If you can’t forgive, you’re not a Christian. "But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses," Matthew 6:15. You cannot want to be forgiven by God while you hold onto bitterness, resentment, hatred towards someone else. You cannot hold IOU's on people if you want God to erase the IOU you owe Him. The last parable in Matthew 18 shows someone was forgiven all their sins but continued displaying the same lack of grace towards others. God then took His forgiveness away and condemned the man.
The fruit of forgiveness will show in someone. The fruit of unforgiveness will also show.
Cleveland Street Preachers
If you can’t forgive, you’re not a Christian. "But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses," Matthew 6:15. You cannot want to be forgiven by God while you hold onto bitterness, resentment, hatred towards someone else. You cannot hold IOU's on people if you want God to erase the IOU you owe Him. The last parable in Matthew 18 shows someone was forgiven all their sins but continued displaying the same lack of grace towards others. God then took His forgiveness away and condemned the man.
The fruit of forgiveness will show in someone. The fruit of unforgiveness will also show.
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