Matthew 18:34-35 and his master was very angry, and delivered him to
the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him .so My
heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does
not forgive his brother his trespasses.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ex 16, Luke 19, Job 34, 2 Cor 4
BIBLE STUDIES: Matthew 18:23 -35
In our bible studies is a
parable we all know. A servant owed his master ten thousand talents
(around six hundred thousand dollars in modern day currency).When the
master called him to pay up; he could not so the master commanded that
everything belonging to him should be sold including his wife and
children. This man begged for mercy and his master forgave all his debt.
Another servant owed this servant (the fellow whose debt was forgiven) a
hundred denarii (around 0.05 cents). Since that one could not pay up he
threw him into jail despite all the pleas and begs for mercy. The
master of this servant heard the wicked thing he had done and cast him
into jail for the tormentors to deal with him. Because this wicked
servant refused to forgive, tormentors began to torture him.
To experience a positive turning point, forgiveness is highly
essential. Unforgiveness is a prevalent plague that causes unnecessary
pain to people, even God’s people. The reason why many find it difficult
to forgive is the presence of the spirit of unforgiveness. The enemy
has been using this spirit to rob many of their joy, peace, progress,
breakthrough to mention a few. When an individual refuses to forgive he
begins to suffer from resentment, contention, strife and rejection. Not
only that, he begins to experience intimidation and condemnation.
According to Luke 11:24 -26, when an evil spirit is in a life, he goes
and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and the
last state of that man is worse than the first. When the spirit of
unforgiveness is present in a life , he brings no less than thirty three
other demons some which are hate, anger/rage , vendetta, lying spirit,
blindness, deafness, loneliness, addictions, illness ,rejection,
abandonment, un-correctability, un-mercifulness, discontentment,
contempt, coveting, hoarding, animosity, accusation to mention a few.
These demons are known as tormentors. Sometimes they will bring
unnecessary fear or anger or hatred without cause. When you chose not to
forgive you give room to hate, anger, loneliness, abandonment e.t.c. By
refusing to forgive, you turn your life to a habitation for tormentors.
The question is how can a man experience a positive turning point when
under mercy of the spirit of tormentors? Today I want to appeal you,
regardless of what people have done to wrong you; they may not deserve
your forgiveness but for your own mental health and for you to rid
yourself of the spirit of tormentors please forgive. You may have been
raped or abused as a child or let down or disappointed or taken
advantage of. The only way to get rid of the anger or hatred or the
spirit of tormentors is forgiveness.
PRAYER POINT: Father, please rid me of the spirit of unforgiveness.
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