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The Two Sides of Forgiveness

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  • The Pastor's Workshop
Categories (2)
  • Relationships and Community
  • Personal Development
Illiustration Categories (2)
  • Analogies
  • Background
Keywords (12)
  • Grudges
  • Quarreling
  • Receiving Forgiveness
  • Loving Other Christians
  • Receiving Love
Scripture (6)
  • Genesis 50:15-21
  • Exodus 34:6-7
  • Micah 7:18-19
  • Luke 7:36-50
  • Matthew 18:21-35
Date Added
  • Mar 14, 2025

There are two sides to forgiveness: giving and receiving. Although at first sight giving seems to be harder, it often appears that we are not able to offer forgiveness to others because we have not been able fully to receive it. Only as people who have accepted forgiveness can we find the inner freedom to give it.

Why is receiving forgiveness so difficult? It is very hard to say, “Without your forgiveness I am still bound to what happened between us.…

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