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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
HH, having no forgiveness for "Matty" will give you a front row seat in the lake of fire.
I'm not kidding, all the love, kisses, and best wishes for those of us in OP cannot mask your bitterness for the church you left.
I have a sad story, but I chose to suck it up, get over it, and move forward. Not to find other disgruntles so we can grab some crying towels, sobbing as we lick each other's wounds.
Paul prayed that a thorn in the flesh was to be removed, my opinion on that is found in the previous chapter where Paul is warning of false apostles who were causing issues in his churches. Yet, while Paul prayed God's only form of solace was to inform Paul that God's grace was sufficient. You have salvation HH? Holy Ghost moving through you because it is in you? Then that's great! Forgive them who spitefully use you, turn the other cheek? Or how about forgive them for they know not what they do? Do not render evil for evil? Sound good? Or should you just sue little Matty? Good grief, and they say the Muslims are terrorists? They just kill people, but Christians, they give the gift that keeps on killing. They go to social media, they put your picture on a website and call you a heretic. They eat the spleen of individuals who aren't even members of the same forum where they are eating the guy's lunch.
You know, the three Hebrew children went through a fire? Yet, when they came out on the other side you couldn't tell they were ever in a super hot furnace? Not even the smell of smoke.
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Some people just need to, in the immortal (or immoral) words of Taylor Swift, just "Shake it off."
Or to remain biblical, do what Paul did when the viper attached itself to his hand - shake it off.
Bitterness and unforgiveness
will send a person to hell.
I'll post again, Jesus' parable of the unforgiving servant who was forgiven much but refused forgiveness for a small amount owed him. He was brought back before the Lord of the servants and all his previously forgiven debts were put back on him.
A person can argue all they want, but if they refuse to forgive someone, when judgement day comes, all their previously remitted sins will be heaped back upon them and they will be judged and cast into hell.