On Forgiveness

I came across this quote on Forgiveness and thought it was quite funny.

"In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgiven and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart." - Hillary Rodham Clinton

I'm sure that was said tongue-in-cheek, but in reality, it is not the spirit of Christ. In that phrase, what Jesus was implying is that we should always be willing to forgive someone who is truly repentant of their deed, when they ask us. That is God's heart for those who have beleived his witness, and placed their faith in the saving act of Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. When we place our faith in Jesus to forgive us, we are immediately forgiven of all sins, past, present and future, though when we sin daily, we should ask forgiveness, because the relationship with our Maker is hurt. Recently, in a book of the works of A.W. Tozer, I read that he came to faith after hearing a street preacher cry out, "If you need to be saved, call on God."

"If you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved... For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:9,13