Originally posted by @philokaliaWhat's the "how to forgive" angle in this anecdote?
I knew a guy who killed himself. We were buddies -- I saw him six or seven hours before he took the plunge, and we both literally said "Oh man, we should hang out more!" The guy broke up with his fiancee and I was never really near enough to him to help him and I have felt, to some degree, inadequate, and like I should have done something more...
Originally posted by @romans1009What do Psalm 73:17, Psalm 37:1-2 and Psalm 37:20 lead you to believe with regard to 'how to forgive'? If "God's Holy Spirit" has, indeed, inspired you to select, copy and paste those particular verses, why is it that they don't address the OP?
That’s not what I think or believe.
-Removed-You’ve misrepresented what I think twice - once by claiming I’m “hoping” people are damned and another by linking me to some unnamed Christian who takes pleasure in thinking of people burning in hell.
Why should I waste my time trying to have a conversation with you? The Psalms (73 and 37) speak for themselves.
The Psalms and James 4:14 speak of the shortness of this life when viewed in the context of eternity. The Psalms also speak to God meting out whatever justice is due, and because He’s a perfectly holy and just God, that justice will be appropriate.
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
(Romans 12:19)
Originally posted by @romans1009What does this have to do with people forgiving each other?
The Psalms and James 4:14 speak of the shortness of this life when viewed in the context of eternity. The Psalms also speak to God meting out whatever justice is due, and because He’s a perfectly holy and just God, that justice will be appropriate.
“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
(Romans 12:19)