EMCAPP Journal 2

83 Receiving forgiveness I decide that God and my fellow man may/should show me my guilt precisely and holistically (cognition and emoti- on). The Holy Spirit will not demand more than I can give nor will he expose me I allow myself to be convicted and accept the judgement of guilty, refrain from “ex- cuses”, capitulate. The old man resists recognising this I allow God’s love, including His pain over my union with sin (2 Cor. 7, 10) to have access to me. Only then is it possible to form a true self- confidence. I accept that God releases me from the law of sin: • instead of “I am/remain like this”, “I/ God can change me” applies; • instead of “As a Christian one/I am not allowed to be like this”, “I am / he is (so far/at the moment) like this” applies. God prepares the best path for me without forcing me to go along it. I experience freedom from past guilt and freedom for a new beginning. For God, my sin no longer exists! Here feelings such as unease, revulsion, anxiety, shame, wrath, pain, malicious joy will normally arise. Often, one will go down each side several times with different themes and increasing depth of heart. Only now is it possible to have a truly objective attitude/view of myself and the other person! Only now do I see the other without sin. Sin, however, is always accompanied by lies. Forgiving I want to look precisely and holistically at the guilt of the “wrong-doer” towards me and thus also at the bad experiences (cognition and emotion) Often even against inner resistance, from an awareness that it is necessary I specify the guilt of the “wrong-doer” as I experience it subjectively, and I search for the objective biblical term/descripti- on. Trust in God and man is necessary for this I experience God’s love/presence as comfort/healing and can approach the wrong-doer with God’s mercy (the left side is the precondition, so that I under- stand that I am no better). I accept that God releases him/her from the law of sin: • instead of “he is/remains like this”, “he /God can change him” applies; • instead of “he/it cannot be like this”, “he/it is (so far/at the moment) like this” applies. I forgo all demands and, as a result, be- come free to have hope for the other per- son. I can see/experience the other person without his guilt, independent or separa- ted from his guilt. I no longer need to remember, involuntari- ly and painfully, what I suffered! I. Decision to draw up the accounts Light Uncovering II. Drawing up the accounts („logos“) Truth Holiness III. Mercy, „Bowels“, (i.e. attitude including feeling) Love, kindness, comfort IV. Liberating, Releasing, Grace Healing V. Inner reconcili- ation Cancelling debt / dismissing it Renewal Justice Christian Psychotherapy f f f f ff ff f

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