Forbearance also includes peacefulness, mild
Forbearance also includes peacefulness, mild ness, and gentleness. If you are reasonable, con siderate, and able to fit in, you will no doubt be gentle, kind, mild, and peaceful. You will also be meek and moderate, full of compassion for others. The opposite of forbearance is being just in a very exacting way. A person who lacks for bearance will be exacting and demanding of others. But to be forbearing means that we are satisfied with less than our due. Alford says that the Greek word for forbearance means not to be strict with respect to legal rights. For exam ple, a certain thing may be ours, but we do not claim it according to strict, legal right. This is forbearance.
THE FORBEARANCE OF CHRIST
The life of the Lord Jesus is the best illustra tion of forbearance. Consider how He spoke to those two disciples on the way to Emmaus. Luke 24:15 says that while these disciples "were talking and discussing, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them." The Lord Jesus said to them, "What are these words which you are exchang ing with one another while you are walking?" (v. 17). With a rebuking tone, one of the disci ples answered, "Are you a stranger dwelling alone