Have you forgiven everyone for every wrong they have done to you?
What does scriptures teach us?
Matthew 6:14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15 "But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. NKJV
Luke 17:3 "Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4 "And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, �I repent,� you shall forgive him." NKJV
Matthew: 21 � Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"
22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
23 "Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
24 "And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
25 "But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.
26 "The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, �Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.�
27 "Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
28 "But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, �Pay me what you owe!�
29 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, �Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.�
30 "And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.
31 "So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done.
32 "Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, �You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
33 �Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?�
34 "And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
35 "So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses."
A good question.Yes, I have forgiven, everything that I can think of anyway. It is exhausting dragging a ball and chain around through life. And that is what unforgiveness is, a weight that drags you down. It is a root of bitterness that spoils the flavor of life.
Thanks be to God that He gives us the capacity to forgive. But many choose not to, because they believe that by forgiving they are letting the person who has wronged them off the hook. Everyone will be held accountable for their actions by God. We should trust Him to deal with those who have wronged us and choose to forgive.
I'd say for the most part, I've forgiven the people who've wronged me, but there is this one.......I'll just say that it'd be a whole lot easier if he'd apologize and acknowlege his wrongdoing. I don't wish anyone any harm, but this is the one thing that I'm really having a hard time with. True forgiveness for this one person. For example, I'd have a very hard time smiling if I were in the same room with him. Or even participating in a conversation, anything, it'd be hard to be in the same room with him. I'll keep praying.
thats is a hard one. if someone really did some damage to your life and never admitted they were wrong. But the Lord says we are forgiven for all sins except rejecting his son. Ive had to let it go, because my whole life every bit of it was all my doing so they said, admittedly I made some mistates, but unfortunately, when I quit doing them, the damage the other person had done was still there. So forgive them and move on, I know how hard is. not only did this person pass on, as far as I know they never acepted any wrong doing on their part, and blamed me to the bitter end. After 20 years of not forgiving them, finally I broke down and gave them a call,my start of forgiving regardless, and they had passed on.
