Forgiving Others

How many times do we hold grudges against others?  Some things that we get angry about are very petty and don’t make a lot of sense, but they rouse the pride within us.  One of the things that God hates is pride.  I heard something like this from a pastor quite some time ago, ‘Pride stinks and the only ones that don’t smell it, are the ones that have it.’

Please read Proverbs 16:16-20, “How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver. The highway of the upright avoids evil. He who guards his way protects his life. Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoil with the proud. One prudent in a matter will find good. Blessed is the one who trusts in Adonai.”

Believers or nonbelievers that are too confident or arrogant will fall and that fall may be very devastating!!  If believers or unbelievers respond to the fall properly by truly repenting, having a change of heart and mind, they will all find help in their time of need.  The Lord seeks the humble and contrite heart, those He will not despise; so humble yourselves before the Lord and He will lift you up in His time, praise His holy name.  Please don’t let pride keep you from receiving God’s best in your lives!!

Think about what God’s word says, do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.  Forgiving others is imperative if we want to be forgiven.  Some offenses will be very, very hard to forgive, some will seem almost impossible and without the good Lord’s help may be impossible. Personally, I cannot imagine what some have experienced in their lives. Everyone has a story, and many are so tragic that many of us might cringe to hear about them, so I don’t take this lightly.  But God’s word says that nothing is impossible with him.  If you are a nonbeliever, I would say that some things would be an impossibility to forgive, but for a true believer that truly loves his neighbor with the Lord’s help it can and will be done, it may take some time to forgive but it will always be a possibility!!

I will put some verses down here that relate to forgiveness, please read:

Matthew 5:43-45, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.”  

Ephesians 4:31-32, “Get rid of all bitterness and rage and anger and quarreling and slander, along with all malice. Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other just as God in Messiah also forgave you.”

Mark 11:25, “Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your transgressions.”

Matthew 18:21-22, “Then Peter came to Him and said, ‘Master, how often shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?’ Yeshua said to him, ‘No, not up to seven times, I tell you, but seventy times seven!’”

Colossians 3:12-14, “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves in tender compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience— bearing with one another and forgiving each other, if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord pardoned you, so also you must pardon others. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfect harmony.”

Enough said, I pray that this has been a help, a blessing and an

encouragement to all who read it.  May all of you have a super day and a blessed day also!!