“Losing Forgiveness and Fellowship with God”

 “Losing Forgiveness and Fellowship with God”

 

If you forgive those who sin against you, your Heavenly Father will forgive you.  But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will NOT forgive your sins.   Matthew 6:14

 

This section of Scripture is part of the Sermon on the Mount.  Jesus was telling the people what they NEEDED to KNOW concerning what God wants of them, as His Children.  And the verse that we are going to look into is probably one of the HARDEST things we MUST DO in order to be FORGIVEN of our SINS.  

 

Right away, I want you to KNOW that Jesus was not referring to SALVATION, but one of the CHARACTERISTICS of SALVATION, and that is to HAVE a FORGIVING HEART.  Even though we are TRUE CHILDREN of the LIVING GOD, we STILL commit sins every day.  And Jesus is saying that the FORGIVENESS that we have from God has a CONDITION to it.  And that CONDITION is that we who are TRUE BELIEVERS, SHOULD FORGIVE those who have SINNED against us, because if we do NOT FORGIVE others, then our HEAVENLY FATHER will NOT FORGIVE US.  This important to us because an UNFORGIVING HEART has an ADVERSE REACTION to our FELLOWSHIP with the HOLY God. This happens AFTER we are SAVED. 

 

This UNFORGIVING HEART is DETRIMENTAL to our SPIRITUAL DISCIPLESHIP. To NOT hold a GRUDGE and NOT SEEK RETRIBUTION, is what a FORGIVING HEART is ABOUT. And when we give our FORGIVENESS to the one who has SINNED against us, then GOD will FORGIVE US of our SINS AGAINST HIM, then our FELLOWSHIP will be RESTORED.  And our life will be MORE FULFILLING, and we will receive GOD’S FORGIVENESS concerning OUR SINS.  

 

So, if you are SAVED and someone has SINNED AGAINST YOU, remember, you MUST NOT hold a GRUDGE AGAINST them, but you MUST HAVE a FORGIVING HEART TOWARDS them, IF you want GOD’S FORGIVENESS and His FELLOWSHIP.  If YOU are living a SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and you are NOT a TRUE CHILD of the LIVING GOD, then you are in DESPERATE NEED of GOD’S FORGIVENESS.  YOU MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONE and ONLY SON, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your SOUL from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for YOU, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to God and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and RECEIVE His FORGIVENESS and FELLOWSHIP, and an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!