HEAVEN RULES OUR CONDUCT | Elder Ang Peng Hoe

You're listening to a message to go from ass Church. We hope this message

will light up your day. The topic of my message is Heaven rules our

conduct. We're still in the team of Heaven Rules. Yeah, so Heaven

rules our conduct. And my main scripture is taken from the Lord's prayer.

I'm going to be preaching from the Lord's prayer. We're going to dive a

little bit deeper and understand it a little bit more. Forgiveness has always been

something that's very very Yeah, it's something dear to me because I fully understand

my faith when I understood forgiveness. You know, I always share that my

dad was someone who found it really hard to forgive people. And I live

with him for many years and there was always someone that has grieved him that

he would never be able to let go. And I still remember the last

few months of his life before he passed on. He was diagnosed with cancer

and I had the best final few months with my dad because I was able

to sit down area and just tell him that that you need to let go

of some of these things that you have been hanging on to for not just

months, no, I'm talking about years. No, there are years when

sometimes I can see, you know, I've not seen a family member,

say for twenty years, thirty years, and I know I'm all enough at

that point to realize that, Okay, it's because no, my dad just

had something that he couldn't let go, and he couldn't forgive, and he

couldn't forget. And I remember just having many conversations with him in the hospital,

just talking, and no, I believe at the end of it,

I trust that he released, because it was when he finally released, then

a lot took him back home after he was water baptized in the bed,

and a few days later he went back to be with the Lord. And

I'm always eternally grateful that towards the end he found his faith, he found

who God is, and he was able to just let go of all the

different things that he was hanging on to for dear life. For whatever reason,

all of us have our reasons why sometimes it's hard to forgive. And

I will never stand here and undermine the different things that you have gone through.

Never will I undermine the different hurts that you have experienced. But I

want to teach from God's wood, and I pray that as I teach you

understand where I'm coming from. Okay, So, okay, let's do this

the Lord's Prayer. Of course, all of us can recite it by hard

most of us can recide by heart. In it's taken from Matthew Chapter six

Versus. I'm going to be emphasizing on Versus twelve to fifteen, and he

says this, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtusts,

and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one,

for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

And then verse fourteen it goes on to say this, for if you

forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if

you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your tress

passes. Okay, so we call this the Lord's prayer. All of your

are familiar with the Lord's prayer, But actually is a prayer that the Lord

never really need to use himself, as he ever occurred to you. I

mean, he can't really use it for himself, especially the request that says,

forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Well, maybe

Jesus could have used the second half of the phrase, because we read and

we know that as people. You know, was spit thing on him,

laughing at him, and eventually drove nails into his hands and risks. He

actually did say, Father, forgive them, though they know not what they

do. However, he could not have said the first part of the petition

because I think all of us as believers will unanimously agree that Jesus was with

doubt sin so I mean, really forgive us ours. He didn't need to

request for forgiveness in that in that sense, no, So I just want

us to just have some things in perspective. But for earth, No,

we will realize this is the closer we leave to the Lord Jesus, the

more we feel that we must say every day, forgive us our debts.

If you really walk closely, we really need to say this all the time,

because if Heaven really rules in our lives, then it is imperative that

Harold Heaven must rule our conduct and how we carry ourselves, especially when it

comes to our relationship with God. And I will explain it. I'll explain

it as we go along, because it tells me a number of things.

When we read through the Lord's Prayer, a few things about prayer, and

you realize about this, No, true prayer must always include the word forgive

as well as the word give. I mean, if you analyze any of

our prayers, most of the time that you will find the word give existing

more than the word forgive, because we will always be give me this day

of deliberate give me health, give me wealth, give me comfort, give

me money, give me peace, give me joy. Is to give me,

give me, give me. I mean, we're all humans, it's

natural, but a good prayer will always go on from give to forgive.

