You won’t believe what he did to me! Just wait until everyone hears about this! She is going to be in so much trouble! Are these the words we want Jesus to say about us when we do something wrong? When we pray the Our Father, we ask God to forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. How do we forgive those who sin against us?
Jesus doesn’t say, if your brother sins against you, go and post it on Facebook and make sure everyone is angry about it. He says to resolve it between the two of you and then if you can’t, enlist help. The goal is to bring a rescue team to the lost sheep and not a lynch mob.
Mankind would be lost without forgiveness. We have messed up as a society so many times and continue to mess up. Mankind killed Jesus and He not only forgave us, but gave us a path to heaven in the process. Just think how different the world would be if instead of condemnation, forgiveness penetrated society. Let’s not hesitate to start our own rescue missions to bring the lost sheep of the world home.
