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"Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."
                                                      Matthew 18:22

The explanation for seventy-seven times in my NIV Bible said this could be seventy times seven times. But in reality, 77 vs. 70 X 7, does it really matter. What Jesus was preaching here is that God instructs us to always forgive our neighbors, not in begrudgingly but in love. He does not mean we should keep a tally of every time we forgive someone and then on number 78 suddenly say we don't have to forgive them any more. No, God wants us to forgive as Jesus asked Him to forgive those that crucified Him.

I think the key phrase in Jesus' statement on the cross is "for they know not what they are doing". Cannot we say that about the sins we commit from time to time. Especially in today's world of open promiscuity, encouragement to do what is best for us or what feels good. Sometimes I think we become numb to the fact that we are sinning. Society tells us that if it feels good, it must be good. Our younger generations can hardly discern right from wrong any more.

Pray that we will wake up, reject the works of Satan and know what we are doing and when it is wrong.

God Bless your Tuesday.