And this tells us also that we are to bring to God the needs of

our soul as well as the needs of our body. That means, after

having ask for my body, give me this day our daily bread, we

must always go on to ask God to forgive us. Forgive me. This

is something that's good for our soul. Is extremely important. And he tells

me also that we must constantly remember this that what I desire and what I

deserve are two opposite things. Okay, stay with Mia. I will explain

what I desire and what I deserve are two opposite things. Okay, we

are all seen us and when we say to God, give me, we

must immediately remind ourselves that we do not deserve to be given anything. That's

something that Pastor Daniel mentioned just now. No, we don't deserve to demand

for anything. And this is why when we say give, because of how

undeserving of us to receive anything from God, we must straight away say forgive.

After that, I think it's important in terms of the sequence. Let's

look at it from another perspective. Which is more important our obligation to God

as our heavenly father, or should it just be focused on his obligation to

us? Ever thought about that? Because if God is my heavenly father,

he has an obligation to feed me, to clothe me, to shelter me.

That is what I need not worry about what I eat, what I

dream, what I put on, because God is under an obligation and he

is as a father. God has claimed me and adopted me as his son.

So it is how it is basically now his obligation to feed and to

clothe his children, and we can claim that. That's why when we identify

as children of God, we can actually claim God you have undertaken this obligation

to care for me. But if I only think of his obligation to me

as my father and totally ignore mind to him, then basically the Lord's prayer

becomes a very one sided prayer, as they ever occurred to you, it

becomes a very one sided prayer. So the question is what is our obligation

to God? Well, our obligation to him is to live a holy life

because he is holy, and to live a perfect life because He is perfect.

And this is why we need to say forgive, because we can't possibly

do this by ourselves. We can't possibly live a holy life, neither can

we possibly live a perfect life by ourselves. So let's understand the prayer that

Jesus taught his disciples, especially the petition with a condition attached to it.

And many people have difficulties over this condition because it says, forgive us our

debts, as we forgive our debts. Okay, have that in mind.

Have that in mind, and let's start with the first part. Okay,

everyone's still in me. The first part is this forgive us, forgive us.

So the phrase forgive us in itself presents some difficulty to Christians. Because

some think it is bad for Christians to pray forgive us our sins. They

feel that it's somehow breeds the feeling of being inferior, or it breeds a

very guilty complex within us that will cause us to sort of start digging around

our own souls for our sins and then leads to causing them to doubt their

faith. So some people think that that why must always forgive us as for

forgiveness, no like as do I did something wrong. But what they want

in state is to get them away from any sense of guilt and into joy

and peace and never think of sin and only things of salvation. That's how

some will perceive it. Then, on the other hand, you have another

group, because some Christians who think that they do not need to pray the

Lord's prayer because when they came to Christ, all their sins were forgiven reday

gout him, past, present, future, everything done, everything washed,

everything glorious wherever they are. They were finished with sin, and they live

gloriously all their lives in the Lord. So you get two secks. So

why do we think Jesus gave us the Lord's prayer? Have you ever wanted?

What do you think he taught us the Lord's prayer. So let me

begin by saying that I think the Lord's prayer was given to the disciples,

not think. Actually, I know that it was given to the disciples to

follow Christ. It is a guide to show our dependence on God. Remember

the sir, he didn't give it to the crowds, No, because he

called his disciples to him. You read Matthew chapter six. He called the

disciples to him, and they say, Lord, teach us to pray,

and he was basically telling them how to do it. Basically, this is

the Lord teaching his followers how to do it. So he didn't give it

to the crowd. So I think it that he taught the Lord's prayer to

those of us who are following him as disciples. Basically, it's a prayer

of how we should conduct ourselves towards God and how we should conduct ourselves towards

one another. Am I still making sense? Okay? And then there are

those two extremes that we must be careful to avoid, as I just highlighted

just now. One is the idea that there will never be any more need

for confession or forgiveness in a Christian's life. Sometimes we think, oh,

we're safe, hal Lujah, praised the Lord. That one moment in time

at a rally, I raise my hands and then everything I have an extremely

clean slate that can never be tainted ever. Again, I think this is

something that's extreme, and I don't really find it in scripture, because if

we read one John and we know the apostle, John actually writes, if

we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. And if any one of us actually

say that we got no sin, John actually says that you're a liar.

