Original Sin: Ezekiel 18:20 teaches there is no original sin; each person is responsible for his own actions and will be judged accordingly. It was Jesus who pardon the old sin through Him and only through Him will you be pardon. 1Peter 3:21 says that baptism DOES save you through resurrection of Jesus Christ. Acts 2:38 teaches that sin is forgiven at baptism- one is saved at the point sin is forgiven.

I was just reading Sue Lester's post, I'll tell you what happened to me a long time ago...someone I was very much in love with, asked me to marry him, then a few months later he suddenly dumped me and married another woman that he had only known for a short time...because she earned more money than I did.  Anyway, she cheated on him and got pregnant with her former boyfriend...HA!  Then they got a divorce just as quickly as they got married, then he came apologizing to me, BUT he had gotten her name tattooed on his chest.  Just the thought of being with him after that made me feel like vomitting.  I said I forgave him, he needed a partner with a good job at the time, but I couldn't forget...so it wouldn't work between us, I could never trust him or believe anything he said.

Hi Thomas,

I had an experience twice of being molested by the same man and at the young age of 11 & 12 years old.  I felt in my heart at the time that I hated him, and maybe I did.  Well, I found out a few months later that hating him was eating me up inside.

I went down on my knees to say my prayers one night, and that was the moment I asked God to forgive me for hating.  I also prayed that he would help me to learn to get over what had happened, and to teach me how to forgive this man for doing this awful thing to me. 

I heard the man was sick and dying, and asked my uncle to carry me to the prison.  I stood there watching him, and just could not hate him any longer.  I still don't know when I forgave him, but I guess I had.  I only felt sorry for him.

Beryl