On FORGIVENESS

 

Apostle Paul on JESUS:

Acts 13:38-39

King James Version

38 Be it known unto you therefore, 

men and brethren, that through this man 

is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

39 And by him all that believe 

are justified from all things, 

from which ye could not be justified 

by the law of Moses.

Have you something to forgive?

Do you need to ask for forgiveness?

What wrong have you done?

What wrong has your "brother" done?

Know that we are all brothers, and sisters.

Why is forgiveness essential?

Today, I just learned something wonderful from the HOLY SPIRIT.

That forgiveness is a FIVE-way thing:

1. A person needs to ask forgiveness for the things he may have done wrong.

2. The wronged person needs to forgive.

3. The HOLY SPIRIT is Witness to all these.

4. In forgiving, we follow the command, and example, JESUS gave us.

5. Only by GOD's GRACE are we able to forgive:

Ephesians 1:7-8

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7 In whom we have redemption 

through his blood, 

the forgiveness of sins, 

according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us 

in all wisdom and prudence;

To support all these, SPIRIT led this born again workman to many verses for this article.

First, JESUS is the WORD.

Let the WORD of GOD govern us all:

Matthew 6:12

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12 And forgive us our debts, 

as we forgive our debtors.

Matthew 6:14-15

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14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, 

your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, 

neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 18:21-22

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21 Then came Peter to him, and said, 

Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, 

and I forgive him? till seven times?

22 Jesus saith unto him, 

I say not unto thee, Until seven times: 

but, Until seventy times seven.

Mark 11:25-26

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25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, 

if ye have ought against any: 

that your Father also which is in heaven 

may forgive you your trespasses.

26 But if ye do not forgive, 

neither will your Father which is in heaven 

forgive your trespasses.

Luke 6:36-37

King James Version

36 Be ye therefore merciful, 

as your Father also is merciful.

37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: 

condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: 

forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Luke 17:3-4

King James Version

3 Take heed to yourselves: 

If thy brother trespass against thee, 

rebuke him;

 and if he repent, forgive him.

4 And if he trespass against thee 

seven times in a day, and 

seven times in a day turn again to thee, 

saying, I repent; 

thou shalt forgive him.

John 13:34-35

King James Version

34 A new commandment I give unto you, 

That ye love one another; as I have loved you, 

that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know 

that ye are my disciples, 

if ye have love one to another.

Second, more verses from apostle Paul:

Ephesians 4:30-32

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30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, 

whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, 

and clamour, and evil speaking, 

be put away from you, with all malice:

32 And be ye kind one to another, 

tenderhearted, 

forgiving one another, 

even as God for Christ's sake 

hath forgiven you.

Colossians 3:11-13

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11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, 

circumcision nor uncircumcision, 

Barbarian, Scythian, 

bond nor free: 

but Christ is all, and in all.

12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, 

holy and beloved, 

bowels of mercies, kindness, 

humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

13 Forbearing one another, 

and forgiving one another, 

if any man have a quarrel against any: 

even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

That's what the Bible taught us.

To forgive, as GOD did, and does.

Precisely why He sent His Only Begotten Son.

That our sins may be forgiven.

John 3:16-17

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16 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.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world 

to condemn the world; 

but that the world through him 

might be saved.

It's all about LOVE, folks!

True love which only the FATHER could give.

We must emulate the LORD.

But we can only do that if we are born of water, and of the SPIRIT.

John 3:5-7

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

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Verses from Daily Verses

KJV source from Bible Gateway, with the relevant verse for today, which happens to support this article you just read:

James 3:17-18

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17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, 

then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, 

full of mercy and good fruits, 

without partiality, 

and without hypocrisy.

18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown 

in peace of them that make peace.

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On GLORIFYING GOD

Psalm 29:2

King James Version

2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; 

worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

The HOLY SPIRIT gave me the beautiful verse above the other day.

We ended our article,  "The LORD's VOICE", with it. 

But today, we give full honor to this same verse.

It almost created this article, all on its own.

Simply, it tells us how to glorify GOD:

"worship the Lord 

in the beauty of holiness".

