WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO FORGIVE OTHERS? BEFORE
ANSWERING THAT QUESTION, I BELIEVE THERE IS A QUESTION THAT
WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES. DO WE WANT GOD TO FORGIVE US
WHEN WE SIN AGAINST HIM? IN MATTHEW 6:14, JESUS SAID THAT IF
WE REFUSE TO FORGIVE OTHERS, GOD WILL REFUSE TO FORGIVE US.
THE POINT IS, WHEN WE REFUSE TO FORGIVE OTHERS WE ARE
DENYING OUR COMMON GROUND AS SINNERS IN NEED OF GOD’S
FORGIVENESS. GOD’S FORGIVENESS OF SIN IS NOT THE DIRECT
RESULT OF OUR FORGIVING OTHERS, BUT IT IS BASED ON OUR
REALIZING WHAT FORGIVENESS MEANS. IT IS EASY TO ASK GOD FOR
FORGIVENESS, BUT DIFFICULT TO GRANT IT TO OTHERS. WHENEVER
WE ASK GOD TO FORGIVE US FOR OUR SIN, WE SHOULD ASK
OURSELVES, “HAVE I FORGIVEN THE PERSON WHO HAS WRONGED
ME?” GOD GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTS US EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T
DESERVE IT. BECAUSE GOD FORGIVES US EVEN WHEN WE HAVE
IGNORED OR REJECTED HIM, WE SHOULD GRACIOUSLY FORGIVE
OTHERS.
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