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#earlwoodanglican #brendanmclaughlin #acts2 Acts 2: 42 ̶47 God, the redeemer and the forgiveness Since God stands outside of time, he knew humans were going to rebel before he even began creating. That means God also knew what it would cost him to redeem a people for himself. Yet he went through with creation anyway. Why? Because for some reason, we’re worth it. What this shows is that forgiveness is part of who God is. This is why it is unsurprising that God wants his creatures to forgive those who have sinned against them. Yet as anyone who has been hurt knows, forgiveness is not easy. To begin with, forgiveness means absorbing a debt. When someone steals money or possessions from us, the debt they owe can be calculated in monetary terms. But what about when someone takes our trust, safety, health or dignity? To forgive such a debt means absorbing the emotional pain they have inflicted. This means treating the person as though they had never hurt us in the first place. The reason God calls us to forgive is to make the perpetrator pay their ‘debt’ ends up making us the very monster we claim they are. It simply continues the cycle of pain and hurt. Furthermore, it fills us with bitterness, which a wise man once said, ‘is like drinking poison and hoping the other person gets sick’. Forgiveness liberates us from the effect the perpetrator continues to have on us. So how are we able to do this God-like thing, giventhat it is so difficult? The secret is to stop focusing on how they’ve hurt us and focus instead on how much we’ve been forgiven by God. When it sinks in that we’ve been forgiven a B$20 debt by God, it makes forgiving a $10,000 debt from others a little easier. Brendan McLaughlin