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April 3, 2019 - Jim Bakker Show
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The Secret to Forgiveness - The Jim Bakker Show
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Power Of Forgiveness 00:06:31
Do you know the Bible tells us absolutely we're not going to heaven if we don't forgive?
Bible says you've got to forgive other people your sin.
You thought God just had to forgive sins.
You have to forgive.
Are you listening to me?
We have to forgive each other sins.
It just dawned on me why I couldn't sleep last night.
Because last night after I finished talking to you, after the day was over, you mentioned to me, I want to talk about the power of forgiveness, but I want to talk about if you don't forgive, you're not going to be saved.
And in the middle of the night, I could not go to sleep, and I kept thinking, who do I need to forgive in my life?
And all of a sudden, I went through the whole list of people that I needed to forgive.
I didn't realize that I needed to forgive these people, but when I began to search for my heart, right, that's where you started.
You have to forgive from your heart.
That's right.
And thank you for not letting me.
But why go to hell over getting even?
Exactly.
And the Bible is so clear.
Matthew 6:14.
Do you have your Bibles at home?
Always check on the preachers.
Make sure we're saying the right scripture.
Matthew 6:14, if you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
People say, I can never forgive them.
So what are you doing when you say, I can never forgive them?
It says, verse 15, but if you refuse to forgive others, your father will not forgive your sins.
Is that powerful?
Very.
That's scary.
And that's in America.
We're hating each other in America.
America's got to start love.
The church must show that we love each other.
We have to love our enemies.
People say, oh, I'm not going to do it.
Well, then you're going to hell and it's your own fault.
I remember you always saying to us during the, you know, getting to know Jesus, he said, love covers a multitude of sin.
Love doesn't allow the other person to know that they did something wrong to you.
That's the key to love.
Activating love is the key to understanding true forgiveness from your heart.
We're building a prayer chapel.
What does God say about praying?
Listen to this.
Mark 11:25.
But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins too.
Or also is that powerful?
You have to forgive others so God will forgive you.
Oh, church, we've gotten too ordinary in the church.
I mean, we've gotten too unforgiving.
Well, they did this to me, they did that to me.
You know, in prison, I would write, I call them the epistles from prison because I was writing them every month.
I write a massive letter.
I answered everybody who wrote me in prison.
I figured out how to write letters to everyone, how to write cards, how to.
And I would tell the people they had to forgive.
And people would write me back mad.
Wow.
You never should forgive that person.
What that person did to you is unforgivable.
That's not according to the scriptures.
You know, all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
We're all sinners.
But to get to heaven, we forgive others.
And then our sins will be forgiven.
Amen.
So we got to, in America, we're going to have to, the church must start showing love for all.
Would you say amen?
Amen.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Oh, people, what we give out, we get back.
Oh, I could preach a whole hour on that.
It's powerful.
And I'm asking all of you, let's get the prayer chapel going.
Let's emphasize prayer.
It's so powerful.
But God is saying, I mean, this scripture I just read, you know, if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Do you get this at all, people?
Absolutely.
This is powerful.
And it would change America and change the world if we just love everybody and forgive them.
I mean, I find myself the last couple years getting bitter over what the news, getting bitter over the conflict in the political system.
And it's really bad.
You must not get bitter.
We must forgive.
We've got to pray not just for our president, but all the other leaders.
Amen.
Whether you agree with him or not.
And the Bible says that first of all, remember who taught us that?
Ms. Billy Bram.
First of all, pray for the leaders and the kings.
We can't forget and just pick and choose who we want to.
The Bible says, for whosoever will.
That means who?
Everybody, right?
Love covers everybody.
And yesterday where I was trying to sleep, that scripture came into my heart.
I wanted to get even and write an email back and tell them my emotions and how I felt, and I have the right to feel this way.
So you're ministering to me right now about, you know what, I must forgive that person.
They don't know what they're doing.
Humble yourselves, right?
And I understand, and understanding that the word of God either works or it doesn't work.
You know, I don't know if you get what I'm doing, but I am giving the point this month on how to be saved.
That's right.
How to know you're born again.
What was our last week?
Does anybody remember?
How to be born again?
You must confess with your mouth Jesus Christ.
He said, if you're ashamed of me, I'm going to be ashamed of you.
So we confess with our lips, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Forgiving Bitterness 00:00:44
And if he says, if we confess him before men, he's going to confess us before the angels in heaven.
And so it's very important.
And now today we're talking about forgiving others.
You have to forgive them all.
Everybody that's hurt you.
I've seen people die all gnarled up with disease because they wouldn't forgive.
Wow.
They wanted to be bitter.
They wanted to, they were going to get even.
But it's, you know, just like the Lord spoke to me in prison.
Jesus got even on the cross.
He's not trying to get even with you.
He's not trying to get even with me.
He's got even on the cross.
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