Conditions in Forgiveness
Does Acts 17:30 mean that forgiveness may be given blankly; that a trespasser can be granted blanket forgiveness that is connected to no specific trespass? Can I forgive someone, yet tell them of possible consequences if they should trespass again?
Sometimes it is necessary to specify post-forgiveness terms in a relationship, which terms, if breached, the culprit should be aware of the implications. It is neither wisdom nor spirituality to shut the eyes to future or possible future trespasses merely based on past forgiveness. David and Solomon might have abused the ‘clause of conditions’ in the terms of forgiveness, yet that does not make the process wrong.
