I wrote this page, and the system failed and its lost
come back I will re - write it
briefly
founded on the Parable of the shepherd finding the one lost sheep
the Parable of the compassionate Good Samaritan who helped the innocent robed man
that neither were at fault
The robed, the wounded, the abused are not in need of repentance
but rather:
come back I will re - write it
briefly
founded on the Parable of the shepherd finding the one lost sheep
the Parable of the compassionate Good Samaritan who helped the innocent robed man
that neither were at fault
The robed, the wounded, the abused are not in need of repentance
but rather:
- understanding
- compassion
- washing
- healing
- to be set free
.The theology of repentance serves well to reach out to sinners with the message of repentance and salvation.
however there is a need for a theology and a ministry to those of us who were sined against.
which would be characterised by:
- compassion for those of us who suffered innocently at the hands of evil doers.
- understanding the currently misunderstood
- prayer for healing, renewing a mind tormented by memories of events no man should have been subjected to
- prayer for cleansing and deliverance
- an acceptance that csa does happen to boys and girls by evil doers who betrayed our trust
- a renounciation of the discreditation and marginalisation which has hithertoo taken place.
- prayerfully researching recovery and funding ministry to survivors of others sins
- a willingness to cease using forgiveness as the default ministry tool
- Sinners are in need of repentance and renouncing sin and to restore where possable
- the sinned against did not sin - no need of repentance no sin to be repented of.
- ( consequencial sin is another matter but here we are ministering to causal factors not the consequencial )
- it is unhelpful to force or demand a survivor to prematurely forgive -
- whilst some survivors responded to God's prompting to forgive and then found healing,
- many of us needed to find a measure of healing before forgiving
- forgiving is an act of grace in response to a revelation of the suffering Jesus endured to break the power of the pain endured by those of us who are survivors.
- Christians and Pastors should not demand that we forgive - it is of the flesh and is countr productive.
- I for one have found that I forgave in God's time when I was ready and pre[pared by God.
- forgiveness should not be a default term used when a Christian or Pastor doesn't know what to say -most survivors have suffered under this response as it is presumptive.
- forgiveness is an inappropriate demand to place on those who have experienced abondonment
- forgiving those who sin against us should be in response to Jesus grace, mercy, love and healing.
- some tell us to forgive whilst rejecting us. it's obvious.
- premature forgiveness can hinder overcomming the denial of what we endured.
- some misuse forgiveness to facilitate the repression of our memory of what we endured.