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FORGIVENESS: Explain the meaning and significance for Christians today for the belief you have outlined  

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Explain the meaning and significance for Christians today for the belief you have outlined Forgiveness is a huge part of life today, not just for Christians, but for many others as well. For Christians though, forgiveness has a purpose and a meaning. When Jesus died on the cross, he died in order to forgive humanity of its sins. God sacrificed his own son, in order to be able to forgive us. He set an example for the future generations, to forgive. He always forgave, and Christianity follows his teachings in which he stressed that people that they had to be ready and willing to forgive to be forgiven yourself. People do not take their lives in order to forgive or be forgiven, but they practice the act of forgiveness on a daily basis. They forgive people in daily life, may it be at work with clients and work colleagues or at...

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