Quote: Originally posted by crhoades
Quote: Originally posted by Solo Christo
How should one best deal with being unforgiven by another? What to do when a sin is committed, forgiveness is begged, but a sharp grudge remains against?
| Is the person a brother/sister in the Lord? This might be an issue for elders to address in their life eventually.
| Yes, but at this point should it not be the decision of the person sinned against to address the elders or session? If forgiveness has been sincerely asked of this person but a grudge remains, would not seeking help from the elders only fuel the fire?
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Since it is incomparably the greatest dignity to be introduced into the company of angels, nay, to be made the associates of Christ, he who estimates this favor of God aright, will regard all other things as worthless. Then neither poverty, nor contempt, nor nakedness, nor famine nor thirst, will make his mind so anxious, but that he will sustain himself with this consolation. "Since the Lord has conferred on me the principal thing, it behooves me patiently to bear the loss of other things, which are inferior."--John Calvin
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