1 Corinthians 13:5d
“…But God forgave us of all our debts through Jesus Christ His only begotten Son, how can we not forgive another person of the wrong done to us?…”
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Charity thinketh no evil (1 Corinthians 13:5d)
The word thinketh is an accounting term. It means to reckon, or to take into account. In other words, love does not keep a record of the wrong done to you or harbour ill feelings toward those people who have hurt you.
Do you keep a record or hold grudges against people who wronged you? It does not mean that you have no memory of the things done to you or cannot remember those things. It means you are willing to forgive.
Do you remember Jesus taught Peter about forgiveness? Peter asked, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven (Matthew 18:21-22). Which means we are to forgive indefinitely! Then Jesus went on to illustrate the servant who owed the king 10,000 talents, and the kind forgave him the huge debt. But another servant who owed that first servant one hundred pence, and the first servant who was forgiven, caught hold of him, choked him by the throat, and threw him into prison until he paid up the small debt. When the king heard about what the first servant did, he was very angry, and said to him, “I forgave all your debts. Shouldn’t you also have compassion on your fellow servant just as I had pity on you?” The king delivered him into prison until he paid up all that was due unto him. The moral of the story is this, Jesus said, So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses (Matthew 18:25).
Dear children, when we consider our salvation, and the enormous debt of sin that we owe to God that we could not pay. According to the justice of God, we deserve the loss of everything including our soul. But God forgave us of all our debts through Jesus Christ His only begotten Son, how can we not forgive another person of the wrong done to us?
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