So let us let us bear that in mind. It is extreme to say

that once you become a believer, your sins, all your sins, are

completely forgiven. That means no need for confession, no need for seeking forgiveness

from the Lord anymore. I think that's one extreme that we got to be

careful not to go down that path. Then the other extreme is this some

believers seem to be in and out of salvation between today Sunday and then the

following Sunday. What do I mean by day is okay? You can come

to church on Sunday and you know, okay, the preachers teaching and preaching,

I'm sure of my salvation. Then comes Monday and you did something wrong

on my day, Alama Nestarily you feel I feel so unworthy, I feel

like I can't be a Christian today. And then comes back to Sunday again,

and then you are like, yeah, I feel I feel good.

I feel I'm speaking for myself. There are days when sometimes I feel like

that, you know, but there's no assurance. It's an in and out

kind of belief system, almost as though they really can't identify themselves as children

of God, and there's no assurance. Well, these are the two extremes,

neither of which I believe is biblical, because on the one hand,

there are those who say I'm finished with sins altogether since I became a Christian,

I don't need to keep coming back as a miserable sinner. That's one

extreme. The other one is there are those who say, I never know

whether I'm a Christian or not because I've seen yesterday and that undid all the

good work, and then now I have got to start all over again.

So there's that uncertainty, and I believe none I believe neither of this is

the biblical position. Let me take you now to the feast of the Past

over before Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper. Okay, I'm going to teach,

and we're gonna go a little bit deeper where he would eventually be betrayed.

I'm actually drawing out from a portion of scripture from John chapter thirteen. You

can read the whole account Versus one to thirty eight. You can also see

some of the accounts in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. This is something

that is in all the Gospels, but specifically in John chapter thirteen one to

thirday eight. And I hope that this helps us to understand a little bit

better. You see John chapter thirteen one to today eight. That is the

account where right before the feast of the Past of Word, the disciples came

to the place, and then Jesus took a towel and Jesus stold Peter,

Peter, I want to wash your feet. Okay, remember the feet washing

part of it. And then Peter at first, what they what do they

do? He tried to refuse, and Jesus says, if I don't wash

you, we can't be friends. Let's you read the scripture and you realize

that's what Jesus is saying. If I don't wash you, we can be

friends. He literally said, you can have no part with me, which

means that Jesus is saying we can have no fellowship if I don't wash you.

So then Peter Song the other way straight away, he said a lot,

washed me all over, washed me all over. And then Jesus gently

told him that he didn't need washing all over now since he had already been

washed. But there was dirt that he picked up on his feet. Remember

this note. In the Middle East they walked with sandals. They walk everywhere,

and when you go to a person's house, you usually wash only that

part of your feet, which is the dirtiest part, and Jesus wanted to

clean dead part to keep the fellowship between them. I believe Jesus was saying

something clearly about forgiveness here, because I understand this. A Christian who has

been born again and comes to Christ and has been washed all over, and

we know what that is. That symbol is baptism, something that we just

celebrated this morning. Washing from hate to toll. They have been washed clean

they are clean through the world of God. Amen. But as they walk

through life, and all of us, those who have been baptized before you

will still live life. You will still walk through life. You will still

make mistakes, you will still pick up dead on your feet. You will

need a daily washing. And Jesus is saying, I want to wash your

feet. Let me do that. If I don't wash your feet, we

can't be friends, we can't have fellowship. That is essentially what Jesus is

saying. In other words, I believe Scripture teaches us that if a Christian

sins and Christians do sin, I don't know, Like I said, one

joint really wants any of your say you don't see, then then you're a

liar. But if a Christian sins and doesn't get forgiven, they stend to

lose their fellowship with the Lord. They lose their joy in prayer, their

life of worship, they lose their desire to share Christ with other people.

