Matthew 18:21<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then Peter came to Him and said, \u201cLord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?\u201d Have you been having trouble with a brother (sister) in Christ sinning against you, whether on purpose or not, and now you find yourself holding a grudge against that person? Remember the time of WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)? Do you look through scripture for the answer to the issue you\u2019re having and then act upon it? In response to Peter\u2019s question, Jesus told him, up to seventy times seven, which literally means, don\u2019t count. If your brother goes to God and asks forgiveness, God forgives him, how then can you withhold it? \u201cIf someone says, \u201cI love God,\u201d and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen,\u00a0how can he love God whom he has not seen?\u201d Always remember that you were a sinner against God who forgives you and doesn\u2019t remember or keep count. \u00a0I have a good friend, and we got into a disagreement. We parted ways, and I read this passage of scripture and called him up and told him that our friendship meant more to me than what we were upset with each other about. Today, we keep in touch and get together for lunch to catch up on what\u2019s going on in our lives. Trust me when I say, \u201cyour life will be more fulfilling and rewarding when you forgive and remain friends, than living with a stressed <\/em>heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matthew 18:21 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then Peter came to Him and said, \u201cLord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?\u201d Have you been having trouble with a brother (sister) in Christ sinning against you, whether on purpose or not, and now you find yourself holding a grudge against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":717,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions\/717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}