Bible Question:
MY question is: If a person hurts you and ask forgiveness from you. Can you still exclude them from your life due to not trusting them? My situation is that I have an Aunt that for 46 years she and I have never had a cross word. ( she was there when I got saved at home) Then a Lady where we attended church at lied about me and my Aunt chose to believe her and screamed at me at the teachers meeting and because she was on the broad took away my Sunday school class and the play that I was working on with the children. I left that church and started attending the one that I go to now. This happened 2 1/2 years ago. This past January she came to me and ask for forgiveness and said that if she could she wouldn't have believed that woman. ( she and her are still friends) I was starting to let her back in my life and she was friendly only to get the information that I had on getting Sunday school teacher books. After that I have not seen her again. Which it did hurt to feel used. I have forgiven but I don't want her as part of my life. This is my Mothers favorite sister and my Mother says if I don't let her in my life I will go to hell. But it says I thought in the word to avoid those. Am I wrong? |
Bible Answer: Katielee- welcome to the forum! The Bible clearly teaches that salvation is through faith in Christ alone, so, you can discount anyone's saying that not having a relationship with anyone other than Christ Himself will result in your going to Hell. As a general and very practicle rule, which I will abide by here, we do not address specific relationship issues/conflicts here on the forum. It's not the purpose of the forum, nor could we hope to fully understand all parties involved in a way that would make even gereral advise safe to give. With that said, perhaps meditating on this scripture will be helpful. Matthew 18:21-35. We, each of us, do well to continually remember our own position before God, Eph. 2:5. God Bless, Jeff |