January 4, 2026
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026 BELOVED SAINTS OF GOD! PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE THIS TRUTH BELOW:
Saints of God, with all soberness and thankfulness of heart consider Romans 3:23? It says, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”
Also, with the same forthrightness of heart consider Romans 5:8? It says, “For God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
And, finally, consider Hebrews 10:17 in which God has Covenanted with us saying, “And their sins and iniquities I will remember no more.”
Given all that Christ Jesus has done for you, how is your love walk with all people, especially with those who have wronged you?
Introduction
Saints, mark your calendars, next Sunday we will celebrate Holy Communion. I have delayed our normal timing of Holy Communion until I preach this Sermon and give you an opportunity to consider where you stand in your walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. Also, I am impressed by the Holy Ghost to preach this Message to you before going into the sets of Sermons in the New Year, which are wonderfully deep and intense, requiring that our born-again hearts and minds be saturated with the Love of God, and thereby, on one accord with God and each other.
As born-again Christians, many of the infirmities we bare mentally and physically in our bodies are due to “un-forgiveness” harbored in our thought-life regarding past and present “wrongs” done to us by others. Multiplied millions of born-again Christians regularly partake of the Communion Table, the emblems symbolizing the body and blood of Jesus Christ without seriously contemplating their present walk with Christ; partaking of the Lord’s body in unworthiness. This can cause serious illness and even death. Listen to the admonishment of the Apostle Paul concerning the manner in which we are to participate in Communion at I Corinthians 11:27-32:
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Notice Saints, Paul says that a person who eats the bread and drinks of the cup of the Lord “unworthily” is “guilty of the body and blood of the Lord,” and does so unto “damnation” (physical weakness, illness, or death) to himself.
So we are warned to be sober and honest with “ourselves” in where we stand with God in Christ Jesus before we take Communion. It’s a “self-examination” of where we stand in our relationship with God and His Holy Word. I cannot examine your hearts and minds and determine whether you should partake of the Lord’s Table, nor can you make that determination for me. Just as believers come “singly” to Jesus Christ to repent of their sins, receive forgiveness for sins and Salvation; every believer takes part in Communion as a “personal choice and attestation” that they faithfully remain in right-fellowship with the Lord.
As such, we should carefully ponder, and with all gravity the word “Communion.” In the word Communion we find the words, “come,” “commune,” and “union,” signifying a Loving invitation by our Lord Jesus Christ to share remembrance of His Body and Blood in fellowship and harmony with God, and fellow-believers of like precious faith. More specifically, in partaking of the Lord’s Table, we remember Jesus’ sacrifice, symbolizing His broken body (bread) and shed blood (wine/juice) for forgiveness of sin, and new life, fostering fellowship with Christ and other believers, and looking forward to His return. It’s a moment of thanksgiving, self-examination, and communal remembrance of God’s Love Covenant and Abrahamic Covenant blessings that rest upon us, thereby uniting all believers as “One Body” in Christ.
Now Saints, there are several “Unworthy Behaviors and Attitudes” a person can display while partaking of the Lord’s Table, which we want to make sure to avoid. For example, one believer may be harboring “Unrepentant Sin;” unconfessed sins and having no intention of changing. Also, one believer may be ensnared by “Division and Un-forgiveness;” harboring resentment, pride, racism, classism or any other sin-action that separates a person from other believers. Next, another believer may display “Disrespect for the Holy Sacraments;” treating Communion as a common meal, or with irreverence. Next, another believer in pride may exhibit “Self-Righteousness;” believing one is worthy due to their own performance or good works, rather than Christ’s sacrifice alone. Lastly, one believer may exhibit apathy or laziness with a “Lack of Self-Examination;” failing to take time to reflect on one’s life and relationship with God and others.
