ANSWERS TO FORGIVENESS QUIZ

Here are the answers to our forgiveness quiz. There is much more to know about forgiveness than the questions and answers of our quiz. But our forgiveness quiz will show you how thoroughly you understand this vital subject. If you want the power of forgiveness in your life, compare your answers with those given below. Then read our other articles on forgiveness.

1: It is important to realize that "Neither servant asked to be forgiven." 2: Unconditional. The king forgave unconditionally [without being asked to forgive], and He expected His forgiven servant to forgive unconditionally. Therefore, the passage is teaching unconditional forgiveness. 3: God's repetitive judicial forgiveness of Heb. 7:24-25 is unconditional, as taught in 1 John 2:1. 4: Mark 11:25 teaches that we are to forgive unconditionally, anytime, every time, whenever we have anything against anyone. Therefore this kind of forgiveness corresponds to the unconditional forgiveness that the king expected of his forgiven servant. 5: The context shows that "has forgiven" is correct. 6: The English present perfect "has forgiven" includes repetitive action, thereby referring to God's repetitive judicial forgiveness of Hebrews 7:24-25, which is unconditional as taught in 1 John 2:1. In contrast, "forgave" would refer to a single event in past time-- forgiveness at the moment of justification [dependent upon saving faith]. 7: We are to let God put away all of our anger (Eph. 4:31); but not all who offend us will repent, so not all will be eligible for the forgiveness of Luke 17:3-4. Therefore, to let God put away all of our anger, our forgiveness must be the unconditional forgiveness of Mark 11:25. And, since our forgiveness is to be like God's forgiveness of us, His forgiveness in Ephesians 4:32 is unconditional, and "has forgiven" refers to His repetitive judicial forgiveness of Hebrews 7:24-25, which is unconditional, as taught in 1 John 2:1. 8: Ephesians 4:26 teaches that we are to do something to prevent the sun from setting on our anger, but it is secular humanism to think that all problems can be solved before sundown by communications. Instead, we are to let God put away our anger (Eph. 4:31), but not all will repent before sundown. Therefore, the logic in the answer to #7 applies here, too. 9: The erroneously-added word is "him." 10: If we were to forgive "him" [a person who has offended us], then it would be impossible to forgive "him" if/when he repents, as commanded in Luke 17:3-4. Therefore, the addition of the word "him" in Mark 11:25 makes the Scriptures appear to be contradictory.

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