Be honest. There's people that you say that you've forgiven in your life, but then you freak out a

little bit when their name gets brought up. You know, you say you forgive someone and then you see

them in school and then all of a sudden that bitterness or that grudge comes back. You know, you say

you forgave that relationship that failed, but every time you see a post with their new boyfriend

or girlfriend, that bitterness and that rage begins to feel your heart.

Forgiveness can be a subject that can be deeply hard to conquer, that can be deeply hard to do.

And we oftentimes view forgiveness in a bad light.

We think that forgiveness is a one-time act.

And we kind of view repentance the same way.

You know, we think repentance is a one-time act. No, no, view repentance the same way. You know, we think repentance

is a one-time act. No, no, no, no, no. Forgiveness and repentance are similar in the sense that it's

not just a one-time thing. It's a daily practice. Welcome back to the Bryce Crawford podcast. Today's

episode, we are talking about forgiveness. We will be in Matthew chapter 18, 1st Samuel 24,

and a little bit of Matthew chapter 6 today.

But first, we need to define exactly what forgiveness is.

We hear the word forgive, this untangible feeling and emotion that we so quite often talk about in Christianity,

but we don't really understand fully, I believe, what forgiveness is. What is forgiveness? Forgiveness is canceling the debt that someone owes you. And that's why we get a little sensitive when we talk about forgiveness because we say, oh, I forgive this person, but then you see them and you are reminded by the way that they hurt you, by the way that they backstabbed you, by the way that they did this thing, and really you haven't forgiven them, you've shoved your feelings underneath the rug. Forgiveness is canceling the debt that someone owes you. And that's exactly what Jesus does on the cross. And we'll get to that in a little bit later. But forgiveness is understanding that the payment that someone owes you you say no i got it we don't

return evil for evil that's the whole purpose of matthew chapter six is matthew chapter six literally

talks about hey if someone hits you on the right sheet give them the other one and if someone

takes your tunic you you give them the other tunic because you don't return evil for evil you see

karma is not a law of

human nature within the kingdom of heaven. Forgiveness is the law of human nature. You know, forgiveness is so radical because it doesn't make sense. What do you mean? I don't return back to them what they did me. What do you mean? I don't hit them harder than they hit me first. What do you mean that I don't hold it against them until they, until they bend. You know, you know, why? Because we like to say

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