Apologies demonstrate that someone is truly living by Christ’s life, for it takes uncommon insight for a person to recognize when they’ve mistreated another human being (which is usually rationalized in their minds) and deep humility to let them know that you’re sorry for what you’ve done.
An apology provides fertile ground to renew our relationship, which has been lost.
Here are 3 reasons why disciples of Jesus should apologize to others whenever we treat them in a way we wouldn’t want others to treat us. (There are others, but these three stand out in my mind right now)…