The sermon this morning is forgiveness. It's just simply forgiveness. Let's pray.
Heavenly Father we thank you Lord so much. Lord that you forgave us. Lord I pray
that as a church and as a people here that we would have the right
mindset and the right attitude to be forgiving towards our brothers and
sisters in Christ and those that would seek forgiveness from us Lord. And Lord
just like you forgave us a great debt, some people wrong each other and Lord
they're not forgiving. And I pray Lord that you'd help us Lord to just
understand the scriptures and what they say. And Lord the stern warnings that you
give about someone that would not be forgiving towards another person. And I
pray that you just bless. Help me, fill me with the Holy Spirit as I begin to
preach and give me boldness and power through your spirit. In Jesus name I pray.
Amen. So Matthew 18 a lot of people use the
talk about the verses of how someone wrongs you and you're supposed to go to
that person alone. We read about that and that is the truth. We're supposed to do
that. If someone wrongs you in the church you're supposed to go to that person
privately, not spill it all over into the Facebook world and to all your click
buddies in the church and just tell every single person that you can think
of about how this person wronged you. You know what the Bible says? You're supposed to
go to that person alone. And look if they'll hear you, you've gained your
brother. That's what the Bible says. And so this a lot of this chapter is talking
about forgiveness but it starts out where Jesus is saying about people that
don't get forgiveness. And so we're gonna I'm gonna cover the people that should
be forgiven and the people that shouldn't be forgiven today. The people
that should and the people that shouldn't. But becoming a Christian causes
us to have all of our sins to be forgiven by God. Once you get saved the
Bible teaches very clearly that our sins are washed away by the precious blood of
Christ. We put our faith in Jesus. He forgives us of all of our sins. Not just
and look people when you're out sowing I talked to a guy yesterday and he's like
well we just have to keep repenting of our sins every day. And a lot of people
believe that. A lot of people believe they're saved but they have to repent
of their sins every single day of their life. That's a hard salvation. That's not
a free salvation. That's you doing something to have to maintain your
salvation. The Bible doesn't teach that at all. Now once you become a child of
God you become you know if the Bible says in John 1 12 but as many as
received him to them gave me power to become the sons of God even to them that
believe on his name. So once you believe on Christ you become a son or daughter
of God and you know what God's not gonna kick you out of his family. He promises
to give us eternal life and that life is in his son the Bible says. And so we get
forgiven for all of our sins and look a lot of us here maybe you're not the
worst sinner in the world or you weren't the worst sinner in the world when you
got saved but some of us were. Some of us have lived some pretty rough lives. I
remember what I was like when I was a young kid. I was as bad as it comes. I
mean I was pretty bad. So I'm not gonna get up here and tell you every sin I
committed but I'll tell you what I wouldn't want it played on a jumbo
screen in front of everybody. I wouldn't want everybody to go around talking
about everything that I that I did. You know I wouldn't want and in this age of
social media what you say on the internet lasts forever. I mean people can
dredge that stuff up and pull it up and so that's why I would say be careful
what you say. You know be careful you know back in the days I was talking to
this with Mrs. about this with Mrs. Guessler yesterday that we just had
notes that we would write to people and then you could tear those up and burn
them and they're gone forever. Not anymore that that's not the way it is
anymore. So I would just warn young people to be careful what you're writing
because you know it can get you into a lot of trouble and and you got to be
careful on social media. So that's not what I'm preaching about necessarily
today but I'm talking about forgiveness. So God forgives us of all of our sins.
