Forgiveness

[Job42]

Is it possible to fall out of forgiveness? Or is true forgiveness everlasting?

 

[fred_conty]

Is it possible to fall out of forgiveness? Or is true forgiveness everlasting?

Once an individual sin is forgiven, it never reemerges out of forgiveness…
“go in peace, your sins are forgiven.”

But an individual who has been forgiven all sin, can lose forgiveness in the sense that they
sin seriously again.
“sin no more less something worse happen to you.”

 

[Job42]

Once an individual sin is forgiven, it never reemerges out of forgiveness…
“go in peace, your sins are forgiven.”

But an individual who has been forgiven all sin, can lose forgiveness in the sense that they
sin seriously again.
“sin no more less something worse happen to you.”

Thank you for your reply, but what I mean is this:

A person forgives another from the heart for a transgression. Can that person later on revert to a state of unforgiveness against his/her transgressor? Did he/she never have true forgiveness to begin with? Is true HUMAN forgiveness irreversible?

 

[puzzleannie]

Is it possible to fall out of forgiveness? Or is true forgiveness everlasting?

it is not possible to fall out of the state of having been forgiven for past offenses, or of having been cleansed from original sin. Christ however warns emphatically it is most definitely possible to commit the same sin or other sins again, and hence, be again in need of forgiveness and absolution.

 

[Job42]

it is not possible to fall out of the state of having been forgiven for past offenses, or of having been cleansed from original sin. Christ however warns emphatically it is most definitely possible to commit the same sin or other sins again, and hence, be again in need of forgiveness and absolution.

Sorry, I now realize that my OP was rather vague. :banghead:

 

[InLight247]

Thank you for your reply, but what I mean is this:

A person forgives another from the heart for a transgression. Can that person later on revert to a state of unforgiveness against his/her transgressor? Did he/she never have true forgiveness to begin with? Is true HUMAN forgiveness irreversible?

With our weak human nature, yes, that can happen. But it does not mean the previous forgiveness we offered was not true. Forgiveness, like love, is from our will, not our emotion. One may forgive his transgressor but later on the hard feeling may surface up again. In this case, we just need to forgive again. That is how we grow spiritually. We can repeatedly forgive the transgression from our will and I think our Lord likes to see our striving. Hope that makes sense.

 

[OneSheep]

A person forgives another from the heart for a transgression. Can that person later on revert to a state of unforgiveness against his/her transgressor? Did he/she never have true forgiveness to begin with? Is true HUMAN forgiveness irreversible?

Is a “state of unforgiveness” a status of “unworthiness” in the eyes of God? Is that the bottom line here? That God loves (forgives) on the condition that we have forgiven everyone else? I am a little confused about what your definition is of the “state of unforgiveness”. No need to be frustrated. I just try not to make assumptions about what people say.