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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

KC is correct, it redirects the conscience to focus on God the Savior and not toward that which offends.


I did not say she was wrong, I said it was not complete.

Is our forgiveness from God complete?


407 posted on 10/27/2022 9:20:05 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Here is a difficulty I see in this line of reasoning.

Repentance is truly a gift of God and lifts the heart.
When we forgive, are we given insight as to the repentance status of the offender?
Can we apply some sort of test that meets a standard?

Yes, God’s righteousness was fully imputed by Christ.
That phrase should be understood in the reality of the eschaton.

No one’s salvation is dependent on OUR forgiveness of them.
Our forgiveness is not perfect, either.
It is rather, a foul, stinking mess of sewage in comparison.

You ask, “Is our forgiveness from God complete?”
I answer “Yes” but that “completion” is not “now” but “will be” on Christ’s return.
Simil iustus et peccatore.


410 posted on 10/27/2022 9:33:22 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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