BET Archive | Volume 8 - Essays on Forgiveness
Title
Forgiven unto Life: A Sermon on Judicial Forgiveness from 1 Kings 8:33–40 and Colossians 2:13–14
Gerald Hiestand
Abstract (from the Editorial of BET vol. 8.2)
Gerald Hiestand offers the manuscript of a sermon from I Kings 8, entitled “Forgiven Unto Life.” In this sermon, Hiestand takes us into a sermonic reflection on Solomon’s dedicatory prayer for the Temple, a prayer whose main theme is forgiveness. Building on this observation, Hiestand offers something of a biblical theology of forgiveness, encouraging us to see that forgiveness is not solely about God’s change of attitude toward us, but about our being released from the judicial punishment for sin that we stood under before our salvation through Christ. This claim enables Hiestand to demonstrate the depth of forgiveness for believer and non-believer alike, and the grace of God that brings healing to the nations.
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Gerald Hiestand is the Co-Founder and Board Chair of the Center for Pastor Theologians. He has over 15 years of pastoral ministry experience and currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL. He is the editor and author/co-author of several books, including The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision. He holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Reading. He is also a founding member of the St. Anselm Fellowship of the CPT.
