JOHN
Good Morning! I’m John Branning the Lead Pastor of Central United Methodist Church. How many of you have heard the statement that you have to forgive and forget? I bet most of us have. The funny thing is that for most people the forgive part is a whole lot easier to accomplish than the forgetting part.
What we understand is that forgiveness is a process and you are not a bad person because you remember when someone has hurt you in the past. As a follower of Jesus we don’t ask God to just erase our minds we ask him to give us the grace to overcome the obstacle of hate. This means that we will remember the hurt, but by the grace of Jesus, we choose to forgive.
I imagine that as Jesus suffered on the cross that he remembered all those that rejected him, spit upon him, and beat him. However, he chose to forgive, and this choice has opened the door of salvation for us all.
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