Forgiving II

Its not a suggestion or a recommendation but instead a commandment that is designed to free you from pain, which has become your new master. And it has no plan of setting you free, you grown to love it or it has become your closet friend and it with you all the time.


 "But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will
be sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. "Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.  "Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.  "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you." (Luke 6:35-38)

Whatever we measure out is what will be measured back to us. If we want others including our Heavenly Father  to show mercy to us and forgive us -- we must forgive and be merciful to others. It is not enough to forgive only those people who have wronged us a little. We must forgive everyone!  Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" The Messiah said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. Surely The Messiah was not setting a maximum limit on the number of times we should forgive. He gave an absurdly high number so we would realize He meant for us to forgive without limit -- just
as He forgives us.  And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.  There the Messiah spoke on their behalf and request of the Heavenly Father that he hold their sin not against them, "forgive them, for they do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast lots. The Messiah is a perfect example of forgiveness for us when He forgave those who mocked Him and crucified Him. But this kind of forgiveness is certainly beyond normal human ability or experience. It takes the power of God to do it. When we are born again we have access to that power through the love of God inside us.
 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you. We are commanded to forgive others in the same way God has forgiven us! Having God's help is necessary to do that.  bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do the same for those who have harmed you.  No its easy but what in life that is worth while ever is?