Jesus Says To Forgive Seven Times Seventy. He Was Saying Not To Keep a Record of Wrongs But To Forgive Them. Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Matthew 18:21-22 Peter knew that he was to forgive others. Christ had taught his disciples this. He also understood that not only was he to forgive but to not bear a grudge or try to get revenge. He was to be as good a friend as ever and forget the hurt. So Peter felt he was being generous in asking Jesus if he should forgive a friend seven times. He was talking about seven times in a life time. He thought that after seven times he would be allowed to just give up on the person that hurt him and not have anything else to do with him. Jesus said to him not seven times but seven times seventy. Jesus was saying dont keep track of anothers wrongs against you. Forgive each time he sins against you. Dont keep up with what other people do to you. You will be free to live a peaceful life and not be thinking about what that person that hurt you did to you. You will sleep better, think better and be closer to God.That takes a lot of stress off of you.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:13:54 +0000
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