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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forgive others so you will be rewarded?

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.

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