And there's more.

The whole Bible expounds on it.

Today, SPIRIT directed me to these particular verses --

The BEST example is from His Son, JESUS:

John 12:44-45

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44 Jesus cried and said, 

He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, 

but on him that sent me.

45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

John 12:48-50

King James Version

48 He that rejecteth me, 

and receiveth not my words, 

hath one that judgeth him: 

the word that I have spoken, 

the same shall judge him in the last day.

49 For I have not spoken of myself; 

but the Father which sent me, 

he gave me a commandment, 

what I should say, and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment 

is life everlasting: 

whatsoever I speak therefore, 

even as the Father said unto me, 

so I speak.

John 15:8

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8 Herein is my Father glorified, 

that ye bear much fruit; 

so shall ye be my disciples.

John 17:1-3

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17 These words spake Jesus, 

and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, 

Father, the hour is come; 

glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, 

that he should give eternal life 

to as many as thou hast given him.

3 And this is life eternal, 

that they might know thee the only true God, 

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 17:4

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4 I have glorified thee on the earth: 

I have finished the work 

which thou gavest me to do.

John 17:6-7

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6 I have manifested thy name 

unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: 

thine they were, and thou gavest them me; 

and they have kept thy word.

7 Now they have known that all things 

whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

John 17:8

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8 For I have given unto them the words 

which thou gavest me; 

and they have received them, 

and have known surely that I came out from thee, 

and they have believed that thou didst send me.

John 17:9

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9 I pray for them: 

I pray not for the world, 

but for them which thou hast given me; 

for they are thine.

John 17:12

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12 While I was with them in the world, 

I kept them in thy name: 

those that thou gavest me I have kept, 

and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; 

that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 17:14

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14 I have given them thy word; 

and the world hath hated them, 

because they are not of the world, 

even as I am not of the world.

John 17:22

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22 And the glory 

which thou gavest me 

I have given them; 

that they may be one, 

even as we are one:

John 17:24

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24 Father, I will that they also, 

whom thou hast given me, 

be with me where I am; 

that they may behold my glory, 

which thou hast given me: 

for thou lovedst me 

before the foundation of the world.

John 17:26

King James Version

26 And I have declared unto them thy name, 

and will declare it: 

that the love wherewith thou hast loved me 

may be in them, and I in them.

Apostle Paul tells us how to glorify GOD, too:

1 Corinthians 10:31-32

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31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, 

or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, 

nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

King David wrote a whole psalm:

Psalm 96

King James Version

96 O sing unto the Lord a new song: 

sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; 

shew forth his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the heathen, 

his wonders among all people.

4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: 

he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: 

but the Lord made the heavens.

6 Honour and majesty are before him: 

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, 

give unto the Lord glory and strength.

8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: 

bring an offering, and come into his courts.

9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: 

fear before him, all the earth.

10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: 

the world also shall be established 

that it shall not be moved: 

he shall judge the people righteously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; 

let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: 

then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

13 Before the Lord: for he cometh, 

for he cometh to judge the earth: 

he shall judge the world with righteousness, 

and the people with his truth.

Now you see why we need to be "born of the Spirit".

We need GOD's SPIRIT to teach us.

How to know Him -- through Scripture, and JESUS.

Only through SPIRIT can we know what pleases GOD.

And the LORD JESUS showed us how.

Pray to be born of water, and of the SPIRIT.

John 3:5-8

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, 

and thou hearest the sound thereof, 

but canst not tell whence it cometh, 

and whither it goeth: so is every one 

that is born of the Spirit.

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All verses sourced from Bible Gateway

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When GOD withholds

Psalm 84:11

King James Version

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: 

the Lord will give grace and glory: 

no good thing will he withhold 

from them that walk uprightly.

When does GOD hold back?

What makes Him hold back?

When does He withhold "grace" and "glory"?

SPIRIT led me to TWO distinct examples in the Bible.

In fact, GOD woke me up really early this morning.

Imprinting upon my mind a particular GENESIS chapter.