It is this that Jesus was bordered about, and it is this that the

Lord's prayer is all about. He's saying, it's a daily cleansing to keep

your fellowship with the Lord. Peel and sweet and clean to allow Heaven to

rule our conduct. Does that make sense now? Okay, stay with me.

We must now take not of some of the words that the New Testament

uses for sin. Okay, then we get a better idea and a better

context of the Lord's prayer. There are quite a few words that that is

translated to. In the English word is just sin, okay, But in

the Greek there are quite a lot of words. One of it is anomia,

which means sheer lawlessness. Basically, someone who doesn't recognize any rules for

life, does whatever he or she wants. Okay. The second word is

parabasis, which means to step over, which means to trest past. That's

how you get the translation tresspass or to step over a line. So think

of a fans and then you go past it. Technically you have trest passed.

Now, it's actually worth highlighting that both these words were not the words

that were used in the Lord's prayer forgive us ours that sin. These are

not the words that were use. There's a third word. It's called harmasha,

which in archery, when you should Basically it just means that you miss

the mark. Okay, So when you miss the mark we always say that's

sin uh, and that word is you know, use and translated as sin

as well. And then there's the fourth word is called paraphtoma, which means

to fall on an icy road, to sleep when you did not intend to

sleep, accidentally do something that you had no intention of doing. Okay,

there was a sounder words. And then there's the fifth and the last word,

which is what I want to focus on and emphasize on, because it

is this that we find or this word that we find in Matthews six is

the term or feel lema and it means your debts who Okay, I don't

know what it's saying, continues to help my brother, how much you all

person? Okay, your debt's what you owe. It is this word that

we actually use in the Lord's Prayer, which is, again I remember,

a prayer for believers. Okay, So the word that is actually a clearer

translation because it is not so much trespassing that we are talking about. Some

versions of the Bible translate the Lord's prayer forgive us our trespasses, but actually

the more accurate term is forgive us our debts. No, because it's basically

falling short of our target and owing God something or basically not having done something

that we should have done. That's why you owe. You should have done

something, you didn't do it you owe. And actually this forgiveness is for

what we call sometimes the sins of omission. I ever heard of that the

sins of the things that you did not do, not so much the sins

of permission, where I'm actually literally trespassing or going against a person. So

let me try to explain, Isa. Have we ever felt like you have

left undone some things which you ought to have done. Ever had a feeling

that end of the day I should have done something? No, it's I

don't know whether there any Christian would say I get to the end of every

day and I have done every single thing that I'm supposed to do. In

fact, I'm very sure many of us get to the end of the day

what did I do? Working is always like what in the world did I

do? I really believe that when anyone walks closely with Jesus, the more

you think of the things that you should have said, the messages that you

should have said, the way that you should have conducted yourself. Know the

fact that maybe you should have visited someone instead of sitting now at home and

watching YouTube. Then you will realize, actually, there are quite a lot

of things that I may not have done. So the more you look at

your life, the more you realize the things that you did not do that

you should have done. You did not say a kind word. Albert forgot

to take the trash out yesterday. He did not do something you did not

know. The Lord's prayer is not so much concerned with the bad things that

you did, but the emphasis is more on the good things that you did

not do. This show gives it a different perspective. Right, They start

to make a bit more sense, And this is important because it can spoil

your friendship with God. God wanted you to do that thing. God wanted

you to say a kind word to someone. God wanted you to witness to

your friend. God wanted you to go and cheer that person up. He

wanted you to go and tell someone about Christ. And we didn't do it.

And we actually owe him that. That is what the death means,

and Jesus is essentially reminding us to get our deaths paid. Now we are

to do that every day with God. Get the account straight with God so

that we can go to Bait straight and write with him. I prayed the

Lord's prayer every day. Sometimes it's almost like a routine, but it's more

than a routine for me, because I pray that all of us understand.

Let's let's go even deeper. Okay, let's take it a little bit deeper,

and I hope he gives you a bit more clarity. Jesus once told

a parable in Luke chapter seventeen Versus seven to ten about a servant. And

I'm sure you'll remember this who was plowing a field and minding the ship.

