LIST OF
SCRIPTURE
Psa. 85:2 (Forgiven iniquity and covered sin
- God)
Psa. 86:5 (Ready to
forgive and plenteous in mercy - God)
Psa. 103:3 & 12
(Forgiveth all & removed as far as east from west
- God)
Isa. 1:18 (Sins
shall be as white as snow - God)
Isa. 43:25 (Blotteth
out and will not remember - God)
Matt. 5:44 (Forgive
your enemies.)
Matt. 6:14-15
(Forgive men or not be forgiven by God - man)
Matt. 18:21-35 (Law
of Forgiveness - man)
Mark 11:25-26
(Forgive men or not be forgiven by God - man)
Luke 17:3-4 (Rebuke
man and forgive seven times a day - man)
Eph. 4:32 (King,
tenderhearted, forgiving as God does - man)
Col. 2:13 (Forgiven
you all trespasses - God)
Col. 3:12-13
(Mercies, kindness, humbleness, meekness,
long-suffering, forbearing and forgiving one another -
man)
Heb. 8:12 (Merciful
to unrighteous and remember not sins - God)
Heb. 10:17 (Remember
not sins and iniquities - God)
I John 1:9
(Confessing, forgiveness, cleansing from
unrighteousness)
ANALYSIS OF
MATTHEW 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that
curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for
them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Forgive your enemies; there are no excuses!
1. Love your
enemies. We do not have to love Satan! Love in a
social or moral sense: beloved. Enemy is an adversary:
foe.
2. Bless them that
curse you. Speak well of: thank or invoke a
benediction upon. Curse is to execrate: to doom.
3. Do good to them
that hate you. Do good honestly: full well. Hate is to
detest: especially to persecute.
4. Pray for them
that despitefully use you and persecute you. Pray
earnestly for: supplicate. Despitefully is to insult:
slander and falsely accuse. Persecute is to pursue: to
suffer.
GENERAL
Generally a person's demons cannot be cast out if he
has unforgiveness in his heart. The opposite of
unforgiveness is forgiveness.
Matt. 18:21-35 (Law
of Forgiveness - Key Chapter); God sends demons to
torment these with unforgiveness. Forgive your fellow
man 70 x 7 = 490 times.
Kingdom of Heaven:
King - Rich Man - Poor Man
(Is likened to)
(God) (You) (Anyone you have not forgiven)
1. Talent = 750 oz.
of silver; Pence = 1/8 oz. of silver.
2. 10,000 talents x
750 = 7,500,000 oz. = $52,800,000 ($600,000).
3. 100 Pence x 1/8 =
2 ½ oz. = $44.00 ($1.00).
4. Forgave 600,000
times as much.
5. Tormentors are
Satan and his demons.
6. Prison is being
in jail with Satan as warden and his demons as guards.
This is the
crucifixion of the flesh until you come to your
senses, forgive your fellow man and then ask God to
forgive you! The consequence of unforgiveness is the
most important lesson that God has taught us about
deliverance.
Cancer and arthritis
can come in through the sin of unforgiveness. If you
know a Christian with these diseases, see if they have
unforgiveness. They cannot be healed if the demons
have a right to be there.
Pattern for being
delivered and healed: forgive others, ask God for
forgiveness, and forgive self. Cast out unforgiveness
and bitterness. Cast out cancer and arthritis. Anoint
with oil and pray for healing.
FORGIVENESS
(EXCERPTS)
Forgiveness is hard to give because it hurts
to extend it to undeserving and hard-hearted ones. To
release a wrong-doer instead of exacting a just
penalty requires that we reach out in love, rejecting
the temptation to hold bitterness and resentment. This
is contrary to our natural inclinations, thus the old
adage,"To err is human, to forgive divine".
Forgiveness is not
forgetting the wrong done; some hurts are so deep that
this would be impossible. We can forget the anger and
hurt we felt, but the act is branded in our minds.
Forgiveness takes place when the victim accepts the
loss and/or injury done him and deliberately cancels
the debt owed him by the offending person.
Anger must be dealt
with openly and honestly, not denied or ignored.
Either it must be vented in retaliation or the injured
party must accept his own anger, bear the burden of
it, and confess it in prayer to release himself and to
set the other party free. Revenge always hurts the
revenger far more than the one at whom it is leveled.
In other words , our
pattern must be the grievous and substitutionary death
of Christ. He willingly received all the hurt and evil
of the entire human race in His own body on the tree
(I Peter 2:21-24) to pay the debt for our guilt.
He now offers what
He has wrought as a free gift to undeserving and
guilty persons so they can be free (Rom. 6:23; John
10:28-30).
As nothing else
will, forgiveness takes us into the mysteries of grace
where God forgives unconditionally on the basis of the
substitutionary payment by another
(Mark 11:25-26).
One of the fruits of
the Holy Spirit's work in a life is the quality of
meekness. It is a quality which is nurtured and
abetted by practicing forgiveness.
This highly prized
quality will cause us to be able to accept God's
dealings with us as good, without disputing or
resisting them. Meekness will also cause us to be able
to "bear one another's burden's" cheerfully and for
Jesus' sake, enabling us to enter into the mystery of
Christ's sufferings.
Because
unforgiveness, and the resentment and bitterness it
generates is so deadly, it is not optional, but
necessary that it be dealt with. Cancer and arthritis
spirits definitely root into this fertile ground. To
be bitter and unforgiving costs far more than it is
worth.
REFERENCES
"Forgiveness", p. 34, Conquering The Hosts Of Hell, by
Win Worley.