Three Those Who Cannot Forget What God Has Forgiven The Bible is a book of forgiveness. In it God says over and over again that He’ll forgive us. But not one of those promises is worth the paper it’s written on unless we agree with him, and apply that forgiveness to our own lives. You say, “But why wouldn’t people be glad to hear and receive that?” For two reasons: 1) Because they don’t “feel” forgiven, and therefore they conclude that they must not “be” forgiven. This was the case with a young lady