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Originally Posted by Drake
70x7 indicates there is no true repentance... the ownership falls to the offended..
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Completely false. Repentance is repentance. The issue is, if someone repents, and is forgiven, and then sins again, do you have to forgive a second time? What of a third? A fourth? Seven times?
If 70 X 7 indicates "no true repentance" then you don't have to forgive them 70 X 7. But you do.
If you read the gospels, Peter sinned repeatedly, and repented repeatedly. And Jesus forgave him repeatedly. Jesus was teaching that he had to do the same to others.
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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
If you seek out the person who sinned and they repent you are obligated to forgive them just as Christ forgave you. If they refuse to hear you then you are obligated to ultimately tell it to the church.
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Yes. And Matthew 18 is totally applicable to Witness Lee. He showed no mercy on Christianity. Every fault, and there are many, was repeatedly paraded in front of his audience. But when it came to the LC and his ministry, he begged us to "forgive his messy kitchen". Completely two-faced.