Posted by Bigfish69 on 11:13 am | Categories: church, church growth, contemplations, forgiveness, self-centred, selfishness
It
was recently stated in a church setting that "the person who benefits
the most from the gift of forgiveness is the person who forgives.
Forgiveness is not so much about the benefits the other person gets.
Forgiveness is actually about you." The preacher then went onto explain
all the benefits a person gets when they forgive someone else.
But can this be true?
When
God forgave us, was this action more about him (the giver) or us humans
(the receiver)? Did he send Jesus, his only begotten son so he could
get something for himself?
If he did, do we need to re-evaluate the entire premise of God?
But
if forgiveness is actually more about the recipient, the person being
forgiven, about their freedom, and God asks us to copy how he does
things and why, then surely we must put aside what we may or may not get
out of it.
