Replying to LO29885 --
Dear Organlearners,
Jason Smith <Jason.Smith@economicalinsurance.com> writes:
>Jesus set a tremendously challenging and powerful standard
>for forgiveness in the prayer he taught -- "forgive us our sins
>in the same measure as we forgive those who sin against us."
> I have found it to be a difficult and helpful daily discipline.
Greetings dear Jason
Anout five years ago i learned a profound lesson:- if you do not know what
to do, look at Jesus and do as he would have done it. The dilemma is that
dogmas depict Jesus as a religious figure. Jesus was far more than that.
He was someone who knew the will of God.
Our problem is that vatious [various?] dogmas each put Jesus into a box.
They require from us to understand Jesus from a number of prerequisite
assumptions. But Jesus is above such assumptions as his ministry of three
years showed.
The week before last i had to decide how much should i forgive somebody
else. Is there a "how much" attached to forgiveness. Jesus showed NO.
With care and best wishes,
--At de Lange <amdelange@postino.up.ac.za> Snailmail: A M de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre Faculty of Science - University of Pretoria Pretoria 0001 - Rep of South Africa
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