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Originally Posted by jfrog
We all know these verses but I don't think anyone ever ponders enough on their doctrinal significance.
Matthew 6:14-15
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Repentance and baptism and receiving the Holy Spirit aren't enough. We must forgive others or we will not be forgiven. How does this reconcile with the thought that we are forgiven by Christ dying for our sins? Was Christ's death alone not enough, must we still forgive others in order to obtain forgiveness as Jesus said in Matthew 6:14-15?
Any thoughts or opinions or comments? |
Repentance, baptism in Jesus' NAME, and receiving the Holy Spirit is definitely
enough for salvation. Surely the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross has redeemed (bought) ALL men: but not all men are saved. It is the gospel that saves; it is the doctrine that
keeps us saved.
Matt. 6:14, is the calling to repent; in it we repent of having offended God, and we must come to terms of also having been offended. If we cannot forgive those who offended us, neither have we truly repented of having offended God! In other words, we must show mercy, to obtain mercy.
"Mercy rejoices against judgment." Surely all men have sinned; all men deserve the punishment of death. But mercy
suspended God's righteous judgment, until grace entered our hearts.
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