Forgiveness is Mutual

God will forgive you, no strings attached. Just ask Him.


"For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you."
-Matthew 6:14


Or is there really a string attached? Cause I think I spotted an "if" in there, am I right? Jesus tells us that we must love others and forgive others because God loves us and He will forgive us.


Now, if I'm not mistaken, I do believe we are forgiven more than we forgive. Just look at human nature. The words vengeance, revenge, and payback are common among everyone, even children. To be Christian, we must understand that it is a part of our duty as a follower of Jesus to forgive just as much as it is a promise that God has already made to us.


The Lord's prayer even says, "forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." This is also found in Matthew, Chapter 6. It's right there in black and white. Forgiveness is mutual. We are both asking for God's forgiveness in prayer and also proclaiming to Him that we will forgive just as He does. It is an agreement and it is written in ink (in the Bible) and spoken with our lips. What we say has power over us and God will hold us accountable for everything that we have spoken.


"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." -Matthew 12:36


So as Christians, we should understand that though we are forgiven and cleansed of our sins by the blood of Jesus Christ, we still have a duty to practice the same forgiveness that the Lord has granted us.


Forgiveness is a product of love and without love, we cannot have a relationship with God. God is love.

"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." -1 John 4:8

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