We must not believe that Grace covers our own unforgiving attitudes toward others. If God so loved and forgave us our sins, He wants us to forgive our enemies. That could be a wife, a friend or someone we don't suspect of being that important to our eternal destiny.
The Lord is very blatant about this. He won't forgive us our sins if we won't forgive those who trespass against us.
The Lord says that if we walk in the Spirit we will not fulfill the desires of the flesh. Things like REVENGE, HATE, HIT BACK, TALK AGAINST are not of the Spirit.
I have been guilty of excusing myself about telling others how horrible a certain person truly is because they sinned against me grievously. We feel justified in spreading poison about a person because it is true, and after all, we are not lying about it. We must repent from this; have God change our hearts.
We must dismiss our feelings and pray for the one who trespasses against us, even slugging through those negative feelings and keep praying. As we do this we will begin to see how God looks at the same situation differently, and our hearts will change. We will not ever want to be unforgiving again.
So be ready, when persecution comes, we must forgive. We need to develop a heart habit of forgiveness forever.
Let's be honest: Did not God pour amazing mercy on my sorry butt, and does Got command we love our enemies?
Let us learn to walk in forgiveness. The only way we can do that is by walking in the Spirit, or in other words, Abide in Christ daily. We need to daily walk with Him in His Word. It is a rich relationship that God wants for all of us. As many times as we get tripped up, each new day brings us another day to make things right, and learn to walk with God. So let us examine ourselves and confess our fleshly attitudes, stay in God's Word, and walk with a changed heart.
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