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Tim Keller writes, “If you have been the victim of a heinous crime. If you have suffered violence, and the perpetrator (or even the judge) says, ‘Sorry, can’t we just let it go?’ You would say, ‘No, that would be an injustice.’ Your refusal would rightly have nothing to do with bitterness or vengeance. If you have been badly wronged, you know that saying sorry is never enough. Something else is required—some kind of costly payment must be made to put things right.”

As Biblical counselors let’s not collude with the evil one by turning our attention to the victim, requiring her to forgive, to forget, to trust again when there has been no evidence of inner change. Proverbs says, “Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips” (Proverbs. 25:19). It’s foolishness.

Interesting because I know plenty of Christians who follow this horrible theology and expect that very thing from those they have wronged.

All it does is protect the perpetrator and wrong the victim yet again.

[spirited irish]

Interesting because I know plenty of Christians who follow this horrible theology and expect that very thing from those they have wronged.

This horrible theology is obviously not of our Lord and Savior but of the kingdom of Satan. Looking back to ancient pagan societies, all under the kingdom of Satan, we see a consistent use of the despised weak people by more powerful sinners as scapegoats. Babies, children, and other such people had placed upon them the responsibility for the breakdown and chaos of society caused by sins of others and then cruelly killed in some manner or other.

The horrible theology is like a neon sign pointing to the return of ancient evil ways wherein the innocent must be punished for 'causing' other people to sin.