# 619 - Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. "And 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."
Couldn't You have stopped at v24 Jesus? Why bring in this matter of forgiving others in relation to our prayers? Though you and I may pray without doubting and be a conduit of great healings, prophecies, miracles, etc, in the end, if we harbor unforgiveness, we are stained with sin, and those with sin still clinging to them, will not see Paradise.
God does not “know” sin. Mt 7:22, 23a says, "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' "And then I will declare to them, 'I never KNEW you; depart from Me,”
In order for Jesus to “know” us, our sins must be removed, and if we cannot forgive others, we have a sin problem. This problem is best dealt with as we daily come before God with a contrite heart. Confessing our own wickedness and receiving His forgiveness. How can we not forgive others when we approach the level ground of the cross.
Humility, must be guarded in the life of the Christian, and those who have this gift of faith, are especially at risk of getting a little full of themselves, and this superiority can lead to forgetfulness in this matter of forgiveness.
Thanks for the warning Jesus, Amen
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