Forgiveness

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In 2 Corinthians 2:1-11 Paul talks about the importance of forgiving the people who hurt us. In verses 5-8 he says that rather than holding a grudge against people who offend us we should "forgive him, and comfort him....[and] confirm your love toward him." That is not an easy thing to do by any means but there are wonderful blessings promised to those who are willing to forgive. The biggest blessings is found in Matthew 6:14 where Christ says that if we forgive others then Heavenly Father will forgive us. We all make mistakes and we all want to know that we are forgiven. It is always a relief to hear someone say that they forgive us for messing up and we all need that. So we need to give that to other people, even when it's hard. If we don't forgive others we are told that we will stand condemned before the Lord because we have the greater sin (see Doctrine and Covenants 64:9). God is the one who can judge because He is perfect, as human beings who make mistakes we have to forgive everyone. That is a really hard thing to do but in order to be forgiven we have to be willing to forgive.