"Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times saying, ”I repent,” forgive Him."
Luke 17:3-4
When Jesus said this, He was addressing our bent toward holding a grudges.
Grudges do nothing to resolve problems and everything to stop us from doing the things we should be doing because while we are stewing, we are not productive for God. Consider this, if we are wronged by someone and they apologized to us, but we refuse to let go of our hurt and anger and disappointment, then how are we to minister to that person or to anyone else for that matter because anger is all consuming?
And, that is why God totally forgives us and forgets our sins. He is more interested in fellowship with us than settling an old score.
Therefore, Jesus does not tell us to do anything that God is not already doing one hundred times a day for us. So, let us get over it and get on with serving the Lord.
Be forgiven and forgive.
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