Posted on 08/20/2024 10:27:20 AM PDT by metmom
An earlier thread on forgiveness.
Faith to Forgive
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4258651/posts
Excellent topic metmom. Thanks for posting, and for reminding us of a much forgotten principle.
This is an excellent topic.
There’s no forgiveness of sins, without confession, contrition and absolution.
Scripture reference?
John 20:23
Based on John 20:23...(not that it is needed mind you)
What does it mean exactly to “forgive”?
John 20:23 makes zero mention of absolution.
Sure it does.
Should you forgive someone who doesn’t ask to be forgiven? Dennis Prager says, emphatically, that you should not, because doing so will only encourage the transgressor to continue his misbehavior.
“If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”Point out the absolution part of this.
My fault for that.
Penitence and repentance are two different things.
Luke 13:3
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
“and whose sins you forgive are forgiven them”
absolution aka forgiveness
Yet I hear that forgiveness is not for the offender but for the victim.
What is forgiveness? Best I can tell its letting go of the desire for vengeance?
absolution is another word for forgiveness.
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