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View Poll Results: Can a Christian forgive anything? | |
Yes - we are to forgive anything
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No - somethings can never be forgiven
|    | 19 | 8.33% | |
Not sure?
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30th July 2005, 11:35 AM
|  | Thank You for Your blessings, Lord
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Reps: 244,686 (power: 260) | | Originally Posted by Lisa0315 Good thread.
I read a book by the parents of the Columbine girl who was shot for her faith. The parents struggled with this same issue. Their conclusion was that they could forgive the boys, but they did not have to pardon them. They went on to say that forgiveness requires effort on the part of the person forgiving, but a pardon requires effort on the part of the person requiring forgiveness. Had the boys not killed themselves, the parents of this girl would have pursued justice to the full extent of the law. So forgive anything, yes, but pardon may be extended only if the person can warrant it.
Well put!!!!
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30th July 2005, 12:21 PM
|  | Carried On The Wings Of An Eagle
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Reps: 5,316,083,305,180,397,568 (power: 5,316,083,305,180,526) | | | Though some things may seem impossible to forgive, the Holy Spirit working in us can makes the changes we cannot make on our own. We are called to forgive so that we can be forgiven. We crucified Jesus and yet He said," Father forgive them for they know not what they do". |
30th July 2005, 12:29 PM
|  | Little Princess
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Reps: 1,900 (power: 9) | | | Well, it depends on what you mean. Can we forgive anything on our own? Of course not. But, with God's help, we can. I have forgiven the people who have raped and abused me. I have a friend who has forgiven the men who murdered her husband. It can be done, but it takes a LONG time, a lot of healing, and a lot of God's help. |
30th July 2005, 12:55 PM
| | Senior Member
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Reps: 1,278 (power: 9) | | | yes I believe that we are able to forgive everything. It may be alearning experience from God for us. |
30th July 2005, 01:36 PM
|  | Veteran
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Reps: 66,740,395,808 (power: 66,740,405) | | | According to Jesus, we are to forgive anything that anyone asks us to forgive. |
30th July 2005, 02:08 PM
|  | Veteran
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| | Join Date: 5th February 2005 Location: Texas
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Reps: 20,968,997,159,911,824 (power: 20,968,997,159,921) | | | I am to forgive all, for others, just as Christ has forgiven all for me. In cases where the law has been broken (murder, rape, etc) forgiving someone is not the same as pardoning someone from the consequences of the crimes they committed. They still must serve whatever sentence the law requires. That is God's purpose for government. (Romans 13) |
31st July 2005, 05:54 AM
|  | Eternally Unforgiven
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| | Join Date: 31st July 2005 Location: Ventura County
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Reps: 49,964,991,810,382,656 (power: 49,964,991,810,390) | | | no, there are some things i would never be able to forgive. for instance, if somebody hurt my wife or kids i would never be able to forgive them. |
31st July 2005, 06:32 AM
| | God Save us from Religion
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Reps: 1,319,640 (power: 0) | | | as hard as it is sometimes, we are required to forgive all. |
31st July 2005, 11:54 PM
|  | Regular Member
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| | Join Date: 22nd May 2005 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 379
Blessings: 107,887
Reps: 957 (power: 0) | | | yes, although I believe our forgiving someone else is for our spiritual benefit, not theirs!!
When we commit a sin of anykind (whether its just a 'little white lie' or murder!), we must each on our own go to God to repent & ask forgiveness...another person cannot grant that kind of forgiveness, only Christ. |
1st August 2005, 12:46 AM
|  | Daughter of the King
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Reps: 765,005,982,609,851 (power: 765,005,982,621) | | | Yes we are to forgive as Christ forgave us.... he did not just forgive the people people who mocked him... he forgave even those who nailed him to the cross... So from this we can see that we need to forgive everything... it may be hard and we may not want to forgive.... but we need to.
Just my two cents...
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