I'm a lot less harmful than I used to be.
The same with me, God reveals to each of us, and we get the amazing grace to learn from and see new in how Jesus did that going to that cross once for us all to now be able to be given new life in his risen Life, that leads instead of me, where I used to get angry a lot, not so much anymore.
One of the hardest things for me to do was, find all the people I could that I did wrong to them, whether they knew it was me or not. I got convicted in me, not by anyone or anything else. not by a church, pastor or any person.
I knew what I heard to do, personally.
I wanted to ignore it and not do it. I eventually did it. It was not easy at all. Yet I did it, with everyone I could find. I went to each person and apologized. Expecting to pay any penance any one of them might have demanded.
This one particular person, who knew it not it was me that stole from them. I confessed to that person him and me.
He forgave me and said this to me
"I forgive you" And "I" see you are freed, it is written all over your face
I replied, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you to God and that person, this was heartfelt.
Nothing has been the same ever since, no more hiding, no more stealing, lying, cheating, ever again.
That does not mean that I have not ever had any thoughts to do any wrong(s) all over again, because I have had them, as I know everyone else has also.
Therefore I now see to sit down and chill out, let out my anger, say to like it is, how I feel out loud to God, privately im my own mind, sometimes to others I know are believers in Father, Son and Holy Spirit too, who are One (Won) for us all at that cross. Completed in the resurrection where new .life resides for all to choose to believe God in this truth or not. then the new person begins willingly to not hurt anyone else ever again
I see Eph 1:6;7, 13 as
In God once anyone believes God in risen Son for them
these will come to see
they are
Accepted, forgiven and sealed in God for the Holy Spirit as our guide to all truth. God will not ever forsake and has not ever forsaken anyone. The problem is people think God does, and does not. People do that, not God
And all know God is real the first birth confirms this, having first birth with the knowledge of good and evil. Evil always doing its best to deceive anyone that will listen to evil acting as good, there is a big difference in publishing and disciplining. People Punish, God disciplines
trusting God for discernment that began for me at my facing my wrongs, directly with the people I had done wrong. The freedom began humbly
Therefore I am seeing past the fakers, that are after their own self gains, and not going after any of them, seeing ro remain harmless as a dove Matt. 10:16-20