The reason why I wrote this article, is that there were some people who were
writing each other on what this Scripture really meant. By the Grace and Mercy
of God, He gave me this article, and I pray it will be a blessing to you as well.
Sincerely, Nathan Miller in Chiefland, Fla.USA.
From: Nathan> Subject: Fw:
Matthew 18 up-dated.
Date: Saturday, October 16,
1999 3:24 PM
Matthew 18 starts off with the
greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven,is like
a child that is in the type
of
hate,but understanding in the type of
men...Don't hold grudges.
The advances to offences,and if your eye
the Pastor of the local church
will not stop offending
the
local body,for witness to go,and if he
does not stop,to cast him out of the
church....For how
could
your eye go to hell,and the rest of your
body go to heaven?
Then the one sheep and the
99.
Peter asked Jesus was he to forgive his
brother just 7 times? Jesus said 70 times 7.
Then Jesus tells a story to
enlighten us,as He says there was a man who
owned a very large
sum,A
very large debt he could not pay,and he
asked for patience and he would
pay,and the man he owed
the
debt to,freely forgave him of the
debt.
Then that same man had one that owed him
a small debt,and the man asked
for patience,so he
could
pay him,and he
refused.
The Lord of that servant heard that,and
cast him in prison to the
tormentors till the debt was
paid.
The 24 th verse tell what Jesus
was trying to get us to understand.
We all had a huge debt of sin we could
not pay,so Jesus as the Lamb of God
took away the sin
of
the world,and a Pardon is not a Pardon
if you refuse to accept it,then a
man after He has
accepted
what Jesus done for him at Calvary,has a
fellowservant sin against him, and
he refuses to forgive him,
then he loses the Power of what the Lamb
of God done for him at Calvary.
For how can you be saved if you
can't receive forgiveness?
Jesus said if a brother trespasses
against you,if he repents,forgive
him,but if does not
repent,then
let your peace return to you,and go on
your way,and commit it to God.
Consider the example Jesus manifested at
Calvary; He forgave the ROMAN
SOLDIERS, as they
did
not know what they were doing.....But
the Fare-you-sees and the
Sadd-you-sees He did not forgive
them,as He said your damnation of hell
slumbers not.
Christians that know their Bible know
better,but sinners do not...so...
In Matthew 7;1,2-----Judge not,that ye
be not judged,for what judgement ye judge
ye shall be judged: and with
what measure ye mete,it shall be measured to
you
again.
If you plant peanuts,not look
for corn.
You must reap what you sow,or what you
plant,or give out to others,as your heart is the
garden,and your mind is where you
receive seeds,as the battle is won or
lost in the
mind,as
that is the battleground,and
the enemy has to meet resistance,or he takes
over..Plant
the
Seed-Word,and reap the fruit
of the Seed planted.
Mark 4;23-----If any man have ears "TO
HEAR",let him hear.If any man have
ears to understand,let
him
understand..If any man have the inner eyes to see,let him look thereon, and
give praise to Jesus.
Verse 24------And HE said unto them,Take
heed what ye hear(Believe or
receive), with
what
measure ye meet(received), it
shall be measured to you:and to you that
Hear(understand)
shall
more be given.(To you that
have had your Spiritual ears opened by the Grace of God).
verse 25---For he that hath,to him
shall be given: and he that hath not,
from him shall be
taken
even that which he
hath.
Revelation 13;9------If any man have an
ear,let him hear.
Verse 10-------He that leadeth into
captivity shall go into captivity: he
that killeth with the sword
must
be killed with the sword.Here
is the patience and the FAITH of the
saints....So.....God says:
what
you give out is what you
get.The attitude you treat people is the
in your receiving...The
attitude you show to the
Scriptures is important to your receiving more
enlightenment.
Revelation 14;12-------Here is the
patience of the Saints: here are they
that keep the
Commandments
of God,and the Faith of
Jesus.Amen to His Glory forever.
God is always giving fresh Manna
daily....My DAILY Bread...Progressive
Revelation....Now if
you
receive a Revelation,you must first run
it through the Scriptures from
Genesis to Revelation,and
it
must dove-tail and blend with the
Scriptures before you confess it is
coming from God....Give it
the
Word test every time.
One more thing before I leave this important subject; If I steal something
from my neighbor, God cannot forgive that sin even if I ask Him to, as I did
not sin against God, but against my neighbor. I must ask my neighbor to forgive me, then God forgives me as well. If I do ask my neighbor his forgiveness, Jesus said He would
not forgive us when we ask for foggiveness.
Matthew 6;14--For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. Verse 15---But if ye forgive not men their trespasses,neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
May this be a blessing,Nathan
Miller.