DAVID A. MCMILLEN

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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.

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ARE YOU FORGIVEN

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By: DAVID A. MCMILLEN
Posted in: INSPIRATIONAL
ARE YOU FORGIVEN

                  ARE YOU FORGIVEN



IS THERE SOMEONE YOU NEED TO FORGIVE?  YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ONLY HURTING YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T FORGIVE THEM.  JESUS HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT FORGIVENESS.  I GUESS THE BEST ONE IS MATTHEW 6:14-15 WHERE HE SAYS " For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."  YOU MIGHT SAY THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORGIVEN.  THIS IS TRUE BUT JESUS TEACHES US TO ASK WHEN HE GAVE  US THE "LORD'S PRAYER" WHERE HE SAYS  " And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. "   WHEN WE SIN AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS, GOD WILL APPLY THE FORGIVENESS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED FOR US.  THAT WILL STOP THE DEVIL FROM HAVING ACCESS TO US.  

I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO FORGIVE THAT PERSON BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY DID THAT.  IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY OFFEND YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO FORGIVE THEM EVERY TIME.  DON'T BELIEVE ME?  LOOK WHAT JESUS TOLD PETER WHEN HE ASK THE QUESTION, " how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? "  PETER THOUGHT HE WAS BEING VERY GENEROUS FORGIVING SOMEONE SEVEN TIMES BUT LOOK WHAT JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW 18:22 " I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. "  IT LOOKS LIKE JESUS IS SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO LIMITS WHEN IT COMES TO FORGIVENESS.

 

SO IF YOU NEED TO FORGIVE SOMEONE, GO TO THEM AND MAKE AMENDS. YOU MIGHT NOT FEEL LIKE DOING IT BUT DO IT ANYWAY.    I KNOW JESUS WILL BE PLEASED AND YOUR HEART WILL BE SO MUCH LIGHTER.   IT IS YOUR CHOICE.

 

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

 

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