WE USUALLY SEE THE WRONGS THAT PEOPLE DO TO US AND DON’T SEE THE WRONGS WE DO TO THEM

When and how do we forgive others?

How do you interpret Jesus command to forgive? I know the Bible says we are to forgive seventy times seven if need be. I also know it says that we should not judge others because by that same standard we will be judged. It also says we are to love our enemies. However, the Bible also says that to receive God’s forgiveness for our sins we need to repent of them. Does this mean that if someone has hurt us and continues to hurt us (emotionally) that even when the person is not sorry for what they are doing that we as Christians must still forgive them? On one hand I wish I could just do it but on the other, my own heart holds on to the hurt for as long as this other person seeks no forgiveness. And, is this person actually sinning agaist me or can someone sin only against God?

4 years ago

Answer by Tu Nga

We need to learn the lesson of selfless love in order that we can always forgive and forget, because all of us need forgiveness due to our limited knowledge.
Usually, we only see the wrongs that other people do for us, and we don’t see the wrongs we do for them. So, the lesson of selfless love requires us to examine ourselves everyday to correct our own faults and understand the same wrongs from other people. Without learning and training in this divine education, it seems impossible for any man to force himself to forgive.
This lesson of selfless love is continuously taught in the Holy Books of the successive Messengers of the One True God. These Books are now easily accessible for all humanity on the Internet.

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Baha’u’llah says:

“Gracious God! But for fear of the Nimrod of tyranny and for the protection of the Abraham of justice, I would reveal unto thee that which, wert thou to abandon self and desire, would enable thee to dispense with aught else and to draw nigh unto this city. Be patient, however, until such time as God will have proclaimed His Cause. He, verily, rewardeth beyond measure them that endure with patience. Inhale then the sweet savours of the spirit from the garment of hidden meanings, and say: “O ye that are immersed in the ocean of selflessness! Hasten to enter the City of Immortality, if ye seek to ascend its heights.” And We exclaim: “Verily we are God’s, and to Him shall we return.” (Baha’u’llah, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 71)

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