As Paul notes, and I stress to you now, not in a “spirit of fear” but out of “reverential respect” for the Lord’s Table, please Saints always make certain of your right-standing in Christ before partaking of Holy Communion. Many Christians become weak, sick, and die because they fail to recognize the Spiritual significance of the elements as representing Christ’s body and blood, and/or fail to recognize the unity of the Church. As we partake of the Table we are to remember how Jesus laid down His life for the world, and we are to lay down our lives for the brethren. (I John 3:16)
Every Church denomination and non-denomination, including all Leadership and every congregate should think carefully and soberly whether their hearts, minds, attitudes and actions are in “union” with every believer in Christ before taking the Lord’s Table. For clearly, there is a wide-schism in the Body of Christ; and far too often we see sickness and disease and premature physical death within our Church walls. When if, we will take earnest heed to confess and forsake our sins, including sins of un-forgiveness before partaking of Holy Communion, we can take full advantage of the restorative physical and mental benefits afforded to us by Christ’s Sacrifice recorded at I Peter 2:24 saying:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
When we take Holy Communion, by faith in the finished works of Jesus Christ on the cross, we should receive complete healing and prosperity. But, when Christians elect to give safe-harbor to secret sin, such as holding alt (offense) against people, they block the blessings of God and suffer the consequences in their physical bodies. So, today I want to specifically talk about the sin of harboring “Un-forgiveness.” As the Sermon Title states: “Holding Alt Against Others Will Negatively Alter Your Course!”
Within the Body of Christ, there are many believers who practice “Un-forgiveness” on a wide-continuum:
*Some un-forgivers seek revenge upon those who wrong them.
*Some un-forgivers are selective forgivers; they pick and choose who they will release from offenses while holding alt against others.
*Some un-forgivers when wronged just hold and suppress the offense committed against them within; without taking any actions to forgive and reconcile the offense.
*Some un-forgivers say they have forgiven their wrongdoers, but never forget the sin.
*Some un-forgivers say they have forgiven, but take no actions to reconcile the relationship, and do acts of loving kindness for the offender.
* Some un-forgivers desire from their hearts to forgive their offenders, but lack an understanding how to offer forgiveness in accordance with the Word of God.
*Lastly, and sadly, there are some un-forgivers who believe God is responsible for the bad things that have transpired in their lives (saying things like “why God did you let this thing happen to me or a loved one?”) and seek to hold alt against Him. They refuse to praise God, thank God, and serve God with a pure heart towards Him
Saints, if you are one of these types of un-forgivers you have veered off of the Christian Course! By faith in the finished works of Jesus Christ on the cross, decree that this is the “Day, Time, and Year that you will completely turn away from un-forgiveness, and commit to a life-style of loving and forgiving all people without limits, just as God Loves and has Forgiven you of all your sins!”
God Has Set the Christian Course Before Us
Oh praise God, I feel like shouting and jumping for joy as God Almighty from the foundations of the world has ordered our destiny in Christ Jesus! God predestinated that we would be “conformed to the image of Jesus Christ;” (made sons of God) to be made heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ Jesus. (Rom. 8:29-30 & 17) Glory to God, through Jesus, we have been adopted into God’s Royal Family and preordained to do the supernatural good-works of God. (Eph. 2:10)
As sons of God, we are destined to be transformed into the character, attitude, and likeness of Jesus Christ. We have been elected to receive eternal life with all of its supernatural benefits. Such as, living a Christ-like life before the world, the working miracles, living life after death, receiving glorified bodies at the rapture, and reigning in life with Christ in the New Jerusalem coming down from Heaven to a glorious new earth wherein there will be nothing but Righteousness. (II Cor. 5:8, Rom. 8:11 & Rev. 3:12, & 21:1-4)
As God’s Holy Property, the ultimate Purpose of our Christian Course, is to bring praise to the glory of God’s grace bestowed upon us. (I Cor. 6:20) We do this by humbly walking in “Love” with God, and with one another as Jesus has Loved us, and doing those good works ordained by God from the foundations of the world. (Eph. 4:1-2) This cannot be accomplished without the “Help” of the Holy Ghost, as walking in Love in accordance with God’s Great Love Commandments, requires the supernatural power and might of the Spirit of the Lord ruling over our lives. As followers of Christ, we are mandated to show forth God’s Love, which often requires “long suffering” and “forbearance” with fellow Christians and non-Christians.
Umm, in Christian Circles today, the word “forbearing” doesn’t get enough use and exercise. Forbearing means to continually practice “patience” in the midst of enduring offenses, to “hold back” from retaliation when reviled, or to show “self-control,” while at the same time extending acts of loving kindness towards offenders. The practice of forbearance with our offenders mirrors God’s own patient mercy and long suffering towards Humanity, as He delays judgment to offer grace that leads to forgiveness and unity to all those who would believe on the name of Jesus Christ.
