He has forgiven us...
"But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who they are. For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard. Yet God, with undeserved kindness, declares that we are righteous. He did this through Jesus Christ when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he declares sinners to be right in his sight when they believe in Jesus." (Romans 3:21-26) NLT