Kevin Taylor's Bible Study
Title: Forgiveness part 2
by Kevin Taylor
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• Name:
Kevin Taylor
• Residence:
Leicestershire,
England
• Favorite Verse:
Romans 1 v 16
• Favorite Quote:
"Things are lookin good!"
• Hobbies:
walking, dining
out, family life,
Christian fellowship
• Date of Salvation:
Oct 1991
• Latest News:
This site and the privilege of sharing the word on the net
is a major blessing to me especially when you consider that only a year
ago I had never used a pc. But I have been obedient to the Lord, and been
taught, and now have this blessing bestowed upon me . Thank you Lord.
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God bless you. Last week we looked at forgiveness, that is God has forgiven
us and we must forgive others. Today I would like us to look at forgiveness
from another point if view. We must never use forgiveness as an excuse to
dodge issues, or hide behind “forgiveness in a wrong way” as an easy way
out of a problem. Imagine a situation where you go to your local grocery
store and you bye some goods only to find out that when you get home they
are well past their best. You take the goods back to the store but the storekeeper
refuses to give you a refund or exchange the goods. Through no fault of
your own you have been wronged. The Bible demands forgiveness from your
part, so you forgive the storekeeper unreservedly (that is you forfeit any
right to compensation). A good heart check to see if you have truly forgiven
someone is to ask your self if you have abandoned every right to compensation
for the wrong that was done to you. Right, all is well so far but lets say
the next time you use that store a similar thing happens, and then the week
after, and the week after that, and so on, what then? Well the answer is
this! Forgiveness says you forgive the storekeeper for the continued
poor service but “Godly Wisdom Says” do not use that store until such a
time as the storekeeper agrees to offer you an honest service. Can you see
the point I am trying to make? Although you have moved in forgiveness there
must be a righteous judgment, which is to stop using that store. The devil
is a liar and the father of lies, and he will try to kid you to keep using
that store, thus wasting your hard earned money, and wasting the Lords resources.
Remember, being a Christian is not being a doormat.
Proverbs 22 v 15 “Foolishness
is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive
it far from him.”
Proverbs 19 v 18 “Chasten thy son while there is hope,
and let not thy soul spare for his crying.”
These two scriptures speak
of punishing or correcting your child from a love viewpoint. To punish your
children is not “unforgiveness”. Think about it. It would be totally irresponsible
for a parent not to correct their child and to let them do what they want,
when they want, how they want without any fear of consequence. When an offender
goes before a court and the judge hands out a sentence, that is not unforgiveness,
it is righteous judgment, and without it our society would not function,
and instead anarchy would rule.
Proverbs 27 v 5 “Open rebuke is better
than hidden love”
I can almost guarantee that there will be times in your
Christian walk when the Lord prompts you to approach someone and to rebuke
them. To point out to them that there conduct is unacceptable and they need
to turn away from this particular error in their life. If you say “well
I forgive them so there’s no need to correct them” that person will go on
uncorrected and you would have been disobedient to the Lord and that’s what
I mean when I said we must not hide behind “Forgiveness in a wrong way”.
My brothers and sisters don’t be afraid to tackle sensitive issues, or to
say the words “no, you are wrong”. Being “meek” is not being “Weak”.
I pray
this short teaching has blessed you and I pray that you have a super week. (Preach
it!) Love Kev and family.
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E-MAIL KEVIN AT: kev@faithmania.com
Hello! My name is Kevin Taylor. I am 42 years old, married
with two teen age daughters. I have been a Christian for ten years and I
worship at a small church called Bardon Park Chapel near to where I live
in Leicestershire, England. I work as a machine setter in the engineering trade. My
out look on life is simple. It is this. Jesus is the answer, now whats the
question. Jesus is Lord. He is Lord.
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