Pray f0r, and forgive, them that hurt you. -J :)
Mark 11:25 KJV And when ye stand praying,
forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven
may forgive you your trespasses.
Job 42:10 KJV And the LORD turned the
captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice
as much as he had before.
From post 18 on the thread entitled “Forgiveness
Without Repentance?” in the General folder at Adult Christian Forum hosted by
DelphiForums.com
[…] The Cross is the instrument by which
all men receive a temporary forgiveness of sins that lasts until the Great
White Throne judgement.
Those who have not received eternal
forgiveness are then reunited with their sins (and their fallen spirits) in the
lake of fire.
Our Lord realized that only those whom the
Father had given Him would have the great eternal benefit from His blood
sacrifice.
But He died for all men to effect at the least
a temporary forgiveness for all.
Each man decides for himself before
physical death whether he wants to make his temporary state of forgiveness
eternal.
When we act as instructed by:
Mark 11:25 KJV And when ye stand praying,
forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven
may forgive you your trespasses.
We affirm as our Lord's representatives
that state of temporary forgiveness that He has bought for all men that they
might have opportunity to hear the Gospel and receive eternal forgiveness.
Failure to forgive is to some extent a
denial of our salvation.
And the remnants of the old man, his
thoughts and habits and memories, will to some extent afflict us until we
forgive.
A very desirable and often essential first
step is, as the post responded to suggests is to pray for those who have hurt
us.
Job 42:10 KJV And the LORD turned the
captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice
as much as he had before.
Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse was directed by
this verse to pray for those leaders of his own denomination that had become
his adversaries in several bitter conflicts. After he had prayed for his
friends his radio ministry took off and became quite prominent in the
mid-twentieth century. (Weekly rebroadcasts were available nationwide and
beyond a few decades back and may still be available. Maybe on Youtube.)
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