Pastor Gregory, my family and I visited your church in 2006 from California...my son graduated from boot camp (Navy) in Great Lakes...met sister Lulu, which treated us well...hope to visit again one day. GOD continue to bless you, family and ministry 🙏 ❤
May God continue to bless you abundantly,Pastor Gregory! Your messages and teachings are truly inspired by the love and Grace of God, and come from a heart that’s experienced and filled and fuelled by the anointed revelation of God’s overwhelming love! Once again I have been inspired and motivated to receive and walk out GOD’s overwhelming love in my life.🙏🏻
Excellent message. I love your message. It is practical to listen and know God's. Thanks be to God,what a sweet Saviour we have. God loves you and I. Praise the Lord. Amen
God knew. When the time would be. Right. And I would. Need this. Pastor Gregory. !!!!!!! I. Need to. Know. That. He. Truly. Loves. me. That. He. Would. Know the. Right time. I'd. Get this. Message. From Him. When u spoke. That. He loves. me. And heals the soul. And. Makes me safe. That. He. Knows !!
In Matthew 6 Jesus is teaching disciples how to pray and in doing so outlines how we are restored into intimacy with God whenever we have displeased Him. In fact, Jesus instructs us to build into our prayers a request for God to forgive us in the same way that we have forgiven others who have harmed us (Matthew 6:12). If there are those we have not forgiven when we ourselves pray for forgiveness, then practically speaking we are asking God not to restore a right relationship with us after we sin. To emphasize the importance of restoring broken relationships with our brothers and sisters, Jesus states that asking for God’s forgiveness for one’s own sins, all the while withholding forgiveness from someone else, is not only bizarre but hypocritical. We cannot possibly walk with God in true fellowship if we refuse to forgive others. To be sure, an unforgiving spirit is a serious sin and should be confessed to God. If we have unforgiveness in our hearts against someone else, then we are acting in a way that is not pleasing to God, making our prayers and a proper living relationship with Him difficult. God will not hear our prayers unless we also show ourselves ready to grant forgiveness. To quote John Calvin on this verse, “If we are not harder than iron, this exhortation ought to soften us, and render us disposed to forgive offenses” (Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Vol. 1). A second biblically plausible interpretation of Matthew 6:14-15 is that it is saying anyone who refuses to forgive others is demonstrating that he has not truly received Christ’s forgiveness himself. Any sin committed against us, no matter how terrible, is trivial in comparison to our sins against God. If God has forgiven us of so much, how could we refuse to forgive others of so "little"? Matthew 6:14-15, according to this view, proclaims that anyone who harbors unforgiveness against others has not truly experienced God’s forgiveness. Both interpretations strongly deny that salvation is dependent on our forgiving others. Whether Matthew 6:14-15 is speaking of "relational forgiveness," or whether it is a declaration that unforgiveness is the mark of an unbeliever, the core truth is the same. We should forgive others because God, through Christ, has forgiven us (Ephesians 4:32). It is wrong for someone who has truly experienced God’s forgiveness to refuse to grant forgiveness to others.
Pastor Gregory, my family and I visited your church in 2006 from California...my son graduated from boot camp (Navy) in Great Lakes...met sister Lulu, which treated us well...hope to visit again one day. GOD continue to bless you, family and ministry 🙏 ❤
May God continue to bless you abundantly,Pastor Gregory! Your messages and teachings are truly inspired by the love and Grace of God, and come from a heart that’s experienced and filled and fuelled by the anointed revelation of God’s overwhelming love! Once again I have been inspired and motivated to receive and walk out GOD’s overwhelming love in my life.🙏🏻
And this. Is. Why. I love Him. Because. HE. FIRST. LOVED me. Revive and restore me makes me safe. .
Thank you for being. Obedient. To. The. Spirit. And. Saying. That !!!!!
Excellent message. I love your message. It is practical to listen and know God's. Thanks be to God,what a sweet Saviour we have. God loves you and I. Praise the Lord. Amen
God knew. When the time would be. Right. And I would. Need this. Pastor Gregory. !!!!!!! I. Need to. Know. That. He. Truly. Loves. me. That. He. Would. Know the. Right time. I'd. Get this. Message. From Him. When u spoke. That. He loves. me. And heals the soul. And. Makes me safe. That. He. Knows !!
Invited to the places I can't explain or express.
Thank you for such a powerful message!!
I❤you Pastor Gregory. You make my heart happy
Its me and I want to be. Free.
Amen!❤
LOVE. me. Yes. I felt the. Spirit. Talking. I don't cry. But. I did. Hearing. He. Loves. "" me"""
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In Matthew 6 Jesus is teaching disciples how to pray and in doing so outlines how we are restored into intimacy with God whenever we have displeased Him. In fact, Jesus instructs us to build into our prayers a request for God to forgive us in the same way that we have forgiven others who have harmed us (Matthew 6:12). If there are those we have not forgiven when we ourselves pray for forgiveness, then practically speaking we are asking God not to restore a right relationship with us after we sin. To emphasize the importance of restoring broken relationships with our brothers and sisters, Jesus states that asking for God’s forgiveness for one’s own sins, all the while withholding forgiveness from someone else, is not only bizarre but hypocritical. We cannot possibly walk with God in true fellowship if we refuse to forgive others.
To be sure, an unforgiving spirit is a serious sin and should be confessed to God. If we have unforgiveness in our hearts against someone else, then we are acting in a way that is not pleasing to God, making our prayers and a proper living relationship with Him difficult. God will not hear our prayers unless we also show ourselves ready to grant forgiveness. To quote John Calvin on this verse, “If we are not harder than iron, this exhortation ought to soften us, and render us disposed to forgive offenses” (Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Vol. 1).
A second biblically plausible interpretation of Matthew 6:14-15 is that it is saying anyone who refuses to forgive others is demonstrating that he has not truly received Christ’s forgiveness himself. Any sin committed against us, no matter how terrible, is trivial in comparison to our sins against God. If God has forgiven us of so much, how could we refuse to forgive others of so "little"? Matthew 6:14-15, according to this view, proclaims that anyone who harbors unforgiveness against others has not truly experienced God’s forgiveness. Both interpretations strongly deny that salvation is dependent on our forgiving others. Whether Matthew 6:14-15 is speaking of "relational forgiveness," or whether it is a declaration that unforgiveness is the mark of an unbeliever, the core truth is the same. We should forgive others because God, through Christ, has forgiven us (Ephesians 4:32). It is wrong for someone who has truly experienced God’s forgiveness to refuse to grant forgiveness to others.
A bruised. Reed.