Excerpt of a letter from the Master's Academy International, July 13, 2024
A Call to Forgiveness: Following Christ’s Example
Pastor John MacArthur famously stated, “You are never more like God than when you forgive.”
This is an evident message in the New Testament, modeled perfectly by our Savior, Christ Jesus. He Himself commanded, “‘But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven’” (Matthew 5:44–45). This is a call to all Christians to freely extend forgiveness to all those who have sinned against them—to all enemies. This love is how the world sees Christ in us.
The call to forgive is a call to be like Christ.
This is a call that the TMAI leadership at the Grace Bible Seminary (GBS) training center has boldly taken up. And nowhere would it seem more poignant and necessary than in Ukraine.
For nearly the past two and a half years, the citizens of Ukraine have lived each day in an environment thick with fear, uncertainty, and, for many, great pain. Both physical and emotional toil has burdened the people to a degree that most in the Western world will never experience.
And since the start of the conflict, the faculty and leaders of GBS have sought to shepherd the people and help alleviate this pain. (continue...)
This is an evident message in the New Testament, modeled perfectly by our Savior, Christ Jesus. He Himself commanded, “‘But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven’” (Matthew 5:44–45). This is a call to all Christians to freely extend forgiveness to all those who have sinned against them—to all enemies. This love is how the world sees Christ in us.
The call to forgive is a call to be like Christ.
Grace Bible Seminary: A Beacon of Hope Amidst Conflict
This is a call that the TMAI leadership at the Grace Bible Seminary (GBS) training center has boldly taken up. And nowhere would it seem more poignant and necessary than in Ukraine.
For nearly the past two and a half years, the citizens of Ukraine have lived each day in an environment thick with fear, uncertainty, and, for many, great pain. Both physical and emotional toil has burdened the people to a degree that most in the Western world will never experience.
And since the start of the conflict, the faculty and leaders of GBS have sought to shepherd the people and help alleviate this pain. (continue...)