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Seems like a real simple solution - yet why does it
seem so difficult to do?
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Subject: [RR] WHY YOU SHOULD FORGIVE
OTHERS
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Jesus
said:
"Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything
against
anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive
you
your
transgressions. But if you do not forgive, neither will your
Father in
heaven forgive your transgressions." - Mark 11:25-26
Jesus
said:
"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father
will
also
forgive you. But if you don't forgive men their trespasses,
neither
will
your Father forgive your trespasses." - Matthew
6:14-15
Jesus said:
"Whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven
them. Whoever's sins you
retain, they have been retained." - John
20:23
The Apostle Paul said:
"Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy
and beloved, a heart of
compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and
perseverance; bearing
with one another, and forgiving each other, if any
man has a complaint
against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also
do."
- Colossians 3:12-13
The Apostle John said:
"If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the
sins, and
to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." - 1 John 1:9
Then Peter came
and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin
against me, and I
forgive him? Until seven times?"
Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you
until seven times, but, until
seventy times seven. Therefore the Kingdom of
Heaven is like a certain
king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his
servants. When he had
begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed
him ten thousand
talents. But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded
him to be
sold,
with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and
payment to be
made. The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him,
saying,
'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!' The lord
of
that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and
forgave
him
the debt.
"But that servant went out, and found one
of his fellow servants, who
owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed
him, and took him by the
throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
"So
his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying,
'Have
patience with me, and I will repay you!' He would not, but went
and cast
him into prison, until he should pay back that which was
due. So when his
fellow servants saw what was done, they were
exceedingly sorry, and came
and told to their lord all that was done.
Then his lord called him in, and
said to him, 'You wicked servant! I
forgave you all that debt, because you
begged me. Shouldn't you also
have had mercy on your fellow servant, even
as I had mercy on you?'
His lord was angry, and delivered him to the
tormentors, until he
should pay all that was due to him. So my heavenly
Father will also
do to you, if you don't each forgive your brother from
your hearts
for his misdeeds." - Matthew 18:21-35
Quotations
from the World English Bible
http://WorldEnglishBible.org
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Jesus Christ is Lord!
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