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Forgive or Not to Forgive! Hello Beloved! I am excited that the Eternal continues to illuminate our understanding of truth as revealed in His word. Let's continue to give Him all the glory, honor, and praise. Blessed art thou Yahveh, Elohim, King of the universe, who hath sanctified us by your word of truth and hath revealed to our hearts and minds the UNPARDONABLE SIN, that which God has said, I WILL NOT FORGIVE! Now that you know the truth, WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO? Many times we've heard sermon after sermon about forgiveness. However, until now many had not made the connection between not forgiving one another and the unpardonable sin! Hallelujah! Blessed art thou our Lord Oh God, who revealeth to His bride the deep secrets of God! We read in Matt. 12:31-32, "Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against he Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come." It goes without saying that when we reject the precious Holy Spirit of God, when the Eternal is offering us His power to change our hearts and minds, power made available through the shed blood of His INNOCENT son Yahshua, Jesus the Christ, when we speak evil against God's power, then we will not be forgiven. Remember, we are told to GRIEVE NOT the Holy Spirit. However, as revealed by the Eternal, the unpardonable sin is further defined in Matt. 6:14-15 which 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. There it is Beloved! Failure to forgive others equals NO ETERNAL LIFE and NON-ENTRANCE into the Kingdom of God! The spirit of God is the spirit of Forgiveness. We first become acquainted with the spirit of God when we ask for forgiveness of sins past and God forgives us. Then how many times after we are forgiven of sins past do we find ourselves petitioning God's throne for forgiveness? How dare we not forgive others! What offenses have anyone committed against us that can be compared to the offenses we have committed against God? Our offenses against God are worthy of DEATH? As pointed out, the 7x70 (490) does not represent the exact number of times we should forgive another, instead it represents INFINITY. Any time we choose not to forgive someone who has asked for forgiveness we are in fact guilty of Spiritual Murder. Why? Because we harbor contempt and hatred in our heart, thus, we break the commandment of God. When we choose not to forgive, we take the position that we are God. When we choose not to forgive, we in fact decide who is and who is not worthy of forgiveness. When we choose not to forgive, we in fact determine that someone is worthy of our wrath. It is the wish of God that all would repent and be saved. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that WHOSOEVER believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) Our knowledge of good and evil is meaningless, separate and apart from the will to do good, and the power of God. Hallelujah, but if we continue in His will, if we finish the race, we will make the transition from mankind to God kind, as born again members of the God family. Someone needs Healing today through your forgiveness! Those who have asked to be forgiven, should be personally forgiven by you in all integrity of heart. Then you should entreat the Eternal to break down the barriers necessary to initiate reconciliation. It may not come overnight, but if your heart is right, it will come. Someone's high blood pressure can be lowered, someone's stress can be relieved, someone is saddled with an unnecessary burden, someone needs to have another reason to say, thank you Jesus, someone is wearing themselves out using more muscles to frown instead of using fewer muscles to smile, IF ONLY YOU WOULD FORGIVE! The beauty of it all is that in doing so we HEAL ourselves. Just like we are told in the book of Acts to Save Ourselves from this crooked generation, when we forgive others we are also Healing Ourselves. What about those who have committed offenses against you but have not asked for forgiveness? Saints, you should ask the Eternal to forgive them also. No example of this is clearer than that of the Messiah. "Then Jesus said, Father, FORGIVE them; for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34) To paraphrase the words of one who now sleeps, "It's not sufficient to have love one for another, because we may never get it. Instead, let's have love one to another. In other words, GIVE IT TO EACH OTHER!" As I close beloved, now go and forgive somebody. Forgive everybody who has asked forgiveness of you, and ask Yahveh to forgive all who have committed offenses against you. This is right in the sight of God. Don't give the adversary reason to accuse you before the Father. Remember, there is only one thing we should owe any man, and that is LOVE. Rom. 13:8, "Owe no man anything but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." Saints, we will not enter the Kingdom of God if we do not forgive others, just as God has forgiven us. Now you know the truth about the UNPARDONABLE SIN. Let go of the EXCESS BAGGAGE! FORGIVE! Pastor Gregory S. Andrus, Sr.
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