You can LEARN TO FORGIVE:  God’s Answer to Resentment – Matt. 18:15-35; Eph. 4:29-32 -  (Brian) - C. S. Lewis made this telling remark: “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea until they have something to forgive.”  Then it becomes difficult.One day Peter asked Jesus how many times we should forgive someone who sins against us (Matthew 18:21-35). Jesus told him, “Seventy times seven.” Do the math in your head. That’s 490 times. That’s a lot of sin and a lot of pain and that’s a whole lot of forgiveness. It seems impossible and impractical but that’s what Jesus said.Forgiveness begins in the heart and eventually works its way outward. There is a profound sense in which all forgiveness, even forgiving someone who hurt you deeply, is between you and God. Other people may or may not understand it, or recognize it, or own up to their need to receive it.Forgiveness in its essence is a decision made on the inside to refuse to live in the past. It’s a conscious choice to release others from their sins against you so that you can be set free. It doesn’t deny the pain or change the past, but it does break the cycle of bitterness that binds you to the wounds of yesterday. Forgiveness allows you to let go and move on.  God wants to help you with a promise so resentment will dissipate.
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