Quotes: UNFORGIVENESS is an INJURY to your body and soul, while FORGIVENESS is the HEALING POWER - Inspirational Words

Unforgiveness & Forgiveness - Inspirational Quote:

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UNFORGIVENESS is an INJURY to your body and soul, while FORGIVENESS is the HEALING POWER ”

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Biblical References

God's forgiveness is conditional upon man's forgiveness of the wrongs done him (Matthew 6:14-15; Mark 11:25-26), not because God forgives grudgingly but because forgiveness alone indicates that disposition of mind which will humbly accept the Divine pardon..

Forgiving someone of wrongdoing has the divine power of healing..
Forgiveness heals you physically and makes you feel better emotionally..
(1John 1:9; Matthew: 9.2)

An unforgiving spirit is one of the most heinous and the very essence of the unpardonable sin..
Jesus emphasized that there is no wrong so gross nor so often repeated that it is beyond forgiveness..
Luke 6:37 - “..forgive, and you will be forgiven..”

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Christ taught that forgiveness is a duty (Matthew 6:9-15) and no limit can be set to the extent of forgiveness (Luke 17:4) and it must be granted without reserve..

A close analogy between human and Divine forgiveness is clearly implied (1John 1:9; Matthew 5:23-24, 6:12; Mark 11:25-26; Luke 6:37; Colossians 1:14 & 3:13)

• Matthew 6:12 - “Forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors”..
• Mark 11:25 - “Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins”..
• Matthew 5:23,24 - “..if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you..
  leave your gift there before altar and go.. First be reconciled to your brother”...
  
• Matt 18:21-35; The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant...

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