Sinning and Forgiving Sins
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . .Our sins against God are all forgiven.
[Jesus, Mk 2:10]
We are sinless towards God.
But what remains are sins we commit against each other.
And for certain we sin against each other.
God can forgive sins against him, but he cannot forgive another of sin against you, nor you of sin against another.
Only the sinned can forgive the sinner.
So only we can forgive the sins we commit against each other.
And we are to be no more children but be matured and be godly as God is godly, and that is to forgive all sins against us even as God forgive our sins against Him.
But that is so hard.
For often people seek just to get in God's good books, but forgot that the real issue is our fellow man, our mutual sins against each other.