~SIN and FORGIVENESS~
- Kate
- Nov 10, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 12, 2019
Let us define sin.
If I am walking down the road and I step on an ant, that is an accident.
If I am walking down the road and I see an ant and I deliberately step on it, that is a sin.
It is the mindset that counts. To harm something/someone or not.
Now, Jesus has never forgiven anyone. That is not his role. He was here to teach you not to sin in the first place. Nor can any priest forgive you.
Only you can forgive yourself. You harmed something/someone so only you can think how sorry you are and regret doing what you did. That is forgiveness.
'When we have offended against another, it is not the individual that we have attempted to harm, but the God made manifest in the life of that man. The Universe would never take revenge against us. His love is total. Therefore we realize that we have made the cardinal error of offending against someone whom it is impossible to hate because Universe is total love. We also realize that we are part of the Source. In offending against another, we are attempting to hurt a brother and our Father (God). We also are made in God’s image. We have a spark of God in us. It follows that when we attempt to hurt another we must be attempting to hurt the same God that is present in both parties. We are, therefore, attempting to hurt ourselves. Such a foolish act of harming ourselves can only be pardoned by ourselves. Once we realize this fact and are sorry that we were foolish enough to harm ourselves by attempting to harm another, we are in a position to observe the actions of those who would harm us and forgive them “For they know not what they are doing.”
Now, here is the problem.
There is a knife edge between good or evil.
If someone is putting out words of love, togetherness and peacefulness, is that good?
If someone is blasting out words of hatred, defiance and separatism to the world in defence of an idea, is that good or bad. God or Devil?
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