People do wrong things. Even followers of Jesus. Since, God says he will transform his follower's hearts. So, he will also transform all words, and actions, because they come from the heart. So, hopefully, they are becoming producers of more love, and less wrong. But there will always be wrong in this world. So, the question is: what do we do with the wrong? Especially wrong directed at us?
Jesus came into the world, and died on a cross. Now, all just condemnation of wrong has the potential to be forgiven. People receive forgiveness by agreeing with God -- they have committed wrongs, and Jesus' death covers the punishment for those wrongs -- and returning to the correct relationship with him -- he is our Father, so he is the one with ultimate authority over our lives.
There is a section in the Bible, where God tells one of his messengers to let people know that he will forgive our wrongs, and he will not remember them.
The God who knows everything will not know ab out our sin?
God cannot un-know things. Just like we cannot erase a memory of a wrong done to us. Be he can ignore those things, and treat us as if they never happened. And love seeks the best for people by also ignoring any wrongs done, and treating people as if they did not exist. This is what forgiveness is about. There can be no peace at any level, if people hang onto the past.
Love does the best for people by giving freedom from the past, and room to move into the future.
During World War II, Corrie Ten Boom and her family were put into a concentration camp for helping Jews living in the Netherlands. Everyone in her family died in the camp. After the war, at an event, a man, who was a guard in the camp, came and asked for her forgiveness. After a short struggle, because of all the bad memories, she forgave the man. She gave the two of them new freedom.
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