Forgiveness is not easy, but it is not meant as a suggestion but a requirement. Matthew 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
I believe we all know that feeling when God is weighing on our hearts to do something that we may not be comfortable doing. Whatever our reasons in why we don’t want to do it. We are to not to begin looking at the Word of God as if it were suggestions instead of commandments and requirements. As though we can be pleasing to God without forgiveness, but forgiven others just makes us more pleasing. It doesn't work like that.
Matthew 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
As we can see, there is no alternate way. We either enter the kingdom of Heaven through Jesus Christ, or we don’t enter in at all. Likewise when it comes to forgiveness, unless we forgive we won’t be forgiven.
I was talking to another brother here recently. We discussed how do you know if you truly forgave someone. Basically what he said was, if you say you forgive, but still hold on to what the other person may have done, you haven’t forgave. If you say you have forgiven, yet when you see the person all the old feelings stir up again and causes you to act accordingly, (according to your flesh) you haven’t forgave.Micah 7:18-19 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Grab and go: I know it cuts like a knife to forgive someone, especially when you feel they don’t deserve it. But what if God felt that way about you? None of us our deserving of forgiveness yet while in the midst of our sin He died for you and pardon our sins. Never to bring up that which we did in our old life again. Who is a God like our God? Mark 11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. Let go of what it is your holding against your neighbor/brother/sister and walk in the liberty of forgiveness.
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