BET Archive | Volume 8 - Essays on Forgiveness
Title
Giving Up the Anger You Have a Right To: Forgiveness in Christ’s First Antithesis
Edward Gerber
Abstract (from the Editorial of BET vol. 8.1)
Ed Gerber offers an exposition of Matthew 5:21-26. His exegetical study helps us to see that anger is part of the human experience, and that we are justified in being angry with those who do us harm. However, the Gospel calls us beyond our right to anger, into a divinely empowered act of forgiveness that enables us to move past the natural life into the supernatural life of God. As such, we witness to, and embody, the love and grace of God.
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Ed Gerber is the Lead Pastor at Willoughby Church in Langley, BC, Canada. He holds a PhD in New Testament from the University of Wales. He is a member of the St. Peter Fellowship of the Center for Pastor Theologians.
