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Speak the truth in love. Eph 4:15

[auburntiger]

God only forgives those that ask for His forgiveness. He certainly does not force His mercy on wrongdoers. Are we to do more than that? This is something that has always puzzled me. It reminds me of those who try to be more christian than Christ.

[Between the Lines]

What is the process for forgiving someone? Smedes recommends the following process. First of all, get a new insight into the person who has hurt you. See them as weak, needy, and fallible human beings who need a great deal of help. Second, as you see the truth about your enemies, it gives you a new feeling toward them. Instead of concentrating on the wrong they did you, you see the person who lives beneath the cloak of the wrongdoing. Forgiving begins with a new vision and a new feeling.

Where did this come from? Definitely not from the Bible. I am amazed that an article that talks of so much Christian forgiveness does not include the proper process for forgiving someone.

So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him." Luke 17:3-4

First we must rebuke the one who has harmed us and second, after they repent, then we forgive them.

If we forgive without rebuking or repentance we encourage the behavior that will destroy our brother.