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Carpenter or builder, he was a manual labourer with a certain amount t of skill. That he was born into a working class family, in an unknown town, in a troublesome province with no claim to distinction makes the spread of Christianity remarkable. See The Impossible Faith For 17 reason why...

This is not about revenge, but about forgiveness.

So you do what God does not do. You forgive whoever offends/harms you and have nothing more to do with them! How is that forgiveness? How are you following 1 Peter 4:8 Above all love each other deeply because love covers over a multitude of sins.

This Sunday 5/11, was the ' International Day of Prayer for the Perscuted Church ' always a challenging day as the speaker talks about persecution durring his sermon. What struck me was he'd met with escapees from North Korea and asked how could we best pray for them. He was told, " Pray that we...

The bible says in Galatians 5: 16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[c]...

I agree, the angry abuse from the disappointed is an attempt to get a reaction from one. To dismiss it is the best way of handling it. But how do you deal with something that does affect you, from persons known to you or unknown, an incident that causes physical harm, or serious financial...

You are aware that you are forgiven because you repent of your sin. So yes we Must forgive those who repent of offending us.

Always a good idea, so like 17:3 says if someone offends against you rebuke them and if they repent forgive them. The lost sheep and coin show us how precious we are to Jesus and the lengths he will go to save us. They say nothing about forgiveness. The shrewd manager, well please explain...

You are saying that Jesus forgave them, who are ' them ', what did they do? You also said Jesus will not forgive unbelief. Unbelief is sin, so you are saying Jesus will not forgive sinners. How then does Jesus forgive?

It is the Father who has made all things subject to Jesus and he cannot put himself under his Son. There is a hierarchy in the trinity, the Spirit looks to and points to the Son, the Son looks to and points to the Father. An order but not one of superiority or of inferiority they are all equally...

The subject is " Do you forgive easily? " I am maintaining that as imitators of Jesus we like Jesus forgive those who repent. That it is unbiblical to say that a Christian must always forgive an offender. What are your views on this subj3ct.

God is not arbitrary, he has consistently made known his expectations of people and what is required for forgiveness. Have you never read 2 chronicle 7:14, if my people will turn from there wicked ways ( repentance ) humble themselves and pray, then I will forgive. What could be clearer.

Yes Jesus was praying to his Father and our Father asking him to forgive them. Yes that was what Jesus did. What are the conditions that God expects before he forgives? Like 18:10-14 which man did Jrsus say was justified before God? Parable of the unjust servant, did he and the other servant...

I've noi dea where you are coming from. If someone offends against one, we should point this out a d on there repentance forgive them. If they will not repent, we have the option of going through the church elders and of church discipline, but if they will not recognise they have offended...

I would agree 100% that this is how one should treat an unrepentant offender, but there is nothing in this that says one is forgiving them, just showing them love.

In asking His Father to forgive Jesus handed the situation over to God for him to deal with. We are to forgive as Jesus forgave us. We were forgiven because we repented. We like Jesus must forgive those who have repented of offending against us.

Feminism is all about self. Feminity is about respect for self and about respect for others.

Why can't you miss a meal or be content with just bread and water. Do you have a medical condition like diabetes where one has to eat regular meals. Fasting like a diet, or exercise regime require self discipline, so here is a fasting suggestion. Eat three meals on your day of fasting, but...

Yes as he says in John3:16, For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believed in him shall not perish but have eternal life. And as it goes on in verse 18:- Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe in him stands condemned already...

Well it certainly does not mean ' I forgive them.' If we cannot believe what the words printed in the bible, then we are really in trouble. " Father Forgive them. " simple means what one reads there, Jesus is asking the Almighty God the Father to forgive his crucifixes.