My, my, my in Christian Circles, many Christians do not understand that a key part of the Christian Course is “preordained suffering.” (Rom. 8:17) We all desire greatly and accept joyfully being heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ; but far less accepting are we of predetermined suffering that accompanies being a child of God. Every born-again Christian must come to a place of spiritual maturity in Christ to understand, that all who would live godly will suffer hatred and persecution. (II Tim. 3:12)
Because the world hated Jesus, it will also hate the godly. (John 15:18) Righteous suffering and forbearance is necessary and preordained so that our lives lived through Christ, may be tried, purified, and made perfect before God. (Job 23:10) For we have an eternal Promise from God that if we suffer with Him, we will also reign with Him. (II Tim.2:12) As we forgive from the heart when persecuted, Jesus Christ is magnified and glorified within us, and the Light of Christ shines brighter into this lost world. Most Christians do not realize that when they refuse to forgive their offender(s), they are denying the Lord’s Sacrifice for their own sins. Un-forgiveness is just retaliatory sin that leaves the holder of the alt the prisoner of the offender and Satan.
Saints always remember this: Nobody wants an enemy, but without loving one, you will never be as perfect as God, which is your destiny. (Matt. 5:44-48) Either presently, or in the future, there are going to be people who are going to curse you, despitefully use you, and persecute you. However, for each type of offender God expects for us to stick closer to them than a brother: To bless them, do good to them, and pray for them! God did not save us to become “casual and conditional lovers” of people. Rather, God saved us to become courageous unconditional Lovers of all people; especially to our haters just as Jesus Christ loved us, even when we were trapped and lost in sin!
Unforgiving Christians Bring Misery on Their Lives Until They Learn To Forgive
The famous quote says, “Un-forgiveness is like drinking poison and waiting on the other person to die.” “You have to LET IT GO!” This expression means that refusing to forgive someone harms the person holding the grudge, not nearly as much as the person who committed the offense. I agree with the statement with the exception of the solution offered: “You have to let it go.” I understand what is meant by let it go: forgive it, and forget it.
However as born-again Christians, forgiveness requires that we look into our born-again hearts, “lay hold” of the alt (sin, transgression, evil, fault, wrongdoing, crime, felony, misdemeanor, or beef) and in the Spirit of meekness “strip the alt off and away from the offender, and then see the person as God sees them. God sees the person as Holy and useful unto His divine Purpose, worthy of forgiveness and loving kindness, without conditions or limits attached. Saints, is this not how God Loved and Forgave us all while Christ sacrificed His sinless life on the cross? (Luke 23:24 & Rom. 5:8) This is Bible forgiveness learn and apply it to your daily living and interactions with all people. The sin that a person commits, no matter how egregious, is not greater than the person God created.
You see Saints, as long as you try to just, “let the offense go,” Satan the author of confusion will remind you of the wrong committed against you. Satan will tempt you to continue judging the person (by their wrong deed) as unholy, unworthy of forgiveness and acts of loving kindness on your part. Left up to Satan, he desires for years, decades, and even for the rest of a Christian’s life that they play the role of the hypocrite. He tempts the Christian to even say they have “forgiven their offender,” but also to be content and resolute to have no further interaction with the offender to render acts of loving kindness that would demonstrate that their love and forgiveness is genuine. This is deception!
Forgiveness without acts of loving kindness from the heart is worthless; just as faith without works is dead standing alone. Let me say it more loudly, it’s not enough for you to profess you have forgiven a person (most often, this is done introspectively and not offered face-to-face with the person who committed the offense) who has wronged you, and then have no future contact with them. Again, the Christian can say they have forgiven, but without unconditional blessings, acts of loving kindness, attempts at reconciliation, and prayer for the offender they veer and stray far away from their Christian Course.
Saints, do we not all remember the Promises of Jesus Christ taught to the disciples regarding, forgiving versus not forgiving, recorded at Mark 11:25-26? Jesus Christ said:
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.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
If we do not forgive our offenders, it means we have “broken right-fellowship” with God and one another; and veered off the Christian Course, and we walk in “darkness.” Darkness represents evil, sin, ignorance, spiritual blindness, oppression, hopelessness, and the “realm of Satan!” To walk in un-forgiveness is to abide and walk in Satan’s Place.
