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| | | Q: | I heard you do a sermon on forgiveness. But this week my sister said we don't have to confront the injuring party; just forgive them in our heart. Is that correct? I can only find a text for if we need to apologize to someone. To forgive someone, must you always confront them [write or call] and tell them how their actions affected you - considering they are alive and can be located? Or is it OK to simply forgive them in your heart? And is there a scripture to support your answer? | | | | A: | The Lord’s prayer says Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. (Matthew 6:12) My “debtor” still owes me. You are bitter and resentful. To confront them is to blame them for what they have done to you. It is like saying that I will forgive you if you will admit you have wronged me. At the end of the day bitterness and resentment is a problem between us and God. “But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8. Ask Jesus to give you the wonderful gift of forgiveness and he will.
The gifts of Forgiveness toward those who wrong us and admitting when we are wrong is like taking a spiritual bath everyday. If we refuse those gifts then we stink emotionally and spiritually.
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