Ephesians 4:29-32
29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32And be you kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.
Forgiveness is gift of GOD to every single person.
When we sin we sin against GOD. We violate His law. GOD has chosen to pay the debt on our behalf by choosing His Son LORD Jesus Christ and the moment a person receives LORD Jesus Christ as their Saviour that debt has been cancelled from that moment on we are free from the penalty of our sin. Therefore GOD no longer holds it against us. He sets us free, He liberates us from the penalty of it so that we are accepted in the eyes of GOD.
*We are forgiven by the grace of GOD. Therefore forgiveness is GOD’s gift.
*Be forgiving towards them as GOD has forgiven us. Give the gift of forgiveness towards them. Some people will never seek forgiveness. Regardless how much you may feel you have been mistreated, forgive as Christ forgiven us. Till somebody extents their forgiveness there won’t be real communication or harmony. We have no right to be unforgiven. The other person may not respond to your forgiven spirit. We can be forgiven no matter what. We have no right to ask payback.
Romans 6:23
23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
As hard as it could be, GOD is shifting, sanding those things in our lives in order to build Christ like character in us.
Respond immediately, keep dealing with those circumstances straight away, do not let anxiety, anger grow. No matter how they respond we cannot make them pay the price.
Be kind, tender hearted with one each other, forgive as Christ has forgiven you.