fighting

[petepete]

today at school, a big bully tryed to push me and my christian freinds around, as a true christian i let it go and prayed for help from the holy farther, and he pushed me over. so i punched him and knocked him on the floor. i dont know what came over me but i carried on kicking him, and found my self hitting him round the face with my Tech. work a metal candle holder, he had to have the day off school, now im worried im going to hell, has any1 eles been in a fight and has god forgiven you?<IMG onmouseover="this.style.cursor='hand';" style="CURSOR: hand" onclick="smilie('');" alt=help src="http://www.christianforums.com/images/smilies/help.gif" border=0>

 

[Tool4Christ]

I really wouldnt be worried about going to hell because you get into a fight. Our sin's have been payed for already. God forgave Paul for killing christians. I beleive that it was David (not sure if it was him) that had one of his soldiers killed because he lusted for his wife. Dood, your little fight, compaired to what other people have done, is soooooo small. There are serial killers that come to Christ, they are forgiven. We all sin, everyday, and God will ALWAYS forgive us. But that doesnt give us the right to go out and do as we please. Sin does interfere with our relationship with God. And eventually leads to worse things. But God will always be there for us. Thick and thin, goodness and sin. Hope this helped.

 

[petepete]

i hope ur right a couple of my christian friends are avoiding me as they though i have done wrong, i now i have but how can i get them to forgive me as well as our holy farther

 

[Didymus]

you were right and wrong. right for defending youself but wrong for kicking and using a wepon after he was down. I think that what may have upset your friends. aplogoize to the jerk for hurting him so bad--in my school you would have been suspended--but tell him to knock off his bullying. maybe you taught him a liesson but wach your back --a defeated foe can be dangerous.

 

[Tool4Christ]

if you want God's forgivness, pray and ask for it, and ask that he help you when you get into the position again, so that you can act in a way that would glorify his name. Your friends sound like they dont read their bible very much, and if they do, the certainly not following it.

Luke 17:3 &4 So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him."

Keep in mind that God is the only one you truely need. If they refuse to forgive you, i wouldnt worry about it. They arent being true christian brothers.

 

[MetalBlade]

Don't worry sometimes you got to protect yourself. If he pushed you, you have all the right to blast him one. I would have done it to. If you are worried about it, just pray to God and ask for forgivness. It'll be alright!

 

[allybug]

I agree with Didymus, you were right for defending yourself but you should have backed off after he was down, but knowing from personal experience I know how hard it is to stop when you are so angry & all that tension is flowing.

I had gotten into a fight a couple of years ago. This girl thought that her b/f & I were fooling around with each other. Well we weren't she was just being paranoid ( me & this guy were the type of friends that it would juts be wierd to date him ). Anyways, one day after I had had softball practice she approached me & accused me of messing with Jeff. I told her no that she was being paranoid & I turned & walked away, well she threw a book @ the back of my head & I turned around & told her to go away & just go home & cool off, then I started walking away again. Well she walked over to me & turned me around & hit me in my side. Well just out of reflex I punched her & broke the side of her nose. She stumbled back & I told her to not start this here & I picked up my bat bag & started to walk away again. Well she ran & tackled me knocked me on the ground & jumped on top of me & hit me, I pushed her off of me & instantly I turned psycho. I reached in my bat bag & grabbed a bat & got up & went to her & she swung @ me, then I swung & broke her jaw, if my friend had not pulled me back I would have hurt her even more. I thank God my friend was there.

God will forgive you I know he forgave me after what I had done. Just pray.

 

[fully]

I would suggest going to your friends and telling you are sorry if you offended them. And explain to them that you realize how you were right and how you were wrong in the situation and tell them that God has forgiven you and so should they. And if they choose not to forgive you then they are not true friends. Christian or not. Besides if it were me i would not ignore you and avoid you unless you did somthing to me personallly. why would they do that if you did not do anything to them. It makes no sense. You shoud pray for them.

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