He also teaches them that it is very important to forgive others.
This enormous degree of forgiveness should be the model for the way that Christians forgive others.
It states that for a person to earn God's forgiveness they must also be willing to forgive others.
Didn't Our Lord say that he would forgive us as we forgave others?
You have to learn to forgive others, and yourself, for some of the things that are done.
And we need to learn to forgive others for not meeting our outrageous expectations.
To forgive others is a practical application of this supreme forgiveness.
To get to heaven, you have to be forgiven, and you must forgive others.
"One does not have to forgive others for speaking the truth."
Thus we ought to forgive others, but for our own sake.