{"id":2651,"date":"2021-03-18T02:56:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T02:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=2651"},"modified":"2021-03-18T03:01:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T03:01:03","slug":"forgiving-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/18\/forgiving-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgiving Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p><strong>Proverbs 18:19 says, \u201c<em>A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.<\/em>\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew 5:44 says, \u201c<em>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, and persecute you;<\/em>\u201d (read verses 45-47)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew 6:12 (in the model prayer) says, \u201c<em>And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.<\/em>\u201d and verses 14-15 say, \u201c<em>For if we forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.<\/em>\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Luke 17:3-4 says, \u201c<em>Take heed to yourselves; if thy brother trespass against thee rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day return again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.<\/em>\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ephesians 4:32 says, \u201c<em>And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ\u2019s sake hath forgiven you.<\/em>\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colossians 3:13 says, \u201c<em>Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.<\/em>\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Scriptures speak so plain that there is NO ROOM FOR DOUBT\u2026 THERE IS NO PLACE FOR AN UNFORGIVING SPIRIT IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are some thoughts that you may want to consider:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li><strong>An unforgiving spirit is not Christ-like.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>It is a tool of Satan.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong> Destroys relationships.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Causes division.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Causes depression and robs joy.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Damages testimonies.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Weakens the Gospel message.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Becomes a barrier to Spirituality and power in prayer.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Becomes a burden to the heart and mind.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>It is never too late to win the victory. Do it today! Call your offended brother, friend, or relative and enjoy life again.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Will it be easy? No! Why not? Because Satan will attempt in any way possible to keep you from this victory!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proverbs 18:19 says, \u201cA brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.\u201c Matthew 5:44 says, \u201cBut 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, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/18\/forgiving-others\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Forgiving Others<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa5oei-GL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2651"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2651\/revisions\/2654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}