A Lifetime Process

Hi friends! I wish you have accomplished great things with God last week :)

On this post, I would like to share about FORGIVENESS. You can read  Do You Forgive Immediately 

about forgiveness as well, but this time I would like to share a little bit deeper on what God means on Matthew 18:21-35.

Forgiveness must issue from the heart (v.35 So also my heavenly Father will do--deliver you to the jailers--to every one of you if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.)

Even in the Lord's Prayer, God says "and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors (Matthew 6:12). "Have forgiven" is in form of Present Perfect Tense, which means "already done or happened at an unspecified time before now."

Forgiveness is a lifetime process. Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times(v.22). Seven is a perfect number. God blessed the seventh day as a Sabbath Day (Genesis 2:2). Moreover, Bible says, "The years of our life are seventy" (Psalms 90:10).

What does it mean?

God longs us to forgive as long as we live on this earth. There is no limitation how many people or how many wrongs we should forgive. If we remember about our transgressions, I do believe we cannot be forgiven, even we have done many good deeds before Him. But God loves us very much by sending His only son, Jesus Christ, to save us. (John 3:16)

I know sometimes we desire to avenge our enemies, but God reminds you and

me  about His ultimate forgiveness on the cross 2000 years ago. No matter how bad people treated Jesus at that time, He said "Forgive them, Father. For they do not know what they are doing."

You can avenge your enemies, but avenge with goodness not evil!

God bless :)

Have a great week ahead!

BB