宽 恕

教会写手

       宽 恕

有时，人们经受着心灵里深重的伤痛时，想要宽恕那些造成这些伤痛的人几乎是不可能的。然而，耶稣说——如果我们缺乏一颗宽恕的心，我们就不能被神宽恕。

二战期间，科里登和她的妹妹贝特西因藏匿犹太人被捕。姐妹俩都被关进了德国集中营。妹妹贝特西经受了长期的折磨后，凄惨地死了。

二战结束。1947年，科里登在慕尼黑的一个教会分享有关神“宽恕”的恩典。事后，有个男子来找她。她发现这个男子就是她和妹妹关在集中营时，虐待她们的一个纳粹警察。男子告诉她，他已经是一名基督徒了。他伸出他的手，并请求科里登宽恕他。科里登经过灵里的一番争战后，想起耶稣在马太福音6：15里说的话。她知道他必须宽恕他。她默默地祷告：“耶稣，帮助我！”便把她的手塞进曾经折磨她的人的手里。

有人说：“宽恕不是‘属灵健忘症’使然。宽恕是在心灵的创口‘排毒’。”

神要求我们宽恕别人，因为神藉着耶稣基督宽恕了我们。神会给予我们宽恕的力量。

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Forgiveness

Some of life’s hurts are so deep and painful that to forgive the people who caused them seems impossible. Yet Jesus says that we can’t experience His forgiveness if we have an unforgiving spirit.

In World War II, Corrie Ten Boom and her sister Betsie were arrested for concealing Jews and were sent to a German concentration camp. Betsie died a slow and terrible death as a result of the cruel treatment.

Then, in 1947, Corrie spoke about God’s forgiveness to a church in Munich. Afterward, a man sought her out. She recognized him as one of the guards who had mistreated her and Betsie. He told her that he had become a Christian, and with extended hand he asked for her forgiveness. Corrie struggled with her feelings, but when she recalled the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:15, she knew she had to forgive. She silently prayed, “Jesus, help me!” and thrust her hand into the hand of her former tormentor.

Someone has said, “Forgiveness is not a case of ‘holy amnesia’ that wipes out the past. Instead, it is the experience of healing that drains the poison from the wound.”

God asks us to do for others what He has done for us through Jesus Christ. He’ll give us strength to forgive.

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