Rev. Olu-Davies Preachin’
FORGIVENESS.
FREE
YOURSELF FROM ALL DARKNESS! HE WHO MAKES NO EFFORT TO GRASP THE WORD OF THE
LORD ARIGHT BURDENS HIMSELF WITH GUILT!
-Abd-ru-shin@the
Grail Message
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. Matthew 6:14,15.
Amen!
Forgive and forgive! That’s the maxim
repeated over and over by religious zealots! But I want to tell you dear reader
that no matter what anybody says, how easy or difficult it is or feels to
forgive, God is our perfect example when it comes to forgiveness. The perfect
master, the Lord Christ Jesus speaking along these lines said, “if you refuse
to forgive your brother his trespasses, your heavenly father will not forgive
you also your trespasses”.(Paraphrased.)
But I pose this question to you, will God
forgive an unrepentant sinner? Or should one forgive an erring one who has not
shown remorse, repented or apologized for the wrong done? My personal take is
this,”God will never (being the embodiment of
divine justice) forgive an unrepentant sinner! To secure forgiveness for
whatever error or misdemeanor, you must take along in your hands Repentance; no
wonder the Bible says,”bring forth fruits meant for repentance. Alright? Let’s
quickly analyse the story of the prodigal son as I buttress the above
assertions.
Luke 15:11-32
And
he said, A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his
father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me, And he divided
unto them his living. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all
together , and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his
substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty
famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself
to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat
and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, “how many hired
servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with
hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy
son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his
father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had
compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no
more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring
forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring in his hand; and shoes
on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat and
be merry: for this,my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is
found. And they began to be merry.
I want you guyz to note the following on
the above story from the Dake’s annotated reference Bible:
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Making a decision to
repent is not enough. One must truly repent- being genuine in acts, words, and
deeds- to be honored of God or man.
You see?! Repentance is the only key to
receive forgiveness from God or man! The prodigal son through genuine
repentance reasoned his way to glory, favour and honor!
Shalom!
