Biblical forgiveness requires recognizing the immense mercy Jesus has shown us. The Bible gets specific about the debts you are holding against others and refuses to let bitterness act as a spiritual portal of darkness.
Biblical forgiveness rests on core principles. They start with the gospel. We cannot truly forgive anyone else until we deeply realize how much Jesus has forgiven us.
Vague resentment is hard to clear out. I listened to a preacher the other night talk about keeping a “debt ledger” of painful offenses, even when people will never own up to what they did, it can help bring clarity and healing. We should alway evaluate the offense.
I am sharing a simple over view of Matthew 18:
I think it’s important to ask ourselves if the person actually sinned against us or if we are simply reacting to an offense.
Unforgiveness is a spiritual danger. I literally almost destroyed my own life because I refused to forgive someone in my life. I was severely hurt by a family member who, at every turn tried to destroy me because she was ashamed of a bloodline I carried that came from her bloodline. It made absolutely no sense whatsoever. Her unforgiveness toward her family almost destroyed me in the process.
I believe unforgiveness acts as an unclean wound that hardens over time and creates an open pathway or “portal” for satanic and demonic influences in our souls.
Unforgiveness pulls the weight of hell into our lives, while forgiveness brings heaven’s freedom.
Refusing to forgive locks us in a prison of mistrust and bitterness, whereas releasing the debt frees the offended person far more than the offender.
