The Bottom Line

I don't know about you, but for me, forgiveness is a continuing struggle. If it were the old me (or the old man as the Bible says) then I would want revenge. But God says to pray for our enemies and that vengeance is His. Hmmm... that would require us to let go and leave it with God. Sometimes we're stubborn like Jonah though... but it's for OUR protection. God doesn't want us to be bitter and mean - he wants us to be Christ-like, compassionate and kind. Obviously, that's impossible. If you actually read the Sermon on the Mount, what Jesus asks us to do is basically impossible. It can only be done, when Jesus lives in us, and He does it. How do you do that? Well, you ask Him into your heart. You confess (agree you've sinned, because we all do) and repent (decide you won't do that anymore.) And you get Spirit-filled. You 'clean out ALL your closets' of your life, and you give it ALL to God. Not just the living room, but even the small closets of your life. And when you do, He will come in and live IN you. Yes, I said IN you. (It's the opposite of being possessed by the devil.) When you give it ALL to God, He will come in and fill you with Himself. And you will know that He has because you will speak in a heavenly language, which are referred to 'tongues' in the Bible, which just meant it's another tongue, or language. (When people are possessed by the devil, the devil speaks through them as well, and it sounds demonic and gutteral, and is a different voice than the person.) The devil has a counterfeit for everything real that God has.

We just have to make up our mind, and God knows when we're serious. And then, when asked, He comes in our lives and takes over, and HE does it for us - through us.

It's awesome...