mathew 18 v 20..... Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus/Yahushua said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’ 27 Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt. 28 “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’ 29 So his fellow servant fell down at his feet[d] and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’[e] 30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. 31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done. 32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ 34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. 35 “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”[f] All of these scriptures refer to forgiving people who admit their wrong doing or ask for mercy....I have not seen a scripture that alludes to forgiving those who are stubborn and stiffnecked and refuse to acknowledge their wrong doing, mathew 18 actually tells us that after trying to confront them 3 times they should be treated like a stranger. Yhwh himself forgives those who acknowledge their sin and punishes those who do not. The concept that forgiveness of serious offense is given without confrontation is not biblical. To forgive someone without even telling them of what they have done to hurt you is not loving them as we love ourselves, it is actually sending a message that we do not care about their well being and whether they become better human being or not.When yahusha taught us to pray forgive us as we forgive it suggests two things , we will not be forgiven if we do not forgive and we are to forgive in the same manner that he does. When we are born again the Ruach Hakodesh convicts us of sin and when we confess he forgives. We are therefore expected to confront those who offend us or those that we offend and when they admit their guilt we are to promptly forgive. What has been taught is that we should just try to forgive without confrontation or acknowledgement and that I do not believe is scriptural. Life is all about relationships and so is the torah/scripture when we understand that then everything else becomes simple. A person who admits their fault even if they still struggle with the behavior must be forgiven 70x 70, however in the case of abuse steps must be taken to protect oneself from evil.
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:23:01 +0000
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