10/03/2024
10/2/2014
Henry Miranda
Unforgiveness
2 Corinthians 2:10 - 11 (NKJV)
10Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, 11lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
The devil will take advantage of anyone who refuses to forgive someone. Holding unforgiveness makes us vulnerable to his attacks. The devil uses the unforgiveness that we have for others as a claims to his right to work in your lives. We cannot receive forgiveness from God unless we forgive others
By not holding any unforgiveness, some of the worries or pressure of life are gone. When you have unforgiveness your in bo***ge. Only when you get rid of the unforgiveness in your life that you can have that genuine peace that you can only get from Jesus.
When you dealt with your unforgiveness God's blessings are more abundant and your struggles in life are much easier. You will have a peace that you didn't have before.
Mark 11:25-26 (NKJV)
“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
Unforgiveness when not dealt with become things like: bitterness * resentment * hatred * violence * temper * anger * retaliation * distrust * envy * suspicion * jealousy * rebellion.
We must never allow any unforgiveness to enter into our minds. No matter what anybody has said or done to you, never allow it to affect your daily walk with Christ. By holding unforgiveness we will not be unable to receive our own needed forgiveness from God. We need to be guiltless of unforgiveness to be able to overcome the trials of Satan.
The most asked question from most Christians is why hasn't God answered my prayer? We seem to have everything in order, we pray, wait upon the Lord, and still no answer to a prayer. It Could it be that we may have unforgiveness buried deep in our sub conscience? The Holy Spirit will answer that question for you all you need is to ask the Holy Spirit.
Sometimes it seems that it is too hard to forgive someone for hurting you. But it's not you that is actually doing the forgiving but the Holy Spirit in you. That is if we truly belong to God. When we accepted Jesus, it’s when we totally surrendered our life to God. That being the case he took all of our infirmities, all of our feelings, and all of our emotions. How can we harbor unforgiveness if we have totally surrendered to God? Because, it is in the flesh that unforgiveness roams. That's why the Scriptures teach us to stay in the spirit and not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
As Christians we should not have unforgiveness, because we have the Holy Spirit to keep us from holding any unforgiveness. If we do harbor unforgiveness, it’s our own choice, by allowing the flesh to rule us.
Being a Christian is a process, love doesn’t come easy, and we must work at it. You cannot have unforgiveness and love at the same time. Martin Luther King used to say, “Free at last” “Free at last”. When we gave ourselves completely over to Christ and rid ourselves of unforgiveness we truly are ‘free at last”.
Matthew 6:14 - 15 (CEV)
14If you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, your Father in heaven will forgive you. 15But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
