Healing Your Insecurities by Roy Hicks

Author:Roy Hicks
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-01-03T16:45:22+00:00

Inability To Forgive

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 6:14,15

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times?

Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Matthew 18:21,22

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Matthew 18:34,35

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.

Luke 6:37

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

Luke 23:34

Our Lord Jesus had much to say about forgiveness. As they say in some circles today, "He blew their mind!" Peter, the Lord's disciple, thought if he could forgive someone seven times, he would be making a great impression on the Lord. But Jesus answered in such a way that Peter knew he wasn't even close to understanding this key word forgiveness.

Is forgiveness really a momentous and significant word? Is Jesus merely talking about a small spiritual challenge, or is He talking to us about one of the "biggies" in our life?

The Scriptures plainly teach us that unless we are constantly forgiving, there is no forgiveness coming from our Father to cover our own sins.

Even if we can firmly establish that forgiveness is a key spiritual word, how can we connect it with what this book is all about: security versus insecurity?

Who will have the easiest time of forgiving: a secure person or an insecure person?

Who will carry grudges the longest: one who is secure or one who is insecure?

Who is quick to forgive, quick to make up, the first to go to another when there is ought to forgive?

I believe we can all agree that the secure Christian will have the least difficulty with these important matters.

Insecurity begins at an early age because its symptoms result from both hereditary and environmental causes. Thus, it becomes a fixed part of life and very difficult to face or even acknowledge, much less do away with. Because there are so many broken homes, with people carrying heavy grudges and filled with bitterness, it is even more troublesome today than it was before.

What causes people to carry this grudge? They carry it because they are unwilling or unable to forgive the offense, or because it has been driven deep into their subconscious mind.

Before dealing with how to become a secure and forgiving person, let us talk about the problems that will result if we do not. Besides the awesome, unthinkable spiritual results, we have the resulting physical sicknesses plaguing the unforgiving.

Medical science teaches that most sicknesses (up to 90 percent) are caused or brought about through psychosomatic emotions (wrong thinking, fears, pressures, hatred).

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