Here are 3 things to remember in regard to forgetting things that don’t matter:
- Forget on purpose.
- Forget by replacing the thought.
- Forget by not rehearsing it.
Jesus forgave so that would could forgive, forget and be forgiven. *(Luke 24)
- “This day you will be with me in paradise.”
- “Father forgive them for they know not what they are doing.”
- “Into thy hands I commit my spirit!”
Forgiveness doesn’t minimize the fault of the offender, it brings freedom to the offended.
Jesus made this difficult, awkward, and private matter of forgiving a public matter to empower us.
It’s difficult to forgive when you can’t forget and it’s difficult to forget when you can’t forgive.
5 Reasons Why It’s Hard to Forgive:
- You feel like you are letting the person off the hook or minimizing the fault.
- You want to rehearse the fault instead of releasing it while being empowered and healed.
- You want to talk about it; therefore you can’t forget about it and no one else can either.
- You verbalize it because you want others to know what you’ve experienced and how you feel.
- You want to get back at or at least allow the offender to feel what you have felt and are dealing with.
“Don’t take it on yourself to repay a wrong. Trust the Lord and He will make it right.” -Proverbs 20:22 GNT
“Confess forgiveness not the fault.”
“Release it don’t rehearse it.”
Romans 8:1 “There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ.”
*Christ was convicted and condemned by man. But, He was accepted by God. (He was convicted and condemned undeservingly. So we wouldn’t receive the condemnation we deserved. We are accepted by God through Christ). It’s hard to forget when you are feeling condemnation or conviction. Conviction has to be resolved. Condemnation has to be rebuked. The cross says there is now no Condemnation for those who belong to Christ
- Conviction comes from God through the Holy Spirit
- Condemnation comes from the devil, self, and other people.
- Conviction corrects something that’s not right in your life.
- Condemnation puts you down and makes you feel guilty, miserable and ashamed.
- Conviction is from God’s love for you and His desire to help you be better.
- Condemnation is from Satan’s hatred and his desire to make you miserable.
- Conviction is specific.
- Condemnation is general.
- Conviction has a solution from it’s source.
- Condemnation has no end from it’s source (It’s only end is found in Christ).
The cross empowers us to conquer our convictions and cast down our condemnations.
Sometimes you have to face it to fix it, but sometimes you have to release it to receive true peace.
