| The same as with bishops, it is Christ, through his chosen ministers, who acts as teacher, good shepherd, forgiver, and healer. |
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| On this view, interpersonal forgiveness is a triadic relation between the wrongdoer, the forgiver, and God. |
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| Just as you cannot separate forgiveness from the forgiver, you do not have prosperity apart from Jehovah. |
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| They might identify either the partner or another person as the forgiver. |
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| Let's look at the pieces of the puzzle the forgiver begins to put together. |
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| This clearly does not mean that third-parties cannot convey forgiveness on behalf of someone wronged, but that is acting in the role of a messenger of forgiveness, not in the role of a forgiver per se. |
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| There is a parallel here with forgiveness, which may sometimes be granted even when the forgiver has not yet rid himself of resentful feelings toward his malefactor. |
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| In cases of serious injury or wrongdoing, forgiveness often involves a struggle on the part of the forgiver to overcome or renounce strong reactive emotions such as resentment or hatred of the wrongdoer. |
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