Forgiveness by Nathaniel Paiva

Dear Uncle :) ,

Hope you are in good cheers !!

I hope that this might help you :) sometimes we

may need to take some initiative to settle matters, perhaps by talking to the offender, before we can forgive. (Ephesians 4:26) In this way any misunderstanding can be cleared up, appropriate apologies made, and forgiveness extended. What about forgetting? We may never completely put out of mind what was done, but we can forget in the sense that we do not hold it against the offender or bring the matter up again at some future time. We do not gossip about it, nor do we completely avoid the offender. However, it may take some time for our relationship with the offender to mend, and we may not enjoy the same closeness as before.

Consider this illustration: Suppose you confide a deeply personal matter to a trusted friend, and you later learn that he told it to others, to your great embarrassment or hurt. You approach him to talk things over, and he is very sorry; he apologizes and asks for forgiveness. Hearing his sincere apology, your heart is moved to forgive him. Do you easily forget what happened? Likely not; you would no doubt be very cautious about telling him any secret in the future. Yet you do forgive him; you do not continually bring up the matter. You do not store up your anger, nor do you gossip about it with others. You may not feel as close to him as you did before, but you still love him as your Christian brother.—Compare Proverbs 20:19.

What, though, if despite your efforts to settle matters, the offender does not admit his wrong and apologize? Can you forgive in the sense of letting go of your anger? Forgiving others does not mean that we minimize what they have done. Anger is a heavy burden to carry; it can consume our thoughts, robbing us of peace. Waiting for an apology that never comes, we may only get more and more frustrated. In effect, we allow the offending person to control our emotions. Thus, we need to forgive others, or let go of the anger, not only for their benefit but also for our own so that we may get on with our life.

If he does not admit his wrong and apologize he did not do his duty as a Christian and everyone is accountable to God for our actions. You did it by forgiving him ( letting go of your anger or resentment).

please also remember that

forgiving others for personal offenses, regardless of the number of times involved, is a Christian requirement. (Lu 17:3, 4; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13) God’s forgiveness is not extended toward those who refuse to forgive others. (Mt 6:14, 15)

Romans 12:17-19

Return evil for evil to no one. Provide fine things in the sight of all men. If possible, as far as it depends upon YOU, be peaceable with all men. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but yield place to the wrath; for it is written: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.

I hope this helped you out Uncle :)

With love,

Nathaniel ( Nicky Boy :P)

Forgiveness By Nishan Fernando

Hi Uncle,

At last it's really nice to hear a PRACTICAL issue :).. Well uncle I do not have the age or the experience in life to advice you or in that sense any of the people mentioned above J. But I do strongly believe that if God can use a donkey to change a person’s life (Numbers 22:28) he can use me a lil more than that..lol J..

Well Uncle in Practical sense it’s really hard to forgive a person who has done such things to us, and it's even hard when they don't realize it and continue to do it. But if we are "Christ's people (1 Peter 2:9), we have to be Christ like people". Forgiving and forgetting the hurt. Definitely it's never an easy task L.. It is hard. Even I'm struggling to forgive some of my friends who have hurt me so much, the very friends who once were my Best Friends L.. It's hard. But the only thing I could do and am doing is praying for them and asking God to give me the courage and the heart to forgive them J. But in all of this, the only thing that we need to do keep in our mind is that we are Christians (I don't like calling it a religion, it's a relationship with Jesus our Lord) and our maturity as Christians. We never can be like Jesus but we have to strive towards being like him J.. If God could forgive us "ALL" (the worst sinners), forgiving “A” person who have hurt us won’t be that hard JJ..

Take it in Prayer. And remember "The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant" (Mathew 18:21-35) JJ..We all struggle in this part of our life but if we are "Christ's people (1 Peter 2:9), we have to be Christ like people" J

God Bless You,

- Nishan

WHAT IS DEATH BY PORTIA

Hi everyone!
I took time to write this and I sincerely hope that all of you will take time to read this till the end.
Isn't it nice to know that Rohith has gone to rest and is waiting for our Lord Jesus Christ to awaken him from his sleep. We can be certain that all our loved ones who are sleeping in death will come back to life. The Bible says it and the Bible is the word of God and our only true living God never LIES. His word is TRUTH.
WHAT IS DEATH?
God's words (the Bible) say in the book of Genesis "for dust you are and to dust you will retutn"
The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all. Eccl.9:5
His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; In that day his thoughts do perish. Psalms: 146:4
For there is an eventuality as respects the sons of mankind and an eventuality as respects the beast, and they have the same eventuality. As the one dies, so the other dies; and they all have but one spirit, so that there is no superiority of the man over the beast, for everything is vanity. All are going to one place. They have all come to be from the dust, and they are all returning to the dust. Eccl. 3: 19, 20
All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, the place to which you are going. Eccl: 9: 10
Sheol (Hebrew) or Hades (Greek) = common grave of dead mankind, the figurative location where most of mankind sleep in death.
He said these things, and after this he said to them: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest, but I am journeying there to awaken him from sleep.” Therefore the disciples said to him: “Lord, if he has gone to rest, he will get well.” Jesus had spoken, however, about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep. At that time, therefore, Jesus said to them outspokenly: “Lazarus has died. John 11: 11-14
WHY DO PEOPLE DIE?
Through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and this death spread to all men because they have all sinned Rom. 5:12
The wages sin pays is death Rom. 6:23
WHAT HOPE IS THERE FOR ONE WHO DIES?
I have hope toward God, which hope these men themselves also entertain, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. Acts 24:15
Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. John 5:28,29
HOW MANY FROM AMONG MANKIND WILL BE RAISED TO HEAVENLY LIFE WITH JESUS CHRIST?
And I saw, and, look! the Lamb standing upon the Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand having his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. And they are singing as if a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one was able to master that song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, who have been bought from the earth. Rev. 14: 1, 3
WHAT WILL THOSE WHO ARE RESURRECTED TO HEAVEN DO THERE?
You made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are to rule as kings over the earth. Rev. 5:10
And I saw thrones, and there were those who sat down on them, and power of judging was given them…And they came to life and ruled as kings with the Christ for a thousand years.
WHAT IS THE HOPE FOR MANKIND IN GENERAL?
He went on to say: “Jesus, remember me when you get into your kingdom”. And he said to him: “Truly I tell you today, You will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23: 42, 43
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away…I saw also the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God ……With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his peoples. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." Rev. 21:1-4

Take care, keep in touch
With love
Portia

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