Matthew 6:14-15
Terms of Forgiveness
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Luke 7:44-47
Forgiving Little
44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
Jesus teaches us about forgiveness, quite a lot throughout His ministry...He understands that there are going to be many times, when we must forgive others...He teaches us that those who have been forgiven little, will love little...So, if you have never been forgiven in your life, you find it harder to love and find love...So we must learn about forgiveness to love and express love...
Jesus right after He gives us His prayer, the LORD's Prayer, He tells us that we should forgive other people when they sin against us, so our heavenly Father will forgive us...We sin and we want unconditional forgiveness from our Father, and we must be ready, willing, and able to forgive other people, when they sin against us...This is what Jesus lays out, if we want God to forgive us, we must be ready and willing to forgive others, when they trespass upon us and our feelings...This is hard, and we may not like these terms, but these are His terms...Jesus never gives us idle talk or meaningless conversation, as we read through the gospels...He tells us the way it is, and the way it should be...These are the terms on forgiveness, if we want and expect God to forgive us...We must be able to forgive others...
Forgiveness can be hard, very hard...Love and the ability to forgive often, are a part of Jesus' teachings, we must learn...God loves us...He is full of mercy and full of grace...To reach the Kingdom of God, we must want to forgive and learn to forgive...Your Father will not forgive your sins, if you do not forgive others...These are the terms to get to God's mercy and grace...Forgiving others is a very, very small price to pay to get to the Kingdom of Heaven and to see the Father and Son, when we really think about...