Forgiveness (Definition Essay)

Many religions have different views on one subject; same with forgiveness. As all religion treats forgiveness as one of the major topics, it is very important. When you ask a group of people, “What is forgiveness?” everyone will have a different point of views. As a Christian, the forgiveness of others is amongst the spiritual duties. “God is generally considered to be the original source of all forgiveness, which is made possible through the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus, and is freely available to the repentant believer.” (“Forgiveness”)

The forgiveness in Christianity came from God. The Bible states, “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your father may forgive you your sins.” (Mark 11:25) God has sent Jesus, his only son, to forgive human beings to forgive us. Jesus has suffered the worst things a mankind could ever suffer, and had died for our sins. Since then, we are able to be forgiven from God through Jesus. God was the first one to ever forgive human beings and is still forgiving us everyday and lead us to the bright side of the world.

What if there isn’t anything such as forgiveness? Forgiveness is needed to call forgiveness, so you would never be able to form relationships with anyone. There is no perfect person in the world that had not had a single sin, except for Jesus Christ. Without forgiveness, all human beings would never be able to go to heaven. The word ‘heaven’ would never exist in the first place.

Forgiveness… One might ask, “Friends forgive each other, but it’s not really through Jesus. Then why do we need to believe in Christianity and why do we have to be forgiven by God?” The big difference there is that people can forgive each other once at a time about a single thing. But it is too little compared to the amount of sins you made. Plus, it is almost certain that you would not be able to go to every single person you sinned against and be forgiven by them. However, God can forgive you in everything, no matter how much there are and how serious they are. He is the great God.

Forgiveness means a lot to people around the world. There is no one who doesn’t want to be forgiven after all the bad things they’ve done. It gives people comfort as much as it is treated importantly in religions. Without the word ‘forgiveness,’ there would have been no purpose of God and the religion named Christianity. There would have never been such a word as Christ and heaven. Also without forgiveness, people will never be able to bear the weight of the sins they had made by themselves throughout their lives.