Hello!
This is Dr. Donald Ibbitson from Above and Beyond Christian Counseling.
What is it mean for us to forgive our brother from our heart?
It is a commandment in Scripture and it is important but how exactly do you do that?
(Music) In Mathew 18:35, Jesus insisted "We must forgive
our brother from our heart".
What does that mean?
Is it based on our emotions on how we feel?
Let's explore this admonition from the Lord in more detail; because, proper understanding
application are critical to getting free from Demonic Strongholds and walking in peace of
victory.
As part of our process of getting our clients and the seminar attendees applying for Deliverance,
we teach extensively on forgiveness.�Mathew 18 verses 23-35 comprises The Parable of the
Unmerciful Servant and this is one of our cornerstone teaching on how unforgiveness
is a huge open door for Demonic Torment that must be closed before Ministry.
Now, we know from Scripture that Jesus talked extensive in Parables and in this one he is
illuminating one aspect of the Kingdom of Heaven.
He says it goes basically like this, "That a servant owed his master, the King, a vast
some of money that he couldn't repay and the King (who is a picture of the God, the Father)
could have sent the man to prison but instead have mercy upon him and let him go."
Now that's servant went out and found a fellow servant ( a guy just like him )who owed a
trivial amount of money by comparison maybe $20 or so but he didn't extend mercy to that
servant, that fellow servant.
Instead the Scripture says, "He had the man throwing into the prison until he could pay
back all that he owed" which was if you think about it would have been pretty difficult
because the guy was in incarcerated.
He couldn't work and pay it back so he was basically stuck in prison.
Now some of the other servants who had witnessed the encounter they dragged the offending servant
back in front of the King and explained to him related the encounter that happened with
that man.
It is said that King was angry and once again that's the picture of God, the Father, with
us.
He said, "The King was angry and in his anger he turned the man over to the Tormentors (or
another different translation say tormentors or jailers) to be tortured".
Now this is a very graphic and clear depiction of the open door for Demonic Torment when
we harbor unforgiveness towards someone.
God turns this over to the Demonic Kingdom.
Then Jesus utters this well-known warning and he says this, "This is how my heavenly
Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."
Your heart!
This passage is a source of great confusion for many.
I want to explain it from a Christian Counseling Deliverance Ministers perspective.
Bible Scholars and diligent Pastors will of course look to the Greek text to get the best
meaning and we can begin there but we are not gonna linger there long.
The word "Heart" is Kardia (K-A-R-D-I-A) or for you strongest people it is the strongest
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And it basically means "the affective�(A-F-F-E-C-T-I-V-E) the affective�center of our being and the
capacity of moral preference (volitional desire, choice if you like).�
So, coming back to our practical real world perspective on this, believe that the best
definition of the word "heart" for us to apply is moral perspective (volitional�desire
and choice).� Bottom line forgiveness is something that
we chose to do.
It is our decision.� Now that's what we teach that it is a choice
and decision and forgiveness from the heart adds impetus and conviction to it.
We absolutely and firmly chose to forgive no "if's" no "and's" not "but's".
It is not conditional, weavery, or subject to being snatched away unless we decide to
go back and withdraw it.
Why do we choose to forgive?
Quite simply because the Lord command us to do.
If we don't forgive this Parable offers a sobering promise.
God, Himself will turn this over to the Demonic realm for Torment.
Another ominous warning is that if we don't forgive the Lord will not forgive us our sins.
Now that's in Mathew 6:14 and Mark 11:26, "There is no provision for entering into heaven
and once our sins are forgiven".
So, that's a pretty illuminating scripture - the one we need to take heat off.
As we consciously and with conviction chose to forgive others, we can know that we close
the door for Dominic Torment that may have come upon us when we returned over to the
jailers because of that unforgiveness.
What a glorious revelation and source of peace for our souls.
We prepare our clients and seminar attendees thoroughly by emphasizing the importance of
forgiveness before receiving Deliverance Ministry.
They will never again a [unclear 5:31] that they have forgiven those who have wrong them.
That is an important reality because one aspect of spiritual warfare after deliverance is
the need to deal with the Demonic Spirits when they seek to return to the house and
you find that Mathew 12 verses 43-45, "Those devils needs to be reminded that the doors
of unforgiveness have been closed and that they have no legal right to re-enter".�
A teachings on forgiveness are vital and a real basic tenets of, if you like Christianity
1-on-1.
Understanding the practical aspects of that in addition to the relevance to deliverance
Ministry is not as wide spread and I hope that this article will help you move forward
in victory.
Look, if you are having trouble getting passed abusive trauma in your past, you may need
Christian Counseling and/or Deliverance Ministry to help get over the hump to help get set
free.
Get help!
You don't need to drag emotional baggage around all your life.
You can be set free from Demonic Torment and then inner healing can follow more quickly
and more easily.
Hope this has been a blessing to you.
God Bless You!