FORGIVENESS.

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!