God fogives and forgets. He says 'Your sin I will remember no more.' So, we should follow His example.
2006-08-14 10:13:09
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answered by Anonymous
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When offenses committed against us are minor, it is pretty easy to grant the forgiveness. Keeping in mind that we are also imperfect enables us to make allowances for the shortcomings of others. (Colossians 3:13) When we forgive, we let go of resentment, and our relationship with the offender may not suffer any lasting harm. In time, the memory of any such minor offense may well fade away.
However, sometimes others sin against us in a more serious way, deeply injuring us. In extreme cases, such as incest, rape, and attempted murder, forgiveness may involve a number of issues. This would be particularly true when there is no acknowledgment of the sin, no repentance, and no apology on the part of the offender. God himself does not forgive unrepentant, hardened wrongdoers. (Hebrews 6:4-6; 10:26) When a wound is deep, we may never succeed in completely putting what happened out of mind.
In other instances we may need to take some initiative to settle matters, possibly talking to the offender, before we can forgive. (Ephesians 4:26) In this way any misunderstanding can be cleared up, appropriate apologies made, and forgiveness extended.
What about forgetting? We may never completely put out of mind what was done, but we can forget in the sense that we do not hold it against the offender or bring the matter up again at some future time.
I am going to include a link to an article that discusses the benefits of making peace. Maybe you will be able to find some useful suggestions in there as well.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2005/3/1/article_02.htm
2006-08-14 10:51:08
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answered by izofblue37 5
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Forgiving is physically powerful if it places YOU at peace. yet forgetting may well be a mistake. If somebody has harmed you in some way, you will desire to consistently stay careful on your dealings with them. That basically is sensible. i'm able to easily say I even have not forgiven human beings. i don't sense any ought to forgive them, and that they have got not at all asked for it or known wrongdoing. luckily, they have been human beings i did no longer ever ought to handle returned, so it replaced into no longer correct. i think of if the guy is somebody you need to handle on a generic foundation, and that they are somewhat repentant, then you definitely would desire to forgive them, then proceed with warning until eventually you may have confidence them returned. basically my opinion, nevertheless.
2016-09-29 06:37:45
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answered by ? 4
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I believe in Turn the other cheek but it's easier said than done so most times I do because i don't want to sink to the others level.I am good at forgiving,I guess because I was taught to and it makes me feel better. Forgetting is harder but learning a lesson out ways it.
2006-08-14 10:24:24
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answered by Linda R 6
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Most likely you won't ever be able to forget.. and not forgetting is probably better because it will keep you (hopefully) from falling into that again.
However, you MUST forgive! "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." Matt 6:14-15 (NIV)
That doesn't mean you have to like that person anymore, or trust them, or be their friend.. and you certainly do not have to forget, but you must forgive. Have faith that God will even it all out.
Here's a good message from my church related to this:
http://www.eaglebrookchurch.com/resources/messages.html?id=126
2006-08-14 10:07:58
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answered by tcindie 4
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Better to forgive and learn from it. as far as turning the other cheek how about doing the hitting, if your the one that is going to get hit this would be called self defense.
2006-08-14 10:07:45
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answered by Anonymous
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I never forget anything. Truth is people who do things to you that need forgiveness will always do it again. That's why I hardly ever forgive either. Turn the other cheek and the other will be hit.
2006-08-14 10:04:54
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answered by JustMe 6
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Forgetting should never happen.
Forgiving should only happen once the offender has truly changed and stopped committing the crime.
Anyone who "forgives and forgets" the crimes of someone else is actually part of the problem. Ignoring the problem does not make it go away. What you are really doing is teaching them to keep hurting other people.
Do you really prefer to teach people to commit crimes than to force them to stop?
2006-08-14 10:10:31
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answered by scifiguy 6
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I think its better to forgive and forget because you would want somebody to forgive you if you were in the same place as the person that has did something to you you would want to be forgiven. But if the situation was that bad then just eliminate yourself from somethings.
2006-08-14 10:05:53
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answered by babygirlhollaataplaya2002 2
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I think that it's fine to forgive someone if you've got it in you, but I also think that once you do that, you should never forget. Learn from the past and try to prevent the same thing from happening again in the future.
2006-08-14 10:05:50
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answered by Anonymous
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Q. WTF is forgiveness anyway ? I never figured this out. I can let things slide if I don't have the energy. I don't HATE, because HATE is counter-productive. But I could never figure out what forgiveness means.
If you do something, you ARE responsbile for the results. If you are careless or negligent & someone gets hurt, that relied on you to keep them safe - that is your fault, live with it.
My brother is a jerk - anything he doesn't like (most things, including team games, religion & patriotism) he bad-mouthes & he bad-mouthes anyone who does like these things. Should I let that slide...hell no. He's an intolerant jerk, who actually thinks he's broad-minded (because he's also a antidisestablishmentarian).
2006-08-14 10:12:52
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answered by dryheatdave 6
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