How do you forgive someone, which done a evil thing to you in the past?

Question

how do you do that? in a religious way, how do you truly forgive someone?

& let go ......

well,,you dont need any more details !!

you got enough !

how about if the evil person is dead?

but you do need to forgive,,,& move on !!

you need to be pure > to enter the gates of heaven

Answer 1

Easy: let go

EDIT:
Just let go.

That is a complete answer requiring no further explanation.

Answer 2

Only with the Love of God residing within you can you truly forgive. It is not a religious thing, or some sort of ritual, and it is impossible to do without the help of God. First, you must ask God to forgive your sins, because all the rest of us are sinners and God is the only One that you have truly sinned against. Then you ask God to help you forgive that person. This is not for the other person, but to release you from the bondage that unforgiveness keeps you in. It makes you untrusting and bitter on the inside. Guard your heart. All men/women will let you down..do not put your faith in them but in Almighty God. This is the only way to ensure that you won't be let down. God bless you.

Answer 3

Study the sinful nature of man, including your own self in that.
This would include reading and applying the parable of the unjust servant.
When you realize the plight we all have, and the need on all our parts, then you can understand the verse that comes immediately after the Lord's prayer, which basically says forgive or forget it. If you don't forgive, He won't forgive you.
When you study the nature of man, and see how it really fits, then the light bulb will come on.
Love enough, learn.

Answer 4

You have to realize that God, through the sacrifice of Jesus forgave you for the wrongs you have done just because He loved you. He puts your sins as far away from you as the east is from the west. When we forgive others, we are to forgive in the same way. We have to take the anger and hurt of the transgression, turn it into love, then put the transgression as far from us (and them) as the east is from the west. Which means restoring the person to the position they had with you before the offense, never bringing the offense up again (which most of us never do), ridding yourself of the offensiveness of the offense (which we also have trouble with), and go on from there as if nothing had happened (which we also have trouble with). I don't think any of this is possible for someone who doesn't have God in their life.

Answer 5

depend what they have done and how badly they betrayed your trust. if the person is truly sorry for what they have done they will go out of their way to make it up to you. it also depends on how deeply you feel for this person if they don't mean that much to you you're less likely to forgive their wrongdoing but if they mean the world to you a second chance m,ay be possible. you also need to look at the situation and ask was it really that bad or have you overreacted. it all depends on the situation surrounding the problem. if it's meant to be worked out you and whoever has hurt you will work it out. glx

Answer 6

We all offend people so we should be able to relate to the need for forgiveness.

The real victim of not forgiving is you; the result will be that the problem festers and you will most likely become bitter, which is not a pleasant trait.

Answer 7

If you have been hurt in some way, it is not easy to forgive. It usually helps if you understand why the other person did it. But don't forget that you may have hurt other people in the past deliberately or unintentionally and so may well need to be forgiven.

Answer 8

I wouldnt have a clue how to in a religious way cause im not religious , but i think some things are easier to forgive than others.
xxx

Answer 9

If I considered that someone had done something evil on me I would never be in contact with them again. So forgiveness would not come into it.

Answer 10

i think it doesn't depend on anything. you are either going to fotgive or you are not. you're either ready to do so and you know it when you are or you have yet to learn.

it's a very hard thing to do. the words are very easy to speak but to actually let go of a bad feeling towards someone is incredibly hard. i have someone in my life who has trangressed very badly against me and my family and has the potential to do so again. i haven't managed to forgive yet. i have said to myself that i was going to but as i still feel threatened and worried about it, there is still a resentment - a bad feeling - which remains. the mere mention of that person's name is enough to give me a nightmare. so, basically, i do the next best thing, i ask God to give him peace and a sense of compasssion and of morality so that he won't feel compelled to hurt others. i hope one day soon i will be ready to forgive without expecting or hoping for anything in return.

Answer 11

It is said and I believe that we forgive for our own benefit and not of the one we are forgiving. It is healthier for us in every way to be able to forgive, which does not mean forget and let it happen again but that we no longer let it affect our lives by giving anymore energy to it.

I hope you find it in you to forgive.

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