do you forgive others?

If we believe forgiveness means a certain thing, eg we forgive so as to let things go and feel better, lighter in life ... we need to remember Jesus taught that we are to forgive as Father forgives.  In other words whatever we believe forgiveness is about is how we believe Father forgives.

In this example we are stating and teaching others that God sent his only begotten son so he could feel better about himself.  That Father had some unresolved personal issues he needed letting go of.

Sorry, this does not reflect the rest of his message.

Rather, he sent Jesus so we (the recipients) would be released from eternal death and be able to return to his embrace.  His forgiveness was unconditional.  Hs forgiveness does not require anyone to do anything, yep nothing, to receive it.

So my question is do we forgive people like this?

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what is faith?

If Jesus' sacrifice was a once and for action ... doing anything that seeks to forgive us of our sins with a repeated nature does one of two things

1. States we never had faith

2. States Jesus alone is not enough, thus 1 still

How does this apply to certain church denominations

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work work work

Do you ever say anything that is not 100% true? Do you ever behave selfishly?  Do you ever do or say things which show favour to one person over another?

If the answer to these examples is even yes, 1%, and you are likely to do this even in thought, then ...

And if it is true that if you break even one of God,s laws you break the all, then ...

It is impossible to do or say anything to fix this situation.  You could spend the rest of your life doing this or doing that to improve your behaviour, but it would still be but filthy rags(ref).

This is not to say that it is important to try and treat people and yourself more lovingly, better if you like.

But to believe that you can do something to make you relationship with God better is foolish at best.  It also states that you do not need Ch (ref) who himself claimed to be all that as needed (ref)

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self driven revelations

This was shared with Matt McGaw and inspired him to come to Canberra, Australia.

"The church in Canberra is in need of genuine fellowship"

However, his report is that after speaking with two or three local churches he gave up and decided to develop his own congregation.

Why?  Because those he spoke with did not want to take up the revelation

What happened when others who did support him approached him?  He told them he was not interested in working with them.

Unfortunately this is sometimes the way when God speaks to those willing to hear him, not all are willing or capable of pursuing things his way.  They come with agendas and therefore filter the world and the people in it.  

It is difficult to understand in situations such as this how people can claim to desire genuine authentic fellowship but feel rejected by those who do not want it and reject those who do.

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