We live in a vengeful world where very
little mercy is shown and people want to see justice done whenever
anything happens to them, when they are the victims but they forget
themselves, the things that they have done to others, how they have
wronged others. They forget their own sins. They do not show mercy
and therefor they will not receive mercy.
Jesus said, Matthew 5:7“Blessed
are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.“
People pray the Lords prayer, so often
but they do not think what they are praying, because they pray, and
say, Matthew 6:12‘And
forgive us our debts, AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN OUR DEBTORS.'
Verse
14:“For if you forgive men their transgressions, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you. 15“BUT
IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE OTHERS, THEN YOUR FATHER WILL NOT FORGIVE YOUR
TRANSGRESSIONS.” If we do not forgive, then our sins will not be
forgiven, they will not be forgotten, but we will be punished for
those sins and THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, A TERRIFYING ETERNAL
DAMNATION! That is the wages of sin. And even Christians don't have
mercy on each other. They are continuously attacking each other,
gossiping, tearing each other to pieces, tearing other people down,
they have got NO MERCY! They WANT JUSTICE! That same JUSTICE will be
applied to you. If you cry for justice then God will bring justice to
you for whatever YOU have done wrong! But if we forgive and we show
mercy then God will show us mercy. If we cannot forgive others then
God will not forgive us. If we cannot show mercy we will not receive
mercy. If we cannot forgive than our sins will also not be forgiven
and we will have to pay for our wrongdoings, for each and every one
of them, If we do not FROM OUR HEART, FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE WRONGED
US!
I
read in Matthew 18:21”And
Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin
against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22Jesus
said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to
seventy times seven.”
If
we do not forgive FROM THE HEART EVERY TIME, then God will not
forgive us, then our sins will be held against us.
I
also read from Matthew 18:23 “For this reason the kingdom of heaven
may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his
slaves. 24“And
when he had begun to settle them, there
was brought to him one who owed him ten thousand talents.25“But
since he did not have the
means to
repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and
children and all that he had, and repayment to be made. 26“The
slave therefor falling down prostrated himself before him, saying,
‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’ 27“And
the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave
him the debt. 28“But
that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a
hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to
choke him, saying,
‘Pay back what you owe.’ 29“So
the fellow slave fell down and began to entreat him, saying, ‘Have
patience with me and I will repay you.’ 30“He
was unwilling however but went and threw him in prison until he
should pay back what was owed. 31“So
when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply
grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had
happened. 32“Then
summoning him, his lord said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave
you all that debt because you entreated me. 33‘Should
you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, even as I had mercy
on you?’ 34“And
his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he
should repay all that was owed him. 35“SO
SHALL MY HEAVENLY FATHER WILL ALSO DO TO YOU, IF EACH OF YOU DOES NOT
FORGIVE HIS BROTHER FROM YOUR HEART.”
How
many people are there who are walking around with grudges, who do not
forgive others from the heart, who want others to come and beg
forgiveness from them, but they themselves do not find mercy in them
to others? If we do not have mercy and show mercy from the heart, we
will not receive mercy. We will receive judgment!
Let
us show mercy and then we can also ask for mercy from our heavenly
Father.
May
Jesus bless you.
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