So, I got up, checked the significance of it, and found this.

Which formed the framework for this article.

FIRST, the Genesis chapter:

Genesis 11:1-5

King James Version

11 And the whole earth was of one language, 

and of one speech.

2 And it came to pass, 

as they journeyed from the east, 

that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; 

and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, 

Go to, let us make brick, 

and burn them thoroughly. 

And they had brick for stone, 

and slime had they for morter.

4 And they said,

 Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, 

whose top may reach unto heaven; 

and let us make us a name, 

lest we be scattered abroad 

upon the face of the whole earth.

5 And the Lord came down 

to see the city and the tower, 

which the children of men builded.

What were GOD's thoughts?

Genesis 11:6

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6 And the Lord said, 

Behold, the people is one, 

and they have all one language; 

and this they begin to do: 

and now nothing will be restrained from them, 

which they have imagined to do.

What did GOD do?

Genesis 11:7-9

King James Version

7 Go to, let us go down, 

and there confound their language, 

that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad 

from thence upon the face of all the earth: 

and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; 

because the Lord did there confound 

the language of all the earth: 

and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad 

upon the face of all the earth.

After pondering on why GOD led me particularly to Genesis 11, I remembered the FIRST instance where GOD withheld His grace.

FIRST, the context:

Genesis 2:16-17

King James Version

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 

Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 

thou shalt not eat of it: 

for in the day that thou eatest thereof 

thou shalt surely die.

What did man do?

Genesis 3:1-7

King James Version

3 Now the serpent was more subtil 

than any beast of the field 

which the Lord God had made. 

And he said unto the woman, 

Yea, hath God said, 

Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, 

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree 

which is in the midst of the garden, 

God hath said, 

Ye shall not eat of it, 

neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, 

Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, 

then your eyes shall be opened, 

and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6 And when the woman saw 

that the tree was good for food, 

and that it was pleasant to the eyes, 

and a tree to be desired to make one wise, 

she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, 

and gave also unto her husband with her; 

and he did eat.

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, 

and they knew that they were naked; 

and they sewed fig leaves together, 

and made themselves aprons.

What were GOD's thoughts?

Genesis 3:22

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22 And the Lord God said, 

Behold, the man is become as one of us, 

to know good and evil: 

and now, lest he put forth his hand, 

and take also of the tree of life, 

and eat, and live for ever:

What did GOD do?

Genesis 3:23-24

King James Version

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth 

from the garden of Eden, 

to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; 

and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden 

Cherubims, 

and a flaming sword which turned every way, 

to keep the way of the tree of life.

These two are powerful examples of CAUSE, and EFFECT.

Not to mention the GREAT sins man has committed.

In the "tower of Babel" example, it was the sin of "pride".

In the "tree of life" example, it was the sin of "greed" and "disobedience".

Thus, all our resulting hardships.

Now, there are many languages.

As well as constant hardships.

When will man ever learn?

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The WINNING campaign

 Philippians 3:2-3

King James Version

2 Beware of dogs, 

beware of evil workers, 

beware of the concision.

3 For we are the circumcision, 

which worship God in the spirit, 

and rejoice in Christ Jesus, 

and have no confidence in the flesh.

There is only one campaign that will succeed.

There are a lot of "campaigns" going on in the world right now.

FOUR come to mind.

Kamala's campaign against Trump.

Iran's campaign against Israel.

Israel's campaign against her enemies.

Self's campaign.

As born again watchman, I must tell you.

There are clear signs of trouble in these campaigns.

The Kamala campaign sought celebrities to help out in her rallies.

Right there is the first sign of trouble.

You need celebrities to help you out?

Are your programs not sound?

Can't they stand on their own merit?

The Iran campaign sought alliances with India, Russia, and China.

Again, another sign of trouble.

Don't these countries have their own agenda, too?

Why are you all ganging up on tiny Israel?

Are you that afraid of her?

The Israel campaign sought GOD's help for every battle.

But she has been in judgment for a long time, too.

She has been idolatrous many times in the past.

And has not followed to completion the tasks GOD gave her.

