Subject: How do I forgive adultry if it continues |
Bible Note: I used the wrong word "forgave" when I should have used "accepted". God brought me to my knees at that time and I know I'm not the one to judge, but that he will. "Accepted" is the better term, because I believe the continuance of a sin is much worse than a transgression one repents for. Do we allow the continual sinner into our church because they give tithe, fill the pews or are an officer, believing only that those they hurt will "forgive" them. I don't think forgiveness from the Lord comes that easily. Yes it is a gift, but the sinner knows that stopping the sin is not without effort or sacrafice. I admit the hurt remains every time I try to communicate with my son and get no reply. It's like opening an old wound, but I continue to try. However the lord has blessed me with a wonderful family now. I'm not looking for condemnation of her, my ex wife, but trying to understand how and why her bitterness, that she transfered to my son, remains and I cannot seem to penetrate. Please go back to the issue of adultry and marriage between two adultering persons, my underlying question. I guess my underlying belief is that unrepented sin is not forgiven by the Lord, regardless of how I feel. I will tell a portion more that I didn't mention. They had a baby together and she had the child strapped into a stroller and went out on a pier on a lake. This was the only child that they had together. Tragically a boat came by that rocked the pier and the stroller went into the lake. She cannot swim and the baby drowned right in front of her. Nobody, would wish that on a person. But I'm left wondering if her transgression and the continuing nature of it, had something to do with that tragedy. Did the lord take their only child together because of their sin? Are we to believe that sin, unrepented (and not stopped) will go unpunished? Regards, TJS |