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S1: Why is it so hard for us to forgive.

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S2: Doctor Gary Chapman with a love language minute?

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S1: I think it is because we are made in God's

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S1: image and we have a deep concern for justice. Forgiveness

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S1: does not come easy with God. That is what the

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S1: cross of Christ is all about because Christ paid the penalty.

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S1: Then God can forgive us and still be just. How

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S1: do we experience God's forgiveness? We confess our sins and

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S1: accept what Christ did for us. So when others sin

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S1: against us, forgiveness is not easy. Our sense of justice

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S1: demands that they pay for their sin. We want to

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S1: be reconciled, but we do not want to ignore wrongdoing.

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S1: We remember that God forgave us when we confessed and

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S1: we choose to forgive others. Love is always ready to forgive.

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S2: Doctor Gary Chapman is the author of The Five Love Languages.

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S2: For more, visit five Love languages.com.