So be prepared to forgive.
If Jesus was crucified, you are not going to go to heaven without a few
scars. Be prepared to forgive, Jesus
did. They were not His last words, His
last words were, it is finished and then He gave up His spirit. He was not finished; the work was
finished. Before that dying cry, there
was another cry, and intercession, Father forgive them, for they know not what
they do. Now as soon as He prayed that
prayer, because His soul as He was leaving this earth was not going to be
staying, He let go of the rage, and immediately there was something that is a
very popular word in our culture, closure.
Closure is it is finished. You
cannot have it is finished without Father forgive them, I forgive him, I
forgive her, from the heart, not as a mantra.
It’s amazing the gyrations people will get into to avoid reconciliation,
repentance, saying I’m sorry or I forgive you.
Zechariah asked Jesus, where did you get those wounds, and
Jesus told him, in the house of my friends.
The house of His friends is the church.
I have no problems with the world I have problems with the church.
Matthew 18:15, 21
15 “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
We have a change in focus from the world to the church. This isn’t about the violations of the world,
it’s about the crimes of the church. So
be prepared to walk right now in forgiveness.
Let that be the posture of your heart and let that be preparation of
your mind. Forgiveness is the glorious
gateway to freedom. Be prepared to do it
quickly. My wife likes to have things
washed up after a meal quickly. So, we
are having dinner and I am going downstairs with my little tray, Pauline is
back in the kitchen rattle rattle and splash splashing. She’s washing up, she says it’s easy to wash
up now because in an hour’s time it’s all hardened. Well in relationships, stuff’s always cooking,
and it cooks on a daily basis. Here is a
word to the wise from someone who has a lot of experience when it comes to
washing up do it quickly and when it comes to relationships, take care of
business quickly. Let the forgiveness
flow, let there be an I’m sorry. Jesus
told us how to bring about reconciliation with brothers, he said, if your
brother trespass against you, you go and see him alone. Offense is the same as a transmittable
disease, offence can spread, so when you go alone we have an isolation of it.
Matthew 18:18, 19
18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[e] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[f] loosed in heaven.19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
Now when you reconcile with your brother immediately there
is a function of power that harmonizes heaven with earth because you are into
unity. Harmony in your relationships. There is a minimum in verse 19, it’s can’t be
less than 2 agreeing. Now the most
powerful couplet that God ever brought together is the couplet of a husband and
wife and if it is so powerful that two agree, that is where the devil will
concentrate to bring a dislocation between them.
Let not the sun set on your anger because
anger left til morning becomes bitterness.
Bitterness is a different thing completely, bitterness springs up and
divides. The root of bitterness is
always there. In every one of us there’s
a root and it’s ready and waiting for the opportunity and occasion to spring up
and Satan himself is there with miracle grow to make it get bigger. There are going to be disagreements but don’t
stamp collect them. Soon you have a
whole page of them and boom! Take care
of things quickly.
A fool never forgives, and never forgets. A naive person forgives and forgets. A wise person forgives and chooses to
remember no more
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