How in one’s own intellect and human ability and strength can a person consumed with un-forgiveness lead themselves, as well as others, into God’s Plan for their peace, health, prosperity and satisfaction? (III John 2) Saints have you ever refused to forgive someone who hurt you? The human brain and negative emotions block out and refuse to hear and heed calls for Love, Forgiveness, and acts of Loving Kindness from God being communicated to you by the Holy Ghost.
The Apostle John wrote at I John 2:10-11:
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
No born-again Christian has any business walking in darkness; yet sadly many of us dwell in darkness because of a stubborn and stiff-necked mindset of un-forgiveness. Christians who choose and decide not to forgive their offenders are spiritually blind and lack spiritual direction and growth. Their prayer petitions to God go unanswered, praise and worship offered to God is as a stench in His nostrils, and they are unable to find and bask in the Presence of the Lord and receive the joy of the Lord.
Saints, we all must take I John 1:5-9 to heart and obey it. Not just for our own edification, but also to minister deliverance to fellow Christians who are walking in darkness because they refuse to forgive. John wrote:
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Let me focus on Verse 6, and read it this way: If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, (un-forgiveness) we lie, and do not the truth. Any time we subject ourselves to living a lie, we will bear the fruits of evil. We cannot say continually that we love God and are true worshippers of His, and hate (carry and nurse alt) against our brother and sister in Christ. To do so is to enter and live in the pathway of “darkness.”
Only the Light of Christ shining into darkness can deliver the born-again Christian who chooses and decides to walk in un-forgiveness. The Light of Christ’s Commandment to forgive unconditionally all who wrong us, illuminated by the Holy Ghost within us, is always present to impress upon our conscious the need to forgive all offenders and show acts of loving kindness without reservation.
Saints, examine your born-again hearts now, and if there is any person who has offended you, or you knowingly have offended someone, listen to the Holy Ghost shining Christ’s Light on the offence and telling you to forgive that person, and to go and love and be kind towards them. God is calling on you to be “courageous” and Love that person above and far beyond the fault, so that God may be magnified and glorified through your behavior and good work!
But Saints, for those born-again Christians who stubbornly refuse to take heed to the Wisdom of God and forgive, they continue on the pathway of deception and darkness and become dry empty vessels. The blood of Jesus Christ which is appropriated on our lives cannot work to cleanse and deliver them from all unrighteousness because they lie against the Truth. I tell you Saints, forgiving one another is serious business, and not forgiving has severe negative consequences that will be reaped in the physical body. (Gal.6:7)
Because God has forgiven all our sins, we must not withhold forgiveness from all others who wrong us. As we realize how completely Christ has forgiven us, it must produce an attitude of forgiveness toward all others who wrong us. When we fail to forgive others, we are exalting ourselves (placing our human wisdom, pride, and self-reliance above God’s divine Guidance) above Christ’s Law of Love, which leads to spiritual blindness, chaos, and destruction in life.
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant Should Lead All Christians to Make Forgiveness a Life-Style
The Parable of the “The Unforgiving Servant,” recorded at Matthew 18:21-35, teaches followers of Christ, the Law of Forgiveness. If you don’t know the Law of Forgiveness, it simply says: God through the finished works of Jesus on the cross forgave all of our sins, therefore, we must forgive every person for their sins committed against us. Jesus Christ said, “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required.” (Luke12:48)
Any wrong, regardless of severity, that someone commits against us will never match, nor exceed, the wrong that all of us committed against God. For through Adam’s transgression in the Garden of Eden, all were made sin, and we all were the enemy of God destined for eternal damnation. (Rom. 5:10) Yet, through God’s infinite mercy and grace, and sacrifice of His Son Jesus, we received the forgiveness of sin, and reconciliation with God our Father.
