Forgiveness
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When Jesus talks about forgiveness, we tend to make the question about ourselves (how do I?) when it is about a relationship.
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Many people talk about forgiveness in terms of absolutes. You have to forgive. Or That’s unforgivable. But Jesus is focused on people.
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In one of the most misused teachings, Jesus seems to set up a framework many use for shunning when Jesus seeks forgiveness.
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Jesus offers Nicodemus a new way of seeing the world and a new life. Our attempts to make new life easy strip it of its true substance.
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The problem with mercy is we don’t trust others with it. Which means, whether we like it or not, that we also don’t trust God with it.
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This gospel, while centering around Thomas, is mistaken for a treatise on unbelief rather than what belief looks like.