She has also not acknowledged the MESSIAH had already come.

The self campaign seeks to honor self.

Where is GOD in all that?

Do we matter more than GOD, or others?

Are we really that important?

It's all pride, ego, vanity, and delusion.

All four are in error.

How can any of these campaigns succeed?

Not one has acknowledged the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

By their fruits are they "known".

JESUS clearly states:

Matthew 7:16-20

King James Version

16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. 

Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; 

but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 

neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit

is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

We really are in the end times now.

Leaders, and nations, are positioning themselves.

As if sensing real change is about to happen.

Satan, most of all, thus, his extensive corruption of people.

Alliances are frail, fragile, and ambiguous.

Because these are "human", not "divine".

And oftentimes, "demonic".

Know the nature of man:

Jeremiah 17:5-6

King James Version

5 Thus saith the Lord; 

Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, 

and maketh flesh his arm, 

and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, 

and shall not see when good cometh; 

but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, 

in a salt land and not inhabited.

Jeremiah 17:9-10

King James Version

9 The heart is deceitful above all things, 

and desperately wicked: 

who can know it?

10 I the Lord search the heart,

I try the reins, 

even to give every man according to his ways, 

and according to the fruit of his doings.

Matthew 15:19

King James Version

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, 

murders, adulteries, fornications, 

thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Romans 3:11 

King James Version

11 There is none that understandeth, 

there is none that seeketh after God.

Romans 3:23

King James Version

23 For all have sinned, 

and come short of the glory of God;

Think upon these:

Has Kamala sought JESUS?

She turned away two college boys who spoke in the LORD's behalf.

Now, she's seen her error and is speaking at churches like a pastor.

Has Iran sought JESUS?

She seeks others like her, in full hatred of GOD's chosen nation.

Her only objective is to wipe off the U.S. and Israel from the map.

Has Israel sought JESUS?

Have they acknowledged that the Messiah had come?

The LORD still waits for them to say this:

Matthew 23:39

King James Version

39 For I say unto you, 

Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, 

Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Have people sought JESUS?

Most are obsessed with self.

Most have sought self, strife, and sin.

2 Timothy 3:1-7

King James Version

3 This know also, 

that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, 

covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, 

disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, 

false accusers, incontinent, fierce, 

despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, 

lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, 

but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, 

and lead captive silly women laden with sins, 

led away with divers lusts,

7 Ever learning, 

and never able to come 

to the knowledge of the truth.

We are all in grave error.

Our worldly campaigns will never work.

At least, for the long-term, nor the spiritual-term.

It is time to turn to JESUS now.

It is time to be saved.

Largely from ourselves.

SPIRIT gave me a different campaign.

A WINNING campaign.

To share the gospel with you.

To write, warn, watch, wake you up, and worship GOD.

There is no campaign for self, or world domination.

Only a campaign for the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

To warn us of the Rapture, the Tribulation, and the end times.

That all may repent, and be saved, according to GOD's will.

And to believe in the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Matthew 17:5

King James Version

5 While he yet spake, 

behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: 

and behold a voice out of the cloud, 

which said, 

This is my beloved Son, 

in whom I am well pleased; 

hear ye him.

A born again only looks to JESUS, for strength.

Philippians 4:13

King James Version

13 I can do all things through Christ 

which strengtheneth me.

Because without JESUS, we can "do nothing".

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, 

ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

That's the most humbling thing we need to realize.

WITHOUT JESUS, we cannot do anything.

We cannot amount to anything.

Our purpose will not be clear.

We need JESUS.

Jeremiah 17:7-8

King James Version

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, 

and whose hope the Lord is.

8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, 

and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, 

and shall not see when heat cometh, 

but her leaf shall be green; 

and shall not be careful in the year of drought, 

neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Which campaign have you given your support to?

Time to review your life, work, and motives.

Only GOD-sanctioned campaigns win.

Unless CHRIST is your campaign, you will only have partial victories.

Maybe even "empty" victories.

Or "fool's" victories.

But never a FULL victory.

Or a lasting victory.

Really pretty simple.

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