Peace and Forgiveness Matters

Peace and Forgiveness Matters “I will never forgive you. What you have done is unforgiveable!” “I don’t care if I never speak to her again! She deserves punishment!” “I don’t have control over what you do. For me, I will let him know that all is forgiven.” To many, it seems a “no brainer” that rebuking is the appropriate response to someone who has hurt us. If God punished and did not forgive us our sins for our every wrong doing we would not know hope, have an inkling about faith, and would be ignorant about any aspect of love. Peace and love have no conditions, attachments, precursors or riders. The Holy Spirit inside you has no limitations as it is a gift to you revealed by Jesus and sent by God. God may be forgiving you a multitude of times in a day and still He promises eternity. The moment you become aware of the gift of the Holy Spirit inside you, your heart will agree that pardoning is God’s natural response to offenses. Jesus asked God to forgive those who crucified Him. Peace and forgiveness is fitting in all matters. John 20:19-23 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."