Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Upto seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”Matthew 18:21-22
Jesus says we are to forgive one another as much as it takes. After all, we are still in the game of life because of His willingness to forgive us of our own rule-breaking. True forgiveness doesn’t come easy for our human nature.Our sense of justice often takes on an element of pride or revenge or harboring a grudge. Our mind wants to hold onto unforgiveness because whatever hurt us was not right.
But forgiveness accepts the wrong doing, ever how undeserved, and chooses to forgive the offender as if it had not happened. Wow! That is not natural. In fact, it’s supernatural. Yet this is how Jesus forgives us. A follower of Christ is promised that sin is removed “as far as the East is from the West” when confession and a true turning away from that sin occurs.
Christianity is not a set of rules with a freedom to commit wrongdoing just because there is a promise of forgiveness and grace.
Forgiveness comes because scripture tells us that “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord WILL be saved.”
Saved from what? Saved from that sin … those broken rules in our life that God has set forth … which continue to haunt and pursue us. And why will we be saved from those wrongs? Because Jesus Christ died a cruel death on a crucifixion cross taking the full weight of the sin … past, present and future … of those that call upon Him in faith.
In as much as we all go through pain and struggle to forgive let's make it real and FORGIVE for you and I were forgiven first!
Now that’s a home run!
Evangelist Steve Omodecx
The Blessed Family Ministry
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