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How To Forgive by iLUMeN8(m): 9:24am On May 08, 2016 |
Nearly 60 years ago, five American missionaries headed
to the rainforest of the eastern Amazon in Ecuador to
make a second visit to the Huaorani tribe, which
anthropologists said was the most vicious, violent society
on the face of the earth. They had a culture of killing, and
studies showed 60 percent of the tribe died by homicide.
As soon as the missionaries got out of the plane, they
were speared to death by members of the tribe. The brutal
murders made news around the world and the cover of
Life magazine, Time , and Newsweek . Many newspapers
reported the deaths of these men, who included Nate
Saint and Jim Elliot.
A couple years later, Elisabeth and Valerie Elliot, wife and
daughter of Jim, and Rachel Saint, sister of Nate, moved
into the Huaorani village to show love and forgiveness
and minister to the people who had killed their family.
Eventually, Mincaye, the leader of the tribe, and the five
men who participated in the missionary murders all
became Christians.
The kind of forgiveness that Elisabeth Elliot and Rachel
Saint modeled doesn’t make sense until you have been
forgiven by God. Once you’ve experienced it, how do you
forgive? You do the four things that these women did:
Relinquish your right to get even. Romans 12:19 says,
“Don’t try to get even. Let God take revenge” (CEV). Leave
it up to God. He’ll take care of it, and he’ll do a much
better job than you ever could.
Respond to evil with good. How can you tell when you’ve
completely forgiven someone? You can actually pray for
God to bless the person who hurt you. The Bible says, “Do
good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you,
pray for those who mistreat you” (Luke 6:27b-28 NIV).
Repeat these steps as long as necessary. Peter asked
Jesus in Matthew 18:21-22, “How many times should I
forgive someone who does something wrong to me? Is
seven times enough?” Jesus replied, “Not just seven times,
but seventy-seven times!” (CEV) Sometimes forgiveness
has to be continual.
Rescue others with the Good News of God’s forgiveness.
The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, “God has done it
all! He sent Christ to make peace between himself and us,
and he has given us the work of making peace between
himself and others. What we mean is that God was in
Christ, offering peace and forgiveness to the people of
this world. And he has given us the work of sharing his
message about peace. We were sent to speak for Christ,
and God is begging you to listen to our message. We
speak for Christ and sincerely ask you to make peace with
God.” |
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