Christians' Beliefs About Justice, Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Christians' Beliefs About Justice, Forgiveness and Reconciliation

Some Christians believe in justice and peace to solve problems, others

believe in forgiveness and reconciliation to be the basis of

Christians, I will explain these in detail.

Some Christians believe on justice in the world, this is the belief of

the Catechism of Catholic Church, according to the Gospel we must love

our neighbours and enemy as we love ourselves, as mentioned in Matthew

5:43- 46. We can also recognize the importance of Justice is to

Christians from Old Testaments such as Deuteronomy 16:20, Isaiah 1:17,

Isaiah 61:8, and Colossians 4:1 from the New Testament. Justice to

Christians enables them to become better Christians and have their

sins forgiven by God when they treat others fairly. Other world

religions such as Buddhism, Jainism and Baha'i emphasise the

importance of justice in their prayers. This is evidenced when they

are translated, such as Baha'i's prayer "Be generous in prosperity,

and thankful in adversity. Be fair I judgement and guarded in thy

speech." Another example is from the Jainism's prayer, "Peace and

universal love is the essence of the Gospel preached by all."

Christians also believe in forgiveness and reconciliation for others,

example of this today are Pacifists who do not use violence to protest

against violence. Other examples include God, who had forgiven

Christian's sins through the Crucifixion of Jesus according to Micah

7:18 from the Old Testament, and Matthew 9:6, Ephesians 1:7 and

Ephesians 4:32 from the New Testament. Another similar example is that

Christians must forgive others in order to gain a place in heaven and

be forgiven by God, suggested by Psalm 32:12 from the Old Testament,

Matthew 6:12, Matthew 6:14 -15, Matthew 12;31 and Acts 2:38 from the

New Testament.

The Sacrament of reconciliation and absolution is the key of

forgiveness for Christians. The Sacrament of reconciliation is known

as confession where Christians confess their sins to priests

(absolution). Priests have the power to forgive sins and Christians

can use this to be sin free and be able to gain a place in heaven