JUDGE NOT, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE JUDGED. CONDEMN NOT, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE CONDEMNED. FORGIVE, AND YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN. ( LUKE 6:37 *NKJV )
Dear Charles, As Children of God we are not to judge each other, but to love each other and forgive each other just as our Heavenly Father has forgiven us. For it is written; LET ALL BITTERNESS, WRATH, ANGER, CLAMOR, AND EVIL SPEAKING BE PUT AWAY FROM YOU, WITH ALL MALICE. AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, TENDER HEARTED, FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER, EVEN AS GOD IN CHRIST FORGAVE YOU. ( EPHESIANS 4:31-32 ) Now this is Jesus Christ's law of forgiveness as found in the Gospels [ see MATTHEW 6:14-15; & 18:35 ]
Our Savior Jesus Christ also said; WHENEVER YOU STAND PRAYING, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST ANYONE, FORGIVE HIM, THAT YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN MAY ALSO FORGIVE YOU YOUR TRESPASSES. BUT IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE, NEITHER WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN FORGIVE YOUR TRESPASSES. ( MARK 11:25-26 )
So Charles, never let anger with another control your thinking and dominate your mind. For anger often turns to vengeance, and remember God said; VENGEANCE IS MINE; I WILL REPAY, SAYS THE LORD. (ROMANS 12:19)
THEREFORE, AS THE ELECT OF GOD, HOLY AND BELOVED, PUT ON TENDER MERCIES, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, MEEKNESS, LONGSUFFERING; BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER, IF ANYONE HAS A COMPLAINT AGAINST ANOTHER; EVEN AS CHRIST FORGAVE YOU, SO YOU MUST DO. BUT ABOVE ALL THINGS PUT ON LOVE, WHICH IS THE BOND OF PERFECTION. ( COLOSSIANS 3:12-14 )
Have a wonderful day Charles, and may God bless you as well. Amen.
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