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My Response to Femionas.
I would like to begin by pointing out something very important that you mentioned about the refusal to forgive as a pitfall of the subtlety of legalism.
Indeed, this is one area where a lot of believers unsuspectingly fall into legalism.
Basically, one’s refusal to forgive another person of a suffered wrong implies, that the other person in question is undeserving of forgiveness. The danger in taking such a stand is that, it presupposes, that we have been able to somehow, live our lives in such a way, that we have been able to at least, deserve the forgiveness of God in the places were we may have come short.
The subtlety here is that, refusing to forgive others has put us in the position of judge, and we can therefore determine who deserves forgiveness or not, based on the gravity of the offense, or the effect of such an offense on us.
This is why some believes would rather see a sinner or a witch for example die, than have them be forgiven. Those who pray for their enemies to die also fall into this trap. It is difficult for them to see that the same grace that has appeared unto them and saved them is also available to even their worst enemies.
Ultimately, there seems to be the belief, that the sacrifice of Christ on the cross is not sufficient for the salvation of certain kinds of sinners.
Lastly, on the issue of avoiding certain portions of scripture, it is my persuasion, that a proper understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ, will give us such an understanding of all of scripture, that we come to the realization, that Christ was always the plan of God, and that even the law was never intended to be a means of salvation, but to point us to Christ. Romans 3:20-24, Galatians 3:24-25.