1 John 1:9
Confess our Sins to God
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Matthew 18:21-22
Forgive Others As Many Times As Necessary
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Jesus teaches us to forgive others, and we are also taught to confess our sins and our Father will forgive us...
John 8:2-11
Jesus Forgives Us of Our Sins
2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
11 “No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
Matthew 6:9-13
The LORD's Prayer
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
Jesus teaches us to forgive others of sins and to ask for forgiveness when we sin...In His LORD's Prayer He tells us to forgive others as His Father forgives us...We must confess to Him and God of our sins, and admit that we sin and are sinners...Forgiveness is different from toleration...And together confessing our sins and forgiveness is still different from toleration...Forgiveness and confessing are done through God...The LORD's Prayer teaches us to forgive...St. John teaches us to confess our sins to the LORD...
It has seemed to me that today's world wants us to tolerate certain things and get used to certain things, especially as things change over time and we get more used to the changes...We can quietly go on with life tolerating things...And over a period of time this toleration can turn into the majority, more people will adjoin to it, and then the toleration can evolve its way into society and our culture...I think Jesus had this perfect balance for toleration...When one does not think that a sin is a sin then what is toleration...But the one who knows a sin is a sin and tolerates that sin does nothing, then doesn't know the Truth...If we sin, we are to ask for forgiveness...Jesus forgave many when He was on earth...But to tolerate just to tolerate without seeking the Truth is not good...Toleration over time can lead to less compassion...Because when I tolerate, I do not love, I just tolerate what is being done...Toleration allows everyone to do their own thing...Pure toleration allows each of us to literally to love the one we are with, without regards to God and neighbor...Toleration allows us to all things our own way, and not necessarily God's Way, or the Jesus Way...Toleration lives in the sense that if I allow your tolerations, then please allow for my tolerations...
But Truth knows what is true...When the Absolute Truth or truths are broken and we sin, we must confess and ask God to forgive us...Love does tolerate, but toleration is not love...