Equipping Christians to become disciples
Probably the main reason why so few Christians understand forgiveness correctly is that there is so little teaching on it. It is either taught poorly by church leaders, who don’t know what it really means, or it is not taught at all. The latter is …
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17 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. 18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor …
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To forgive another person, in the narrowest sense of the word, requires us to recognise and accept the following things: a) that a wrong has been done to you and, perhaps, that harm has been caused. b) that it has been done by person X (or group …
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When we forgive a wrongdoer it does not mean that he will never be judged. It is simply that they won’t be judged by us. Jesus will actually judge unrepentant, unsaved people with a severity which is far greater than anything we could do to them: 35 ‘Vengeance is …
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Forgiving others, even at its narrowest definition, also means that we must not do anything to take vengeance. We must never seek to ‘get even’ with people, or to ‘pay them back’ for what they did to us. We are to “leave room for the …
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A good technique, when irritated by people, and where we want to avoid the problem escalating or continuing, is to try to see people the way God sees them. God isn’t irritated by people’s accents, opinions or mannerisms or by their peculiar ways. He looks at …
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Forbearance is another concept which is closely linked to forgiveness but is still separate and distinct. Sometimes we become alienated from others, or do not get on with them, not necessarily because they have wronged us or harmed us, but simply because we do not like …
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The apostle Peter asked Jesus a question which must have occurred to most of us – how many times are we expected to forgive people? Is there a limit? What if they just carry on sinning against us, again and again? Jesus answered Peter by telling him …
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We are commanded not to judge others. On top of that, we also have a positive duty to forgive them. Moreover, we are not merely advised to do so. We are commanded to forgive. It is stated very clearly and on many occasions, for example: …
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Let’s look more closely at these final Judgments that are going to be conducted by Jesus. We know that He will judge the whole world, one at a time, and face to face. That includes the person who has wronged you. However, you need to …
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