Forgiveness isn’t intended to be a heavy burden for those who have been deeply wronged. Jesus’ invitation was, “Come to Me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you REST.” (Matthew 11:28-30) The invitation of the Lord Jesus Christ is to come to Him and find REST for our souls!
Our culture has fundamentally misunderstood forgiveness — we tend to regard it in a therapeutic way, seeing it as a private coping strategy for resentment and anger. “Forgiveness is something you do for your own benefit,” some say — but that’s not biblical forgiveness.
Forgiveness is not an emotional strategy; it’s a commitment by the offended to pardon graciously the repentant from moral liability, and to be reconciled — though it doesn’t mean that all consequences are necessarily eliminated.
What do we do when the offense is grave, as in marriages that end in separation or divorce, and the offender does not display true repentance? Pastor Brauns offers these principles:
Also, look at Psalm 37 and Psalm 73 when battling bitterness. We're going to come back next week to revisit this topic!
Please check out Pastor Brauns' book, Unpacking Forgiveness from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/unpacking-forgiveness-tpb/
Visit his website here: https://chrisbrauns.com/
Join our Christ-Dependent Single Motherhood Facebook community, for Christian single moms like you, whether you're divorced, separated, widowed, or never married! https://bit.ly/CDSMFacebook
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Forgiveness isn’t intended to be a heavy burden for those who have been deeply wronged. Jesus’ invitation was, “Come to Me, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you REST.” (Matthew 11:28-30) The invitation of the Lord Jesus Christ is to come to Him and find REST for our souls!
Our culture has fundamentally misunderstood forgiveness — we tend to regard it in a therapeutic way, seeing it as a private coping strategy for resentment and anger. “Forgiveness is something you do for your own benefit,” some say — but that’s not biblical forgiveness.
Forgiveness is not an emotional strategy; it’s a commitment by the offended to pardon graciously the repentant from moral liability, and to be reconciled — though it doesn’t mean that all consequences are necessarily eliminated.
What do we do when the offense is grave, as in marriages that end in separation or divorce, and the offender does not display true repentance? Pastor Brauns offers these principles:
Also, look at Psalm 37 and Psalm 73 when battling bitterness. We're going to come back next week to revisit this topic!
Please check out Pastor Brauns' book, Unpacking Forgiveness from Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/books/unpacking-forgiveness-tpb/
Visit his website here: https://chrisbrauns.com/
Join our Christ-Dependent Single Motherhood Facebook community, for Christian single moms like you, whether you're divorced, separated, widowed, or never married! https://bit.ly/CDSMFacebook
Send us a note at [email protected]
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