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Marlene:
Hello, I was reading in John Chapter 20  verse 22.  I have read the whole chapter but still I am not sure what its meaning is there.I read in the NIV.

verse 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
vese 23 If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; If you do not forgive them they are not forgiven. "

I must be thinking carnal cause, I thought we were just to forgive all people.
So he would for give us.I thought maybe someone would understand what I don't see.

In His Love
Marlene

winner08:
unfortunately I got to you first. ::) ::). I will try to give you the first one: I know The Holy spirit is referred to as breath or like wind I think. So I would imagine that when God breath on them at that moment they received the Holy Spirit. As for the second,  I will give you my opinion,  and please take it as JUST my opinion. I like you believe that as we forgive we will be forgiven by God. I don't know if that's true or not. But it says If you forgive anyone of their sin they are forgiven. Do we have that kind of power? I don't. Maby God was speaking about the disciples. I am sure in a few min. you will receive alot better information by people who know what they are talking about.

Sorry if I couldn't help,

Darren

OBrenda:
Good question Marlene,

Can't wait to hear the answers..
 ;D Brenda ???

hillsbororiver:
I see it as a prophecy of the next age, when His chosen are empowered from above to do His work together with Christ.

Oba 1:21  And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.

1Co 6:3  Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

Heb 11:40  God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Peace,

Joe
 

Dave in Tenn:
Maybe helpful from Young's literal translation.

Joh 20:21  Jesus, therefore, said to them again, `Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;'
Joh 20:22  and this having said, he breathed on them , and saith to them, `Receive the Holy Spirit;
Joh 20:23  if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain (the sins), they (the sins) have been retained.'  (parentheses mine)

"According as the Father sent Christ".  Christ was sent to forgive/remit sins.  It is the 'sins' which they were instructed to forgive in this passage, I believe.  If so, it's a match with the many other commandments to forgive.

That's as far as I can go, Marlene.     

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