In my estimation, the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant provides the most direct example of how God views and deals with those who unrelentingly choose and decide not to forgive those indebted to them. Let us take heed lest we fall. After we study the Parable, with the aid of the Holy Ghost, I pray you will never choose and decide to hold an offense against your fellow brother or sister in Christ, or for that matter any person on earth who has wronged you. But, that through submission to the Will of God through the Holy Ghost you will choose and decide to Love, Forgive, and do acts of Loving Kindness towards all people, including perpetrators of evil against you as Commanded by Jesus Christ. The Parable at Matthew 18: 21-35 reads as follows:
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
In Summary, the crux of Jesus’ Parable tells of a servant forgiven a massive amount of debt by a king, who then the servant refused to forgive a small amount of debt of a fellow servant, laying hands on him and throwing him into prison; the king then punished the unforgiving servant, illustrating that God expects for us to forgive as we’ve been forgiven, and what happens if we elect not to forgive all trespassers against us follows with severe negative consequences.
Now, the details. The Lord’s disciple, Peter, had asked how many times one should forgive, “Till seven times?” Jesus, answered, “Not seven times, but seventy times seven.” The math works out to “490-times.” In other words, Jesus Commands that we are to offer limitless, continuous forgiveness, rather than setting a numerical limit as Peter supposed. Jesus was signifying an expectation that His followers would adopt a “life-style” of grace towards offenders; sharply contrasting with the world’s way of dealing with offenders and repeat offenders, with vengeance being the course of action taken.
Furthermore, Jesus was saying that forgiveness should be “unconditional and infinite,” reflecting God’s own grace toward Humanity. To help Peter and the disciples understand how God and the Kingdom of Heaven operates, He taught this Parable of the Unforgiving Servant; so they along with all of Christ’s followers would not veer off the Christian Course.
In the Parable, the servant whose lord forgave him the “much” (ten thousand talents, equivalent to $290.8 million, an impossible amount for the servant to repay by his own means), was unwilling to forgive his fellow-servant who owed him only a hundred denarii, equal to a day’s wage of $17. Therefore, compared to what the first servant was forgiven, this was a miniscule amount.
The Bible Principle here is, “the one forgiven much should forgive much.” Jesus in the Parable was presenting a new Principal that is similar to the basis of the forgiveness Command post-crucifixion for believers found in Ephesians 4:32: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Because God has forgiven us, without exception, we must forgive each other. Because we have received much grace, “while we were yet sinners Christ died for us, therefore we are Commanded to give that “same grace” to others.
In the Parable, the first servant’s debt was forgiven, and he was not required to repay until his unforgiving nature was discovered. In contrast, our sin debt was paid in full by Jesus Christ, and is the only basis for God’s forgiveness. We cannot repay our debt to God or earn our Salvation, as it is a gift of grace. (Eph. 2:8-9) Therefore, in the Parable of the Unforgiving, unmerciful, unjust Servant, Jesus is teaching His disciples, and us by extension, that forgiveness should be in like proportion to the amount forgiven. The first servant had been forgiven all, and he then should have forgiven all. In like manner, a born-again Christian by faith through Christ has had all sins forgiven. Therefore, when someone sins against us, we must be willing to forgive the person from a heart of gratitude for the grace to which we ourselves were debtors to God.
As born-again Christians, we must pay very close attention to what Jesus taught in Matthew 18:33-34. Jesus said in the Parable that the lord was “angry” with the first servant for not forgiving his offender’s debt; reminding him that he should have given the servant indebted to him the same compassion and pity that his lord extended to him. As a punishment, the servant with the unforgiving heart was turned over to the “tormentors” until he repaid back his entire debt; which he had no financial means to do so.
The word “tormentors in the Greek Translation is “basanistes” conveying the meaning a “Torturer” or “Tormentor” to inflict pain, toil, or vexation. This meant that the servant would be left with the torture of mental agony. He would be continually subjected to thoughts of un-forgiveness, remembering every time a person wronged him until he learned the lesson to forgive others for their transgressions. His obsession with un-forgiveness would turn to “bitterness,” and lead to chronic mental health and physical health problems.
According to medical research literature, chronic bitterness, rooted in un-forgiveness and resentment can result in sustained emotional stress, which can lead to serious physical and mental health problems; including elevated blood pressure, cardiovascular problems, stroke, weakened immune system, chronic inflammation and pain, digestive problems, asthma, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and impaired memory.