That's a great great price that Christ paid for us so that we could be saved
and don't take that for granted ever. But what the point I was making about him
being our father is that yeah God's gonna punish us on this earth for the
things that we do but he's also still gonna forgive us of all of our sins. Just
because your dad's mad at you for some reason doesn't mean that you're not
saved okay. So God will punish us on this earth for the things that we commit but
yet we're still gonna make it into heaven. So and becoming a Christian
requires us to be forgiving to others. The Lord said to forget to love our
brothers as ourselves. We're supposed to love our neighbor as ourselves. We're
supposed to love unsafe people. People we don't even know. We're supposed to be
forgiving towards them and look we don't know what all they've done but we go up
to someone's door and they're dressed like a harlot you know forgive that
person. They don't know what they've done. They don't realize that they're
dressed like a harlot. Now us with our ultra spiritual Baptist minds might
judge that person right when we get to the door and yeah we can't help but
judge sometimes. But go like this men and try to show them the what the Bible says
about how to be saved. So we got to be forgiven to people that you know that
are not saved. We also have to be forgiving to our brothers and sisters in
Christ. We're supposed to love the brethren. We're supposed to treat our
brothers and sisters in Christ what the utmost respect to be forgiving to them
like Matthew 18 says to gain your brother if they've offended you to go to
them privately. You know if they won't do that then it should be heard throughout
the whole church. You know well you take two witnesses and try to go to them
again. If the two witnesses can't convince them then it's got to be
brought before the church. You know we've never had to do that here. It's a very
rare thing when that has to happen because really you should be forgiving
and if you wrong somebody in the church you should be willing to make it right.
So but there are some people that we shouldn't forgive and those are the
people that God won't forgive. So look I just want to you know I'm gonna lose
some people here but let me tell you this if God won't forgive them
then why should you? Are you more spiritual than God is? I just don't
understand this mentality well hate the sin love the sinner that's not in the
Bible by the way and also there's some people that God hates. The Bible says
there's a time to love and a time to hate. So people just act like hate is
this worst thing ever but the Bible doesn't teach that. You know where you
got that from Star Wars? You got that from Yoda? You got that from Luke
Skywalker but you know where you didn't get it from? You didn't get it from this
book and so so and look I'm not here to preach hate okay but the Bible does say
there are people that God hates and I'm gonna cover that at the end of the
sermon so I'm gonna give you all the forgiveness and lovey-dovey stuff in
between there but I just want you to know that I just want to be as much as I
can be like the Lord. You know the Lord says for us to follow pick up our cross
and follow him daily and so when we pick up our cross and follow the Lord daily
that means we're supposed to be like he is and so I just will you know let the
Bible teach you what you're supposed to think like. Don't let the world tell you
what you're supposed to think like. Don't let some preacher tell you what you're
supposed to feel like. Look we're supposed to be like Bereans and look
when I say something out of the Bible you should be able to go home and look
at what I said and say yeah that matches what the Bible says. You should be able
to sit here while I'm preaching a sermon and look at what the Bible says and say
yep that's what it says so if God says it we please just believe it. So number
one this morning I want to talk about forgiveness of our brethren. Forgiveness
of our brethren. We're supposed to forgive our brothers and sisters in
Christ when they trespass us against us but here's the thing I don't believe
that if someone doesn't ask you to forgive them or doesn't repent I don't
believe you have to forgive that person and that's the thing I struggled with
for a long time. Can you forgive that person? Absolutely. Jesus said father
forgive them for they know not what they do but think about this did God forgive
every person that was there that was wagging their heads and didn't believe
and hated him? Did he forgive those people? Did God forgive them or did they die and go
to hell? Because the Bible says that you know he blinded their minds. He hardened
their hearts that they could not believe. Could not believe. So there are
people that it's too late for if you blaspheme the Holy Spirit if you mess
with God's Word if you take the mark of the beast guess what you can't be saved
at that point and you know what and if God won't forgive them then neither will
I because you know what who am I to judge God and who he says goes to hell
and who he says doesn't go to hell. That's not my place. Remember last
week when I was preaching out of Job he said you know are you gonna judge what I
have to say? Are you gonna be the judge over your creator? I don't think
so. So we're not to judge God that's not our place and whatever God deems God
flooded the whole world in the days of Noah. Some people you know they get
really upset about that and look if you think of it on your own humanistic terms
then yeah you might get upset about that but you know who is right to do that? God
was right to do that. He judged his creation and he has every right to
because you know what he made us and you know what he does everything in
righteousness he doesn't do anything in wickedness. So we're talking about
forgiveness of our brethren from number one. So look at Matthew 18 21 the Bible
says then came Peter to him and said Lord how off shall my brother sin
against me and I forgive him? This is an important question. How oft how often
shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Tell seven times? And that
and that you know to Peter that makes sense hey seven times okay I've given
him plenty of chances right? But look what Jesus says and Jesus saith unto
him I say not unto thee until seven times but until seventy times seven. So
how many times is that math wizards? 490. So do you think that Jesus means that
that's the actual number that you'll forgive them or do you think he's just
speaking in hyperbole? I think he's speaking in hyperbole. I think he's just
saying you know what as many times as they repent then you'll forgive them.
