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In Reply to: Re: Not easy to follow posted by I read it on November 14, 2004 at 12:23:58:
You are correct when you wrote:
"Great. So it would be best if Carol & Achieck *forgave* each other. But neither are ready to do that. They aren't even talking to each other. Read Achieck's
very long *Goodbye* letter & you'll see the word *forgiveness* is not mentioned even once."
However, doesn't the forgiveness given by party A require the apology of party B beforehand?
I recall a verse in the NT which says (and I am paraphrasing) "If your brother sins against you, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him."
I have read numerous posts by both Carol and Acheick over the past couple of years, and never found one where carol apologized to anyone she had offended. Acheick, on the other hand, has apologized on several occasions to other posters.
I suggested to carol in a post on Soapbox, that she should apologize to Acheick for that ugly jibe about needing to talk to her therapist about cognative dissonance. Carol had her opportunity to make ammends, but chose not to do so.
Forgiveness follows repentance, not vice-versa.
