Sometimes. too, the person who does not repent remains unforgiven - not because we can't extend forgiveness, but because he is not in a proper frame of a heart that has been softened to receive it. In other words, not because we are unable to extend it, but because he is unable to accept it. The one who says, "But I've done nothing wrong!" cannot accept forgiveness because doing so would be an "admission of guilt." Pride is insidious, especially when it masquerades as injury to an "innocent" person.

Been there, done that too.

Oh I will be so glad when I'm with Him and my battles with sinful pride in my own heart are finally over! In the meantime, it's another example of why Christians need one another so badly.

-R