Why should we forgive?<\/p>\n\t
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses<\/em>” (Matthew 16:14-15).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Why should we forgive? Answer: “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses” (Matthew 16:14-15).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[1571],"class_list":["post-9139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-forgiveness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37949,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-do-you-think-of-christians-who-find-it-hard-to-forgive\/","url_meta":{"origin":9139,"position":0},"title":"What do you think of Christians who find it hard to forgive?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What do you think of Christians who find it hard to forgive and this prevents us from coming together. 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