“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:32)
One of the first Bible portions children are taught in Sunday school is, “Be ye kind one to another.” It seems to be one of the first verses we forget when we become adults.
Along with being kind to one another we are to be tenderhearted. We have a human tendency to let life and all its hardness produce in us “hardheartedness.” Not only are we to be kind and tenderhearted, we are to forgive others when they are unkind and hardhearted toward us.
To be able to forgive we must remember that it was not because of our sweetness and goodness that God has forgiven us. It was for Jesus’ sake on the cross that God forgave us. It was not our sacrifices that caused God to forgive us. Rather it was because of our Savior’s suffering and sacrificial death God forgave us. We must therefore forgive others. It is the Christian thing to do.
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