And then he came in and he was going to sit down, though he

was going to the servant work all day longer going to sit down, And

then right before that, his master said, bring my meal first. So

the servant had to go on and bring the meal. And of course most

of us might say, wh why so unreasonably demanding? When this master the

servant work hard all day, Now you make him go and get your meal

as well? But I think not that. Jesus went on to say in

that scripture that parable, do you think that servants should be thanked for doing

that extra thing for his master? He was asking a question and of course

the answer is no, because when he has done all he is commanded,

he has only done his duty. Does that make sense? When you've done

all you have commanded, you have only done your duty. In the same

way when you obey Jesus, you should say, we are still unprofitable servants

who have simply done our duty. You think because you obey God, he

owes you something. No, we have only just done our duty out of

obedience. And I want to highlight the word unprofitable because when we have done

our best for God and we get to the end of the day still in

debt to God for what we haven't done, we are still unprofitable. We

simply can never outgive God. That is something that we need to understand because

He has still done and more for us than he ever got back from us.

And therefore we are still in that we have still fallen shot. And

this is why we need to pray to God for forgiveness every day. Every

day. We need God's forgiveness in our lives. Our conduct towards God is

one that is constantly seeking his pardon, constantly seeking his mercy, and constantly

seeking his grace, because what we really deserve is his judgment. Therefore,

it is when we do this, when we seek the Lord's forgiveness, it

puts us in right fellowship with God. Because we allow Jesus to wash our

feet, he rules our conduct. This that now makes sense. So now

that we have established that every believer needs to day seek the Lord's forgiveness,

here comes to condition. Okay, So I hope we understand when we why

the lords say pray this prayer forgive us our debts, because really all of

us are in debt to the Lord and we owe him something, something that

we should have done that we did not do. Daily there is you know.

But I don't want you to live in fear and no leave knowing that

Lord I've fallen short when he comes to you, but you are amazing when

he comes to forgiving. And as long as I understand this account to you

daily. But here comes to condition because it is forgive us our debts and

then God continuation and as we forgive our debtors, who are you're The subsequent

phrase in the Lord's prayer has caused more difficulty to people actually than the first,

because it is probably the most difficult thing to do. I mean,

you think seeking forgiveness is from the Lord is hard. Then suddenly you realize,

no, actually, forgiving the flur down the road who pissed me off

is even harder. And that's the reality of it. And initially no sidence,

we probably think, No, it's so weird that there is a condition

attached to this portion of the petition the prayer, because God is saying I

will forgive you only if you forgive others. And most of us understand that

the Gospel of Christ is free forgiveness, free grades, no conditions, no

bargains, no contracts. Doesn't God say that if you repent and believe,

you are forgiven. Yet here in the Lord's Prayer we are being told that

we've been told to do something for someone else before God will forgive us.

Feels like we have to work for our salvation. Right. Isn't this God

going right against the principle of free grace and saying I wouldn't forgive you your

sins until you have been out and done something for someone else. Is it

not putting a condition to forgiveness againner, we must always be reminded that the

Lord's Prayer is not a prayer for unbelievers. It was never meant to be.

It is a prayer for believers because it was the followers, the disciples

who say Lord teach us to pray, and it's a daily prayer for the

follower of Christ. So what then, does this condition mean? Does it

mean that God has laid down a law that unless we pass forgiveness on he

won't forgive us. I don't think it is a matter of God cannot forgive

us or he can't forgive us if we do not meet the condition. I

think it's a case of he won again. It's not a case of if

you don't forgive someone, God cannot It's like like that's a barrier. It's

more a case of he won't. And I'll explain it. You see.

The real reason why He doesn't forgive those Christians who don't forgive others is actually

very simple. He doesn't feel like it. He does not want to.

It is the feelings of God and his will and his intention that matters here.

