Jesus asks us to forgive and forget!

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Jesus asks us to forgive and forget!; forgive .
Topic Started: Feb 28 2007, 02:31 PM (24 Views)
Fouad	Feb 28 2007, 02:31 PM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 267 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: October 19, 2005	The Presence of Jesus to all those who seek Him, is not felt or recognized by people who are at odds with a friend, spouse, sibling, parent or neighbor. There are a great many people in this world who carry a grudge, even a religious grudge. They zero in on one sin, one happening in their life that has so vexed them, that they are unable to forgive and forget. Many times, you hear the now familiar story of a man or woman who claims to have been 'yelled at' in the Confessional. Usually, these recollections, though unforgiven, relate to a person's younger years, and one wonders immediately if the unforgiven fault would have been less serious had the person who felt offended, been more mature at the time. But it is not always that easy. Arguments that have been lost, and often not forgiven, cry out to the world: "I am hurt, and nobody cares!" And, "he was supposed to be a holy priest." First of all, all priests are human, as are the rest of us. We are all sinners. And, I've also met priests who seemed devoted and mature, who were grouches. When I have to listen to people who feel offended, I am sorry for the priest who had to listen to the accuser, barking away at what was often an insignificant matter, and then holding a life-time grudge. What does Jesus say about all that? Well, if Our Lord can forgive us our sins, by offering Himself up on the Cross for our errors, then certainly, shouldn't we be of same disposition to those who hurt us? In [Mat. 18:33], 'Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?' Jesus said: [Mat 18:34-35] 'Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt. So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart.' Jesus makes it very clear here that He has forgiven us (while on the Cross) from His heart, and that we have been forgiven. May this serve as an example that we should also repent, and in humility, ask God for forgiveness. Then he will forgive us, and he will then forget the problem entirely, and so should we! Gone is our agony, our un-forgiveness, and the pain that goes with it. If we have un-forgiveness in our heart, go to the person who has angered you and ask him to forgive you. Your mood will change for the better, and life continues peacefully and purposefully. Your house is in order once again, and you'll recognize God's Presence. The pain that festered is out of the way, and we can once again love and honor Jesus, and all those whom we deal with every day. Joy has returned! And, by the way, "Joy" is a gift of God! Fred Schaeffer, SFO After i read this i was thinking how our flesh sometimes control us to forgive others , and the devil work hard in that area , cause he knows when people start forgive others , they start show their love and this bother the devil, cause he want us to be busy with fighting , and Jesus want us to be united with Him and with others , the forgiveness also purify our heart ,and we need to learn from Jesus He forgive us and we know we dont deserve it , whydont we learn from Him andvforgiv . what e lose if we forgive ? what we can win if we forgive . iwish you think about it and give your comment .
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Fadime	Mar 1 2007, 07:58 AM Post #2
Newbie Posts: 5 Group: Members Member #80 Joined: January 26, 2007	Hello everyone, I'd like to try and give a carefull comment on this topic 'forgiveness'. As Jesus showed us the way to handle quite difficult things in our lives, He let's us understand that it is extremely important to forgive. We should forgive not just the people who are close to us and maybe even say they are sorry, but the forgiveness He asks of us stretches much further than that. We should forgive the people who did us wrong... very very wrong sometimes. But as I came to realise: this is an impossible thing for us to do! Hate or resentment is not just something you are able to set aside, not even if you try very hard... Jesus raises the bar much higher than the 'law' here and again we are left feeling terribly helpless. And as strange as it may sound, this point is exactly were I think He wants us to arrive at, because only when we realise that we honestly cannot do something that is required of us, and know we cannot fix it, we will gladly accept His help. When you are honest about it and leave the matter into His hands, He is able to work inside you, in your life, in your feelings, or wherever necessary to be able at some point in your life to forgive, the way He is able to forgive. In my case, I wasn't told directly: "forgive that person who did you wrong!" Jesus just isn't like that, He knows what you can and cannot handle. No, I was only carefully pointed to the possibility of thinking of forgiveness... And just this distinct thought made me completely brake down in despair. What do you have to lose? Well, at the time I thought: EVERYTHING! What meaning would my life have, if I myself even betrayed me? Immediately after thinking that way, I knew I was wrong. Here I could go two ways: refuse to ever think of the possibility again and start to think of a way to get my revenge :ph43r: or TRUST Jesus and lay down in Jesus arms, leaving all my emotions and despair and hate and worries about this matter with Him. And allthough at the time I was leaping into the big unknown, my desire went to the second choise. What did I have left to lose? Nothing. What would you win? I'd say: EVERYTHING! What Jesus asks of us is often the opposite of what we would normally do and are even able to do. You might think you lose everything and that thought actually hurts a lot. However, when the Lord fixes something, He does it thoroughly and He will be with you and stick with you all the way, no matter how much you stumble or fall or moan <_< or how long it takes. He doesn't start a work that He doesn't finish! Everytime we get hurt, we struggle with it. And everytime again we have to take our normal way of thinking and go to Jesus' loving arms, because this is not a case of learning 'how to do it' once and then know how to fix it next time someone hurts you again. I think there is a lot we should do, according to the law and according to what Jesus says in the sermon on the mount (Mat. chapter 5-8). He raises the bar to impossible hights, because He knows He has come to fulfill all of that. Now, 'what we SHOULD do' has become 'what we WILL do'. When we go to Him and learn how much He loves us, we WILL do. Not because we attempt to reach it out of our own strength , but because He will make the change inside us if we let Him. God bless you all
	That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand. (John 10:29) Bible translations in txt/pdf


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