Subject: How do forgive my dad for his wrong? |
Bible Note: Jesusfreak345: The counsel that you gave to jen2000 -- "You have to ask God to forgive your father" -- is unscriptural. ...... Jesus prayed on the cross, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34). Jesus was God Incarnate on earth. God the Son prayed to God the Father, "Father, forgive them." He clearly had this authority. We do not. ...... Jesus' pattern prayer, the so-called Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13), that He taught His disciples says (vs. 12), "Forgive us OUR debts as also WE have forgiven our debtors." This verse teaches us two things: that we are to pray for the forgiveness of our own debts [same as 'sins' in Luke 11:4], and that we are to forgive our debtors, i.e., "others for their transgressions" as Jesus points out in Matthew 6:14. But it says nothing about asking God to forgive someone else. ...... 1 John 1:9 says, "If WE confess OUR sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." ...... --Hank |