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There is a difference between infinite Grace and forgiveness.*  What is it?

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Most sins can be forgiven, but unrepentant sins cannot.**  Why?

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How do we know this?*** 

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*Google AI Definition of forgiveness:

Forgiveness is the conscious, deliberate decision to let go of feelings of resentment, vengeance, or anger toward someone who has harmed you.

(Note: Only the victim and the Lord can cancel a specific trespass and release the offense. The perpetrator of the trespass may forgive oneself only after redemption.)

What It Is vs. What It Isn't

Experts make a clear distinction between what constitutes true forgiveness and what is merely a misconception:

It is NOT Forgetting: Forgiving does not erase the memory of wrongdoing.

It is NOT Condoning or Excusing: It does not justify the offender’s actions or imply that what they did was acceptable.

It is NOT Reconciliation: You are not required to rebuild a relationship with the person or keep them in your life.

It is NOT Forgoing Justice: Forgiveness is an internal emotional process and does not release the offender from legal or social accountability.

It is NOT the cancellation of sin or harm: Once a sin, harm, trespass, or crime has been committed, it is done; there is no undoing it, and therefore does not release the offender from legal, social, or moral responsibility.

In most major faiths, infinite Grace is defined as the proactive, unconditional, unearned, and infinite love and mercy of the Divine. 

Infinite grace is the theological and philosophical concept of limitless, unearned, and unconditional divine favor.

***Google AI Overview              

The Bible indicates that unrepentant sin cannot be forgiven because God's forgiveness requires a turning away from sin. 

This concept appears throughout scripture, directly tying forgiveness to acknowledgment and repentance.  

The ultimate example of unforgivable unrepentance is the unpardonable sin (blasphemy against the Holy Spirit), which is a persistent, willful rejection of God's grace and truth.

Matthew 12:31-32: Jesus warns, "Therefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men". 

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We know from Matthew 7:23, when Jesus said to false believers after claims of prophecy in Jesus’ name and performing miracles, “I never knew you.  Away from me, evildoers,” that Jesus did not forgive them.  

Though it was unclear as to the sins committed by those unholy many, what was clear was that it was unforgiven by Jesus Christ. 

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