It always makes my skin crawl when people talk about people who have been “Saved”.
We do not know who has or hasn’t been saved. Just because someone says they have been saved does not make it so. That is not what I am writing about though.
The article has a great deal of truth but, it is hard to extrapolate from what The Lord said at one time the entirety of the Gospel.
We have been told by The Lord that we should “judge not that ye be not judged”. That does not mean that if someone is running at us with a sword that we shouldn’t assume he has bad intentions.
If you want mercy you definitely should give mercy but, there are things that will condemn you no matter how much mercy you give. If you are an unrepentant sinner then forgive who you will I don’t think it will be much help.
Statements taken out of the whole of The Gospel can easily lead us astray.
Yes, I think it will be easier for The Lord to believe us when we say we follow Him if we are forgiving to our neighbors. If we aren’t striving to follow Him then it really won’t make much of a difference who we forgive.
I can “know” I am saved without judging if others are saved - and no longer fear judgement - it really is that simple.
“We do not know who has or hasn’t been saved.
The Apostle John makes it clear your understanding needs improvement.
1 John 5:12-13
12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.