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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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"WILL YOU FORGIVE?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
WELL, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR A FORGIVENESS MESSAGE. THERE IS A PERSON OUT THERE THAT IS SO HUNG UP ON THE EVILS OF DIVORCE THAT THE WAY THEY ARE TRYING TO TEACH THE MESSAGE, TO ME, ONLY MAKES PEOPLE TURN THEM OFF. MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT DIVORCE IS NOT GOD'S BEST AND THAT WHEN WE TAKE A WIFE IT SHOULD BE FOR LIFE. HOWEVER, SOMETIMES ONE JUST CAN'T LIVE WITH THAT PERSON ANY MORE AND IN SOME CASES IT IS SCRIPTURAL TO DIVORCE. HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP ON JUDGING THOSE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THEIR SITUATIONS? I THINK IT IS HURTING THEM THAT REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TEACHING. TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE COMPASSION, ESPECIALLY SINCE JESUS HAS FORGIVEN YOU. YOU CAN HATE THE SIN BUT YOU HAVE TO LOVE THE SINNER. THIS IS ONE OF HIS COMMANDMENTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WOULD DO. REMEMBER THE WOMAN THAT WAS BROUGHT TO HIM THAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE VERY ACT OF ADULTERY?
THERE ARE ALSO OTHERS THAT NEED TO FORGIVE SOMEONE AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. IT MIGHT BE YOUR PARENTS, YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER, OR JUST A PERSON THAT USED TO BE CALLED YOUR FRIEND. THINGS NEED TO BE MADE RIGHT. GOD HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT FORGIVENESS AND IT WILL DO US ALL WELL TO LISTEN AND ACT ON HIS WORD.
JUST A REMINDER OF WHAT JESUS THINKS ABOUT FORGIVENESS. PETER WANTED TO KNOW HOW OFTEN HE SHOULD FORGIVE, AND ASKED JESUS IF HE SHOULD FORGIVE SEVEN TIMES? JESUS TOLD HIM SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN. I BELIEVE THIS MEANS NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES SOMEONE HURTS OR OFFENDS YOU, YOU SHOULD FORGIVE THEM AND LET HOLY SPIRIT DO THE CONVICTING.
GOD DEALT WITH ALL MEN'S OFFENSES BY PLACING THEM UPON JESUS WHO WAS JUDGED IN OUR PLACE. WE DIDN'T EARN THIS FORGIVENESS AND FOR US TO DEMAND FORGIVENESS FROM OTHERS IS NOT CHRIST LIKE. JESUS DIED FOR EVERYONE'S SINS, EXTENDING FORGIVENESS TO US WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS. SHOULDN'T WE DO THE SAME?
I PRAY THAT ALL OF YOU WILL TAKE THIS MESSAGE IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY I HAVE WRITTEN IT. I LOVE YOU ALL AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE OFFENDED ANY OF YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
