Forgive yet punish, what ?
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When we forgive someone this is what we are to do
In the teachings of Jesus Christ, forgiveness (aphiemi in Greek, meaning to release, send away, or cancel a debt) is the deliberate, grace-driven choice to cancel a moral or relational debt, relinquish the right to personal vengeance, and extend mercy just as God has canceled humanity's unpayable debt
Yet if we require someone to be punished who has sinned against us how can we claim that we have forgiven them ?
In the teachings of Jesus Christ, forgiveness (aphiemi in Greek, meaning to release, send away, or cancel a debt) is the deliberate, grace-driven choice to cancel a moral or relational debt, relinquish the right to personal vengeance, and extend mercy just as God has canceled humanity's unpayable debt
Yet if we require someone to be punished who has sinned against us how can we claim that we have forgiven them ?
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One of the explanations I read was this: "Forgiveness" means the offense will not break the relationship between offender and offended. It does NOT mean that actions do not have consequences. When a child breaks a rule, there may be punishment, but the child is still part of the family. He does not get tossed out on the street. Or killed.
Not sure if that works in all cases, but we can use it as a starting point.
Not sure if that works in all cases, but we can use it as a starting point.
Thnx Lamb.
As a forgiven sinner, what is your punishment in eternity for the sins you have committed here ?
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All good Lamb, I thought it was says PhD in hindsight he :)
Back to that question though, do you believe or understand you will be punished in eternity for the forgiven sins you have committed while here ?
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