What a peaceful world it would be if all would follow these words of the Apostle Paul to the Ephesians!
"Let all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from you, with all malice (spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind.)
"And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely] as God in Christ forgave you."
Ephesians 4:31-31 (Amplified Bible)
God in Christ Jesus paid the penalty for all of our sins by dying a cruel death on the Cross of Calvary, thus making it possible for us to forgive others completely. He gave us an example that we should follow in His steps. If you say that you cannot forgive someone for what they have done, you place yourself above the Savior and say that the offence that you refuse to forgive is greater than the ones for which Christ paid. Nothing is impossible for God to do; you CAN forgive others and become useful and helpful and kind to the offender.
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