People use different excuses to justify there disobedience to walk in forgiveness

People use different excuses to justify there disobedience to walk in forgiveness

I can’t forgive him.

If that is your excuse, then listen to this: indeed you can’t forgive, but God can do that through you.

If I forgive him, he will abuse me or think that I am in support of his his sin.

Well, forgiveness from your side is not depended on whether the person is worthy of it or not, neither does it depend on the repentance of your offender nor his changed heart. The only reason why we forgive is because we have been forgiven by God’s grace.

How to walk in forgiveness

How to walk in forgiveness

Stop making excuses for your offenses.

When we make excuses, it becomes more difficult for us to get out of the offenses. When we confess any manifestations of offenses and see them as sin before God, then we start walking in the right direction. It is quite possible that you were mistreated, but it does not give you right not to forgive. If your reaction on the things happening to you does not please God – and unforgiveness never pleases God, – then you need to repent and ask God to forgive you.

What other effects of unforgiveness can we see?

What other effects of unforgiveness can we see?

Unforgiveness destroys godly relationships and causes splits in the Body of Christ.

There is so much chaos in the Church of Jesus Christ because of offended people. Many of them are not able to fellowship with one another and built friendship due to offenses and the fear of rejection. Many people build huge walls around them due to unforgiveness. They receive new „revelations” that separate them from the other people even more and make them passive.

Without forgiveness we rob ourselves both of the faith and good conscience

Without forgiveness we rob ourselves both of the faith and good conscience

We can suffer shipwreck of our faith and end up in the prison with spiritual tyrants. Forgiveness makes us like our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Who forgave us all our offenses: «Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases» (Psalm, 103:2-3).

We need forgiveness as much as we need to forgive the people that have sinned against us

We need forgiveness as much as we need to forgive the people that have sinned against us

It is important to see that forgiveness towards our debtors is a prerequisite for us to continue receiving forgiveness from God. The way we treat other people that are how God treats us. God uses the same measure we measure with.

What else forgiveness brings into our life

What else forgiveness brings into our life

2. Forgiveness gives us strength to walk through the stages of our life.

& «Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.». (Hebrews 12:1-2).