Let's study this parable that Jesus shared with Peter. When Jesus was actually

asked how many times should I forgive a person? Remember that parable? How

many times should I forgive that person? And I think we can draw some

truth out to why I just said what I just said. You see,

there was a king and he was very generous, and he had a lot

of compassion and sympathy, and he forgave his slave, I think of millions

of dollars. And then he heard the same slave ran out and true a

fellow, a person who owed him a much smaller sum into prison. Remember

that parable. So King forgive this slave millions of dollars. And then this

slave ran out, met some one who owed him just thousands of dollars and

say, you're not paying me back. I'm going to report you and I'm

going to throw you into prison. What happens next? The king was angry

and he said that I take back my forgiveness. The words of Jesus teach

how God feels about your unforgiveness. You see, God is my father,

so I think I know how he feels because I'm also a father and all.

And I just realized that kick has a lot of kids, so so

many kids. Okay, just imagine me, Okay, if your children say

you got two kids, and they come to you and they say that they

cannot have a suite, and you give a suite to each of them,

and then you actually found out later that one of them stole the other siblings

suit, whacked it, finished it, then came back to you and asked,

can I have another suite? What would you say? You probably say

you're not getting another sweet from me, because I'm pretty upset with you right

now. Why would you be angry because one of the children did this,

And there's a very simple reason behind it, because you don't want your child

to grow up like that. And if you were to go on indulging a

child behaving badly, he would grow up to be naughty and selfish and basically

end up being a kleptomania, being a thief, someone who takes things.

God wants us to grow up to be more like him, and he wants

us to be forgiving as he is forgiving. If he were to forgive you

each day of your deaths and you would not to forgive others, he would

be encouraging you to go on behaving like that. And he is not that

kind of father. Does that now makes sense? He would be upset with

you, and if you are not prepared to forgive others of their debts to

you, then he is not going to forgive yours. He would be upset,

he would be angry. Now I can totally understand that it makes sense

in this context, right, And God is just telling us how he feels

about us, and he's talking about his children, believes us Christians. Do

you expect him to go on wiping out your debts if you don't wipe other

people's debts. It's a good food for thought, because if he were to

go on doing that, he would be doing us. He would be destroying

our character. And he is not that kind of father. Jesus stated what

his feelings are, and I can see his reasons for it, because an

unforgiving person does not know what he is asking for when he says forgive,

and unforgiving person will not appreciate forgiveness even if he can, and unforgiving person

will be made more unforgiving if he is forgiven under those circumstances. God's will

for us is to grow up to be more like him. That's why it

says forgive seventy times seven times. That means keep on forgiving. In other

words, be like your heavenly father. And don't we have that assurance that

whenever we come to him, he will be faithful. Whenever we confess our

sins to be he will be faithful to forgive us. God will not forgive

your dads at the end of each day if you're not learning to be like

him. Otherwise it would not be good fathering. It's actually bad discipline.

And I pray we understand that and from that perspective, because if we carry

on in life with a conduct that never forgives, then my own only hope

for all of us is that you never sin, because that is what this

petition in the Lord's prayer is really about. Forgive us our sin, forgive

us our deaths. And so to some this all I'm in two words is

forgiving, forgiven. That is the law for Christians. This is not a

hate matter. It's actually a heart matter. And therefore it's a heart matter.

I know, I understand, and I it took me a lot of

time to learn and understand this, and I'm still learning to do this because

it's enough to say, Lord, give us this day our daily bread,

no conditions attached to anyone. And God, you know it's a good God.

If you ask for bread, he will give you. Pray, He's

not going to give you a snake. He's not gonna right by when it

comes to seeking the Lord's forgiveness. No, he says, I can't give

you unless you first forgive. Therefore, if I'm praying this prayer while holding

on to grudges, while I'm beatter with someone in my heart, while there's

resentment, while there's jealous jealousy, basically I'm literally asking God not to forgive

my dad's I know our heart's cry will still always be God. This is

such a difficult thing to do, and I agree, forgiving others seems to

almost be impossible, especially when we conclude that we have been wrong and we

actually deserve to hold this grudge and this hate against the other person. They

actually owe us and they can't pay up. And I have every right to

be upset, I understand, but remember this always. But remember this always,

and I hope this brings us back. I'm leaving the teaching and I'm

going into the preaching now. Jesus forgave us on the cross. Remember that.

