Forgive

 

As I pondered upon my Good Friday’s reading, I saw that although Jesus was being crucified on the cross, He was able to forgive His enemies – teaching people about the importance of forgiveness throughout His ministry; that He has the power to forgive sins (Matthew 9:6a, NIV) especially when He prayed, “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34a, NIV) and this prompts you & me to forgive each other (Matthew 6:14, NIV ) since Jesus came to restore relationship between God and humankind, and that God was forgave us through the blood of Christ, reconciling us to Him (2 Corinthians 5:18, NIV). Truly, forgiveness is indeed the underlying element in the whole gospel message.

Today, I choose to forgive someone who has said things wrong about me or done something wrong towards me and that I forgive the person just as Christ has forgiven the person through the blood of redemption at the cross. For unforgiveness causes an ongoing rift between God and ourselves yet Jesus has forgiven us through His blood of redemption at the cross for all we have said and done to offend Him and others. Truly also, Jesus takes off the burden from us as we release our spirit of unforgiveness up to Him – helping us to forgive ourselves and others even though times can be difficult too.

Is there anyone you hold unforgiveness towards today?

Profile Background:
Jeremy Koh is a disabled graduate from Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore – formerly known as Spastic Children Association (1987–1997). He graduated with Certificates in Microsoft Office Skills & a HR Administrator Graduate (CHRA) under Human Capital Singapore–SGEnable Collaboration of Partnership – HCS HR PowerBank (7th Dec 2021 to 3rd June 2022) | Former Project Assistant/Email Marketing Consultant |A Connecter in ServeHope Pte Ltd & GrowthBeans Team in Savior-Asia Consulting Pte Ltd | A KeyGuard Specialist @(these)abilites Pte Ltd handling all KeyGuard Operations for 10 months in World United College South East Asia (Tampines Branch) | an Executive Assistant with Vision Strategy Storytelling (3 months, Aug to Oct 2017); A Founder in the ground up initiative project called – Project Stories for LIFE (Affiliated with Youth Corps Singapore, a former member of the Special Needs Cluster) |A PwD Advocate – a representing voice of the Disabled Community to the public today.

Prayer Response to this featured article:
Jesus, help us to forgive those who have hurt us and those we love just as you have forgiven us by the blood of redemption at the cross. Thank you Jesus, we receive your forgiveness.

(Written by Jeremy Koh, 7th April 2023 – Good Friday)