The Power To Forgive
When someone lies to you or about you to others, when someone promises help and then refuses to offer it when the moment is critical and ruin is the result, when someone believes a wrong suspicion or a false testimony about you, the injury can be very painful. Some wounds never stop hurting.
Several voices in the Book instruct us to forgive someone who harms us. Even with warning of receiving the same as what we give out of unforgiveness. The strength that we have for forgiveness is the strength of Jesus. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you – in Christ.
The power to forgive was executed on the cross. We are able to forgive because of the payment for sin that happened on the cross. Our sin against our God was forgiven on the cross. Your sin against me, and mine against you, was also forgiven on the cross. Debts are paid. Act like it. Spread the wealth!