The case study I choose for my signature assignment is case study number four that addresses forgiveness. When I think about this topic, I think about it from several different perspectives. Not only are we taught to forgive those that trespass against us, as some recite in the Lord’s Prayer; but we must also learn how to forgive ourselves. Having forgiveness in our heart it can bring peace, comfort and favor from God. When we respond to confrontation we should always react the way Jesus would want us to respond. Favor from God brings about a peace in our hearts that will show throw ones character, integrity, and faith in God. On judgement day we will be judged by the way we used these attributes while on earth. This may be hard to
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I choose forgiveness because this is something I have had to work hard on throughout my own lifetime. Case study number four says, one of your parents/ family members/ friends has been caught cheating with another person. S/he asks for forgiveness and desires to work through the problem. How would Jesus respond? I believe Jesus would have responded by forgiven the person who committed adultery and he would have given them an opportunity to try to make things right, just like he gives us every day. I believe this to be true because, we learned on our Wonders and Mighty deeds worksheet that in the book of Matthew Jesus feed the poor and healed many who were known as sinner, Leper’s and the even demoniac after they came to him and repented or asked for mercy on their souls. Repenting our sins is the first step in trying to make things right with God and the one we may have hurt. Every day that we wake up is a new day to try to get things right. We are all a work in progress, trying to earn our entry into his kingdom. The sins that Jesus forgave people for back in his day in time, are no different from the sins we have today. People have been committing adultery as well as other sins, since the beginning of time, and this is why we have scriptures that teach us the righteous to live our lives as well as forgiving others. One scripture that address forgiveness is Matthew 5: 44-45 (New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha) which says, “44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.” When we go to Jesus and ask for forgiveness, he forgives us the same way we are expected to forgive others. There are multiple scriptures in the bible that we can apply to our lives today that gives us example of God forgiving all
I choose forgiveness because this is something I have had to work hard on throughout my own lifetime. Case study number four says, one of your parents/ family members/ friends has been caught cheating with another person. S/he asks for forgiveness and desires to work through the problem. How would Jesus respond? I believe Jesus would have responded by forgiven the person who committed adultery and he would have given them an opportunity to try to make things right, just like he gives us every day. I believe this to be true because, we learned on our Wonders and Mighty deeds worksheet that in the book of Matthew Jesus feed the poor and healed many who were known as sinner, Leper’s and the even demoniac after they came to him and repented or asked for mercy on their souls. Repenting our sins is the first step in trying to make things right with God and the one we may have hurt. Every day that we wake up is a new day to try to get things right. We are all a work in progress, trying to earn our entry into his kingdom. The sins that Jesus forgave people for back in his day in time, are no different from the sins we have today. People have been committing adultery as well as other sins, since the beginning of time, and this is why we have scriptures that teach us the righteous to live our lives as well as forgiving others. One scripture that address forgiveness is Matthew 5: 44-45 (New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha) which says, “44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.” When we go to Jesus and ask for forgiveness, he forgives us the same way we are expected to forgive others. There are multiple scriptures in the bible that we can apply to our lives today that gives us example of God forgiving all