Forgiveness and forgiving such an important thing

The Holy Spirit has lain on my heart to do a discussion of forgiveness and forgiving especially when people have offended us. A person is never, ever happy when he holds a grudge against someone, refusing to forgive them of their transgression, holding it against the offender(s), even if the offender repents of the transgression they committed. Unforgiveness is like a very heavy burden to carry around all the time. Satan has control over anyone while there are in any state of unforgiveness (which is why he often torments people with transgressions of another, bringing them back to their minds, often over and over again, in the hopes that the person develops unforgiveness and the hardness which often comes with unforgiveness. This hardness will then often lead people out of a relationship with God.

I plan on using scripture to further discuss this.

            I will first touch on offenses and such,...

                                    Wake up- the Rapture and end times are imminent

I have been strongly led to write this, seeing as how due to various factors that the rapture and, later the end times tribulations are due to happen anytime. Firstly some verses about the imminent, any day rapture:

(John 14:1)  "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

(John 14:2)  In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

(Joh 14:3)  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.

(1 Corinthians 15:51)  Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

(1 Corinthians 15:52)  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable,...

Our accountability to God and Jesus

            I am led to write this to remind us all that we are accountable to God, specifically the Lord Jesus for all we do in our life on this earth, so we can do it all for His glory and honor, for He created us for that purpose.

(1 Corinthians 10:31)  So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

(Colossians 3:23)  Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

(Colossians 3:24)  knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Since we are serving the Lord Jesus we may as well……

(Philippians 2:12)  Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

Philippians 2:13)  for it is God who works in you, both to will...

                                    The Tongue how and how not to use it

            I am led to write this to show you how powerful our tongue is, both for good and evil. On the good side what we say can build up and edify, even can help people accept the Lord Jesus, as their Lord and savior. Or it can tear down and destroy others when used maliciously. Almost all of my own teasing in school was indeed verbal- name calling and the like. That sort of misuse can really hurt badly, even more than a punch or a kick, and can easily leave long term scars. People who have been victimized by such bullying have been known to go as far as to commit suicide, and sometimes they need counseling to help them as well. Still, the Lord by His mercy and grace helped me endure many years of it. I am going to show by scripture many things relating to the tongue, its use, and our need to bridle it, yet also our need to use it wisely to speak along with the benefits of so doing.

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                                    The greatest gift of all- from God

            I am led to write this to speak about the greatest gift of all, from God, and it is not from any man, or of or from this world in which we live. The world and people give good things but what is given in this gift is far, far more valuable than anything close to what man can give, be it houses, cars, money, clothes and so on, although it is a truth that all gifts come from above as stated here, anyway

(James 1:17)  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

And another verse with a similar meaning to the book of James from Matthew

(Matthew 7:11)  If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

The Heavenly Father loves us so much,...

                                    Raised from the dead a bible study

As I start to write this, it is around Easter and Christians celebrate that holiday as a remembrance to when Jesus Himself rose from the grave again after being crucified 3 days earlier. I am led to do one where I use the different examples of being raised from the dead. This is a thorough study, hitting the different aspects of it. I want to let the scripture and such so comments will be relatively minimal.

The first one I use is Elijah and the widow’s son

(1 Kings 17:17)   After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

(1 Kings 17:18) ...

                                    Greed and coveting

            Now the Lord wants me to do a bible study,discussion and teaching on greed and coveting, and how bad and evil they are both towards man and in the sight of God, and how much grief they have caused people who practice those things which are so evil to God. This discussion will include how it affected various different people in the bible, and such, as well as scriptures which speak out against greed.

First I will put in the applicable commandments here, using Exodus

(Exodus 20:15)  "You shall not steal.

Greedy people indeed often steal from others(often by cheating them)

(Exodus 20:17)  "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."

I will add my comment to say that it is VERY unloving to your neighbor to covet...

                                                Deeds of the Flesh

            These are deeds done often in a very selfish and unloving manner to please our own desires, and are done without any consideration to what it might cost others in any way whatsoever. Of course these actions and deeds may be fun and enjoyable at first but then conviction and guilt often set in afterwards. This conviction lets one know that they have done wrongly in gratifying the desires of their flesh, and then they must decide whether to repent or not of their deed. I know that when I stumble like this, I almost always do repent when the Holy Spirit convicts me and/or I am corrected by others of the misdeed

This proverb though it talks about something else is accurate also with this topic of gratifying the flesh

(Proverbs 20:17)  Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

So too can gratifying the cravings and desires...