Re: [JOYnet] Repentence
Dear Justine, The best answer to that is this: WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS CHRIST DIED FOR US... so we may live. If God were to measure the hurts that each of us have caused during our life time, would anybody every be worthy of forgiveness? Let's look at our fellow humans not even human eyes but with the eyes of God. Then we'll be able to see them as God sees them. It's very very difficult, but nothing is impossible with GOd. your sister in Christ, Irma, Mumbai Quoting Justine Kottaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dear Friends, > > One of my friends asked me this doubt. If anybody can share the ideas > about > it, it will be useful to others also. > > In New Testament, we see the parable of Prodigal Son. There we see that > he > repents after some time. > > When one person commits a sin and it hurts the other man, may be for a > long > period of time, the suffering person may lose so many valuable things in > his > life. But after some time if the person who sinned repents and turns > to > God, he can not give back the loses done by him when he was sinner. > > My friend's question is ; then what is the meaning of this repentance? > The > God should punish him before he forgives his sin? > > If anybody can share about this please come forward > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ** > This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To know more about Jesus Youth, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org > ** > --- Irma Varma The Brief: Mid-Day Multimedia Ltd Steelmade Indl Estate Andheri (East), Mumbai 69 India Tel: 850 4895 Fax: 850 3164 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] To know more about Jesus Youth, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org **
Re: [JOYnet] Repentence
Look at the person who is begging for repentance . He is anyway guilty of all the wrongs he has done . He knows .he can not give back the loses done by him when he was sinner.There is no way he can make up for anything that is gone.He is such a lonely ,miserable man ..& he finds there is none to help him with the same .At this time he looks up to GOD who will accept him . Imagine at this stage God takes out the LONG list of all wrongs the person has done & punishes him .u know what effect it will have .The person will get even more miserable . Y do u think that sucide cases are on rise ,cos the people who do such a blunder think that there is no one who love them for the wrongs they have done . Jesus knows our human psychology really well .That y he kept & keeps forgiving all who do wrong to him & in this process he makes place for himself in the heart of a sinner.The Sinner is now becomes a Saint. Justine,I just love to argue with my mom .Then when I feel bad for what i say ...I have to give her tight hug & she just understands! If my earthly mother can be so understanding & forgiving cant i expect much more from my heavenly father ??? In jesus Welchy f From: "Justine Kottaram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "joynet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [JOYnet] Repentence Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:39:00 +0530 Dear Friends, One of my friends asked me this doubt. If anybody can share the ideas about it, it will be useful to others also. In New Testament, we see the parable of Prodigal Son. There we see that he repents after some time. When one person commits a sin and it hurts the other man, may be for a long period of time, the suffering person may lose so many valuable things in his life. But after some time if the person who sinned repents and turns to God, he can not give back the loses done by him when he was sinner. My friend's question is ; then what is the meaning of this repentance? The God should punish him before he forgives his sin? If anybody can share about this please come forward Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] To know more about Jesus Youth, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org ** ** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] To know more about Jesus Youth, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org **
Re: [JOYnet] Repentence
Dear Justine and all JYs, I can understand what Justine (or his friend) feels now. Because I felt the same, once before in my life. Let me share a personal experience. I was attending a retreat and was praying for forgiveness. As friends we had engaged in sin.. I have even lead people to sin. Later you go back to get forgiveness from God while the other person is still in 'sin'. That thought put a heavy burden in my heart. I was praying in tears for the other person. The father of the person whom I was praying for was also present at the retreat and we were sleeping on the same block. That night 'the father' was talking with me and told that when he went for the counseling they told him that there is an out pouring of the Holy Spirit on this particular child of him. He didn't have to tell me this. I know for certain that our Lord was making sure that I go back from that retreat with a peaceful heart. The Love and compassion of our Lord is beyond all our understanding. He is the one who is able to repair all the damages we make. We are very short sighted to all see this. If you have destroyed someone's toy car the Lord may not give that back, instead he may give a mercedez. The FORMOST thing about forgiveness is that it comes from the Lord. Only depending on His ability to work on things, with faith, we just get back on to Him. With lots of Love and prayers Saji Sebastian, NJ, USA. > > From: "Justine Kottaram" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "joynet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [JOYnet] Repentence > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:39:00 +0530 > > > > Dear Friends, > > One of my friends asked me this doubt. If anybody > can > share the ideas > about > it, it will be useful to others also. > > In New Testament, we see the parable of Prodigal > Son. > There we see > that he > repents after some time. > > When one person commits a sin and it hurts the > other > man, may be for a > long > period of time, the suffering person may lose so > many > valuable things > in his > life. But after some time if the person who sinned > repents and turns > to > God, he can not give back the loses done by him when > he was sinner. > > My friend's question is ; then what is the meaning > of > this repentance? > The > God should punish him before he forgives his sin? > > If anybody can share about this please come forward > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ** > This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth > mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For automatic help, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In case of any issue related to the mailing list > contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To know more about Jesus Youth, visit > http://www.jesusyouth.org > ** > > ** > This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth > mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For automatic help, send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In case of any issue related to the mailing list > contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To know more about Jesus Youth, visit > http://www.jesusyouth.org > ** ** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] To know more about Jesus Youth, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org **
