Devotional:. Christian forgiveness
DAILY ⓂANNA
WEDNESDAY 21ST JULY, 2021
CHRISTIAN FORGIVENESS
📜📜TEXT: LUKE 17:1-10📜📜
🔑📖KEY VERSE: “And if he trespass 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 17:4).
Forgiveness is a virtue of great value. The individual who has developed the grace of love and forgiveness rids himself of the pain and pangs that torment the unloving and unforgiving person.
The Lord in our passage enjoins us to clad ourselves with the garment of forgiveness. He, however, stressed on the certainty of offenses erupting among brethren but warned on the woes that would befall those who orchestrated such offenses. The Lord further warned all to beware of hardness of heart and unforgiving spirit in daily matters. We are, according to Christ’s demand, required to forgive and forbear with anyone who has offended us by hurting our feelings but turns back to ask for pardon. We are duty-bound to forgive such a person no matter the number of times such infringements have occurred.
Christian forgiveness is a subject that requires grace and knowledge to practice, even amongst many believers today. To maintain a loving and forgiving spirit, we must have embraced Christ, appreciate His love and forgiveness towards us and in response extend the same to others as Christ has done unto us. Apostle Paul caught the full picture of Christlike forgiveness when he wrote: “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:32). Pleasing Christ should be the underlying reason and a guide to our reaction when offended by others. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is always sufficient for you when you are faced with this challenge.
✍🏽THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Forgive others as Christ forgave you.
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