Comments on: Greater the Pardon, Greater the Love http://blog.dowski.com/2006/02/06/greater-the-pardon-greater-the-love/ Unfortunately, Christian had a Thwart, and the Magpie stayed in play. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: aj http://blog.dowski.com/2006/02/06/greater-the-pardon-greater-the-love/#comment-11519 aj Mon, 06 Mar 2006 03:16:08 +0000 http://blog.dowski.com/?p=151#comment-11519 I agree with you Christian that the Lord forgives equally. And as for who the forgiveness would mean more to?...I'd say that comes down to each individual! :) We are all created uniquely and different...as well as we all go through different situations, make different choices, etc. But Christ died for everyone, no matter what! I agree with you Christian that the Lord forgives equally. And as for who the forgiveness would mean more to?…I’d say that comes down to each individual! :) We are all created uniquely and different…as well as we all go through different situations, make different choices, etc. But Christ died for everyone, no matter what!

]]> By: Ryan Battles http://blog.dowski.com/2006/02/06/greater-the-pardon-greater-the-love/#comment-11381 Ryan Battles Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:08:17 +0000 http://blog.dowski.com/?p=151#comment-11381 I agree with your last statement, and I've never really thought of it like that before. One thing that we can remember though, is that those who spend years away from God can rack up consequences that will never leave them, even though they are repentant and forgiven. Even though a dramatic conversion story sounds better in a conversation, and means a lot to the believer, there is nothing sweeter than a life free from so many of the consequences that come from a life filled with such sins as murder, sexual immorality, etc. However, I suppose that it must be said that every sin does affect our lives in some way (i.e. the "small" sin of jealousy causes unhappiness). So none of us are off the hook. Our forgiveness is daily if our repentance is daily. If we could truly see that, then every day we would wake up just as happy as the drug addict that just got out of rehab and is ready to live for Christ. It is hard to live in the mentality of the forgiven. I agree with your last statement, and I’ve never really thought of it like that before. One thing that we can remember though, is that those who spend years away from God can rack up consequences that will never leave them, even though they are repentant and forgiven. Even though a dramatic conversion story sounds better in a conversation, and means a lot to the believer, there is nothing sweeter than a life free from so many of the consequences that come from a life filled with such sins as murder, sexual immorality, etc.

However, I suppose that it must be said that every sin does affect our lives in some way (i.e. the “small” sin of jealousy causes unhappiness). So none of us are off the hook. Our forgiveness is daily if our repentance is daily. If we could truly see that, then every day we would wake up just as happy as the drug addict that just got out of rehab and is ready to live for Christ.

It is hard to live in the mentality of the forgiven.

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