Forgiveness: A Path to Spiritual Freedom and Growth

Do you know that once scheme of Satan to take advantage of a believer listen carefully according to this verse is to keep an unforgiving attitude in him towards somebody who is harmed him and that's very easy for the devil to play up in your mind the evil that somebody did somebody did to your family or to your children or to yourself or in your place of work your boss or somebody and there's a little bit of a wrong attitude you have towards that person and you haven't forgiven that person. [00:16:19]

Now we cannot remove from our mind the memory of wrong that other people have done that's not possible because we have no control over our memory so don't condemn yourself if you remember the things that other people did that were wrong, but live in your will this is what helped me Lord in my will I have decided I forgive that person and I forgive that other person and the other person think of all the people who have done it's good to take a little time who have done harm to you in your entire life. [00:18:14]

Father forgive them see whatever evil other people may have done to you the greatest evil that was ever done on this earth the greatest sin that was ever committed on this earth was the crucifixion of the Son of God nobody has ever done any evil to you or me that's greater than that not even one millionth of that and that greatest sin and Jesus as a man forgave them as an example for us to follow let no one say that he's a disciple of Jesus if he does not follow Jesus in this primary area of forgiveness. [00:20:05]

You know how you can fill a vessel with water and there's one hole in it and you go back for a little while and you find the vessel is empty how is that one hole not 25 volts one hole one person you're not forgiven and you're no longer filled with the Holy Spirit I've seen numerous cases like that whenever I pray for people who are sick who come to me for prayer I don't go around praying who people who don't ask for it but the Bible says is it from someone is sick they should go to the elder and ask for prayer. [00:21:05]

This is so serious a matter that if you don't forgive somebody and die like that I have don't have any doubt you go straight to hell, I've no doubt about it guys anyway because I believe Jesus works heaven and earth will pass away but this world will not pass away which word if you do not forgive others your father will not forgive your father not talking about God you're a believer your father not your God then it could be referred to unbelievers your father is speaking to believers will not forgive your sin. [00:23:11]

You have to be filled with the Holy Spirit alone because it says in Romans in chapter 5 what is the mark of being filled with the Holy Spirit to me it is not acts 2:4 because I do not get a doctrine from the teaching from the historical sections of scripture too dangerous not even the historical sections of the New Testament I get my doctrines from the teaching sections of scripture Romans 5:5 the when we are filled with the Holy Spirit the love of God is she'd abroad has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who fills our heart. [00:27:18]

When we are born again we have a cup I will lift up a cup of salvation we read in the Psalms the Lord fill me and my cup is filled with the Holy Spirit I have a certain amount of love love for Jesus and love for others based on a certain understanding of God's love for me that's the foundation but it's like a cup my understanding of God's love is like a looking cup of water my love for Jesus is like a little cup of water my love for others is like a little cup of water. [00:29:16]

Encourage one another daily lest you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin it's a very important verse for believers to recognize and remember Hebrews 3:13 encourage one another dating the King James Version says exhort well it's a word which has multiple meanings the Greek word there encouraged I believe is a better word than exhort because exhort can give you the impression that you have to rebuke and correct people whereas I can encourage a person to live a godly life but challenging the Chris so it's challenge and encourage encourage one another daily. [00:39:20]

I read that as your purpose rooted means like a tree even the storm cannot uproot it grounded means like a foundation of a building it's permanently there it's hidden under the ground the roots are hidden under the ground I have to have a hidden root is under the ground Foundation is under the ground rooted and grounded in love rooted in the love of God within me in other words what I'm saying is to use another expression my permanent address is the love of my Heavenly Father for me and from that foundation I can build a house by which I love my family and by which I can love everybody even if they don't love me. [00:52:17]

When you're insecure in the love of God when you're insecure whether he'll take care of you when there's plague going on around the earth what happened in this time of plague will that teeny-weeny virus get into me I'm insecure well he knows the number of hair on my head the hair one hair on my head is far less important than my physical health and he knows even that and how much more my physical health we do not live in fear we do not live in insecurity he has carried us from our mother's womb he's numbered a hair on my head. [00:56:17]

If you really walk in the will of God you can say this I cannot die uncle God's time for me has come until my hour has come now if you're living on earth to make money that promise is not for you if you are living on earth for yourself in your own selfish way then I don't know what promise is for you but if you're wanting to live like Jesus say not my will I came from heaven not to do my will or the will of him who sent me then all these promises are yours every promise in the Bible 2nd Corinthians 1:20 is amen in Christ but security that is how we can be strong and act like men. [00:59:16]

We will not make anybody feel small we will respect people's boundaries we will give people the dignity and respect that every human being deserves even a beggar or a or a homeless person we will treat with dignity that's the mark of a man of God brothers be strong act like men be alert stand strong in your faith may God bless you all. [01:02:17]