Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
We all have times that people offend us or wrong us. Sometimes it is done on purpose and sometimes it is without the person who offended you even realizing it. So what are you to do? Do we get mad and then get even? Do we make the person apologize and BEG for forgiveness, even when they haven’t realized they did anything wrong? Or do we forgive them, not based on what they have done to bring recompense for their wrong doing, but because we have forgiveness from God in Christ? We want to treat others the way God treats us this is living in grace. If God doesn’t ask us to do anything for forgiveness, then we ought not to make others do anything for us to forgive them. We need to exercise grace and forgive others as Christ has already totally forgiven us. Remember that forgiving someone also means to forget it and not hold it against them.
Rejoicing in Grace,
Keith
2 Cor 5:14-15