To put it all in perspective, I wonder if we ever realize how

difficult it was for God to forgive us with us. If we can't forgive

our neighbor. It is usually because of our pride, it's because of me,

it's because of my reputation, my rights, and I have got to

crucify myself to forgive the other person. But with God, it's not about

any of those things. It's not about pride. Why would it be so

difficult for God to actually forgive? And I'll tell you why. Because of

his purity, because of his holiness, because of his goodness. He just

cannot bear sin at all. He really dislikes sin, He hates sin.

And how does he get around this difficulty of my debts? Have you ever

asked yourself that question? How did he get around this whole difficult situation of

my debts by paying them for me? That is the only thing that makes

it possible for God to forgive my debts. You see, the word forgive

in the Hebrew language means two things. It can mean to remit or to

cancel. Can you imagine that remit or cancer basically to cancel the debt,

and it could also mean to pay for it. It is the same word

for both of it. And imagine with me in the Middle East, when

you are in debt, Let's just say you're in a marketplace and you're in

debt. You go to a shop and you couldn't pay for something that you

want to purchase. What you do is you can write your name on a

sheet of paper and stick it on the store. Basically, you pin it

for everyone to see that you all this person something. It's probably good incentive

as well for you to eventually pay that, because it's not your name will

always be stuck on that stall. Right. But if a man is willing

to pay your debt and cancel it for you, what he does is he

will come, He will fall that paper and cross it out with his name,

and then he will put a nail through that paper, essentially canceling out

the other person's death, you know. In Colosions, chapter two, verse

fourteen, he says, Paul says that God has in Christ taken the bond

of debts which was written again us, and he has nailed it to the

cross. He has finished it and written a cross that is the name Jesus.

Finally, finally, is there anything like the joy of forgiveness? If

only we can fully identify with what the Lord did for us on the Cross

of Calvary, knowing that it is over and done, knowing that the person

who has forgiven you will never bring it up again, He'll never mention it.

No. I can imagine God the Father and Jesus sitting next to each

other in heaven, which is what is ultimately happening right now, and if

it's time to judge, and God the Father is looking at this person and

no, it's like, oh, Jesus, did this person do anything wrong?

No, because no looks like that A lot of it's a wrong rap

shit behind him. But Jesus will be like, I don't know what you're

talking about. I don't know who this person whom you claim have done anything

wrong, because everything here has been paid for to the nails that I bore.

Can you imagine the joy of the person hearing that, knowing that his

sins have been canceled out, forgiven, never mentioned again, knowing how much

God loves you, Knowing how much he would actually slaughter the fattened curve,

how he would actually put a ring on your fingers, shoes on your feet,

rope on your back, and bring you home. That is forgiveness.

Forgive us, our Dad's Lord, all that we owe you. Every day.

Let's stand and let's look to the Lord Father. I pray that as

your word goes forth, Lord, we will be reminded of what you have

done for us on the Cross of Calvary, and that we will fully understand

why it is so important for us to seek your forgiveness and why it's so

important for us to forgive those who have wronged us. Lord, we thank

you that you are a faithful God. Faithful Lord, we can make mistakes

after mistakes, and I pray and I know, Lord God, that you

will lead and you will guide us a god to a place where we will

be obedient to you, because that is basically what we are supposed to be.

Lord, transform us. It is not true our strength that we can

fully and truly transform, But it is only when we depend on the Holy

Spirit that the Spirit of God will feel our hearts. If you think today

that you are not able to give someone, I ask that you depend on

the Holy Spirit, because, yes, if it is by your own strength,

it's going to be impossible. But by the Spirit of God, the

God who is faithful in our lives, I trust that he will lead you

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