In Verse 35, Jesus issued a universal warning about un-forgiveness to the disciples, and all of us within the Royal Family of God, saying “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.”
Jesus is saying Saints, if we do not from our “born-again hearts” forgive every person who offends us, we will be turned over to the Tormentors until we are willing, and take action to sincerely forgive them. Wow, no wonder we have so many sick Saints within the Body of Christ who have chronic mental health issues, high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis, obesity, digestive pains, inflammation, asthma, and experience early death.
Moreover, when we consider that multi-millions of Saints who are holding alt, and perhaps other secret sins while also regularly taking Communion unworthily; we can infer that many of the health challenges the Christian Church faces today are related to eating and drinking the Lord’s Body unto damnation without rightly discerning the Lord’s Body.
The Tormentors, inflictors of pain, are sent to disobedient Christians in hopes that they will see the light of their ways, repent (change the way they think) and forgive from the heart those who have wronged them. It’s not God’s desire that we wait until sickness and disease emerges in the human body to cause us to forgive. Rather, God desires that we listen to the Holy Ghost and quickly forgive all who wrong us when the transgression occurs. But, because we have been made a part of God’s Royal Family and the Christian Course has been set before us, if necessary, God will use Tormentors as divine discipline/as chastening to nudge and push believers back on to the Christian Course. The writer of Hebrews 12:5-7 admonishes the sons of God saying:
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
In closing, the born-again Christian who chooses and decides to walk in un-forgiveness, veers off the Christian Course and enters the pathway of deception and darkness ruled by Satan and the kingdom of darkness. They separate themselves from God, which hinders personal peace and spiritual growth. Un-forgiveness places a person into a self-inflicted “mind-prison” (brain-prison) where Satan exercises free reign to tempt the believer to remain in a sinister-state of holding onto past pain, bitterness, and anger that binds the believer to the offender’s wrong doing(s).
With the human brain captured and occupied with un-forgiveness, it’s extremely difficult for the believer to clearly hear, receive, and obey the Voice of the Wisdom of God communicated internally by the Holy Ghost, as well as externally by Preachers, and fellow Christians who God has sent to admonish the believer to forgive their wrong-doer. As the believer continually takes part in Communion Services and other worship activities, while also holding on to alt; they inure physical and mental harm to themselves that will only grow worse overtime. The un-forgiveness functions as a heavy burden; it zaps and weakens the believer’s strength and steals their joy.
The Loving God will not standby idle and watch His child degrade in darkness, as He has predestinated that the believer be eternally apart of God’s Family and be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ in character, attitude, and performance. Thus, God will turn the un-forgiving believer over to Tormentors (spiritual forces) to awaken the believer’s conscious to see the light of their ways. While in the midst of mental and physical pain and suffering, and for some believers on their death beds; the believer will come to a place of recognition that they need God and His Way of doing things more than their carnal ways. The believer, will come to see and know through the divine Wisdom of God that their refusal to forgive their offender(s) has brought forth the great pain, suffering, and vexation they are experiencing.
They will come to understand that God’s Forgiveness of their sins through the sacrifice of Jesus’ Life on the cross, is of exceedingly much more value than the alt and un-forgiveness they have maintained against their brother. So humbled, the believer from their heart will forgive the offender; as Christ also has forgiven them. And, through the experience of being an unrelenting un-forgiver, the believer will come to learn and practice thereafter, that the Way of the Christian Course is paved with unconditional Love, Forgiveness, and acts of Loving Kindness towards all people. Moreover, the believer will become single-minded in fulfilling the Law of Christ that requires as a “life-long debt,” that they owe all people “love” without limits and conditions attached.
For the Apostle Paul stated at Romans 13:8, Owe no man anything, but to love one another, for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Let us therefore boldly commit to a life-style of loving every person without limits as a debt of payment to Jesus Christ for His great sacrifice for all of our sins. Next Sunday, as we celebrate Holy Communion, make sure that you soberly examine your life with Christ, that you have repented of any sin, including un-forgiveness, and that you are committed to a lifestyle of unconditional loving, forgiving, and doing acts of loving kindness towards every Christian and non-Christian on the planet. When we receive Communion, let us also believe for our complete physical, mental, relational, and financial restoration by and through the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Amen for the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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