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grant forgiveness

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See: pardon


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The supplicant asks God both to provide what is needed for life and to grant forgiveness, remembering, as Jesus makes clear elsewhere, that receiving forgiveness is closely related to extending forgiveness (Matt 18:23-35).
When Christians forgive--both decide to grant forgiveness and experience emotional forgiveness (Exline, Worthington, Hill, & McCullough, 2003)--they usually believe that they should forgive from the pure motive of love toward the neighbor.
``Historically,'' McCartney said, ``when men have come together from great distances and gathered strictly to repent, that has pleased the Lord, and he has seen fit to pour out his spirit and grant forgiveness.
 
 
 
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