Forgiveness

I lifted this from today's Dear Abby:

In the Jewish religion, in the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), the faithful are commanded to ask forgiveness from anyone they may have wronged or offended during the year. In Judaism, God cannot forgive the sins a person has committed against another unless the sinner has asked that person for forgiveness. If the injured party rejects the apology three times -- and by the way, in the Old Testament it says it's a sin to carry a grudge -- the wrongdoer is then released from the obligation to ask forgiveness.

HoneyDew said:

I lifted this from today's Dear Abby:

In the Jewish religion, in the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), the faithful are commanded to ask forgiveness from anyone they may have wronged or offended during the year. In Judaism, God cannot forgive the sins a person has committed against another unless the sinner has asked that person for forgiveness.

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Of course, not even Judaism can tell God what to do. The sad thing is that even though God has already forgiven us we should not enjoy the benefits of that forgiveness because we demonstrate, by our refusal to forgive and ask forgiveness of those we wrong or who wrong us, that we have no confidence in the very concept of forgiveness. Anyone who truly believes in forgiveness will be quick to both give and receive it.

If your brethren err, you are to forgive them. When they come to you with confession, you should not say,
'I do not think they are humble enough. I do not think they feel their confession.' What right have you to judge them, as if you could read the heart? The word of God says, "If he repent, forgive him. And if he trespasses against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him." Luke 17:3, 4. And not only seven times, but seventy times seven--just as often as God forgives you. {COL 249.2}