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AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" [Mark 9:33-37; Luke 9:46-48] |
Subject: forgiveness |
Bible Note: Hank, In your first reply, you said "Are Christians duty bound to look the other way while a murderer, robber, rapist or terrrorist goes free and unpunished for his heinous crimes? That's the message I get from your post, and to substantiate it, friend, you will need to show wherein the Bible teaches Christians to behave in this manner." My post implies nothing of the kind, and we both know there are no scriptures to support such a silly view. One of the reasons I attempted to define forgiveness is because the bible does not, yet people in pain need to know in practical terms what it means. The bible describes instances in which forgiveness is granted, but it never actually tells us precisely what it is we are to do in order to forgive, or how we can know that we have actually done it. Other than your attempt to reduce my view to the absurd, what do you find so objectionable about my "definition" of forgiveness? Perhaps you can answer by providing one of your own, based on scripture of course, or better yet, list one from scripture, i.e. a DEFINITION per se, that I missed. I look forward to your clarification. |