That's what I think he's meaning. Tell 70 times seven times. Now look what he
says therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain King which would
take account of his servants. Now I believe that this King this is a parable
we're about to read okay and so don't don't get lost here but I believe that
this this person that's talking about is God obviously there's a kingdom so
therefore the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain King which would
take account of his servants and when he begun to reckon one was brought unto him
which owed him 10,000 talents. Now I would say that this is the person that
sinned a lot of times. This is a person that got that was super wicked that got
that God has saved. Okay look what it says but for as much as he had not to
pay his Lord commanded him to be sold and his wife and children and all that
he had and payment to be made. He's like you know what you're gonna pay everything
you owe me. 10,000 talents that's a lot that's a lot of silver or gold or
whatever it was. The servant therefore fell down and
worshiped him saying Lord have patience with me and I will pay thee all. So notice
what he did he fell down he worshiped him and he said Lord have patience with
me and I'll pay thee all and the Lord of that servant was moved with compassion
and loosed him and forgave him the debt. So I I think that this is like showing
us a picture of a person that's very sinful and says God forgive me have
mercy on me he worshiped him he called upon him and asked him to forgive him
and the Lord was moved with compassion the Lord loved that man and it says and
loosed him and forgave him the debt. That's a picture of us being forgiven of
all of our sins right if we have a lot of sins in our lives and God forgives
them. It says but the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants
which I would say is like a brother or sister in Christ right which owed him a
hundred pence. Now what is the hundred pence in comparison to 10,000 talents
well I don't see our money man in here but I don't think a hundred pence is a
lot of money okay I think it's like a hundred pennies right so compared to
10,000 talents that's a lot and so it says and he laid hands on him and took
him by the throat and saying pay me that thou oest and so I would think that this
is basically talking about someone that does like a minor infraction sin against
one of his brothers and sisters in Christ maybe he gave him a rude look or
you know a woman like you know spurned another woman in the church or brought
up you know how they're not doing the same things that they would do in child
rearing or something like that something dumb something that's not really worthy
of having a big old fight about and it says and his fellow servants fell down
at his feet and besought him saying have patience with me and I will pay the all
and he would not but went and cast him into prison till he should pay the debt
so basically this person is like a person that will not forgive another
Christian for the sins that they do even though they asked them so notice that
this person asked them to forgive them and this person would not forgive them
but said you know what you're going to prison that's like someone saying you
know what I'm not friends with them anymore I don't have anything to do with
them anymore and you just say you know what I don't care what you have to say I
don't forgive you and this is a small and fraction compared to the 10,000
talents okay look what it says in verse 30 it says and he would not but went and
cast him into prison until he should pay the debt so when his fellow servants saw
what was done they were very sorry and came and told their Lord all that was
done then the Lord after that he called him said unto him oh thou wicked servant
I forgave thee all that debt because thou desirous me shouldest not thou have
had compassion on thy fellow servant even as I had pity on thee what's he's
saying I forgave you of all your sins I forgave you of everything that you owed
me and then you're gonna go to your brother in Christ and your brother and
you're gonna grab him by the throat and say pay me all that thou owest and then
you're not gonna be forgiving to that person after I forgave you all that debt
and he said and his Lord was Roth what does that mean he's you know what Roth
means is a it's it's a form of wrath when someone's Roth with you they're
very upset they're angry and God and look God when he when he sees Christians
doing this kind of activity or they're just like they got forgiven for the
worst things that you can think about they were fornicators there were
drunkards there were druggies there were whatever else blasphemers and then to be
forgiven of all this stuff and then to be like that with one of their brothers
and sisters in Christ is asking for forgiveness that repents to them and you
know what it says you know what makes God angry it makes him Roth and says and
delivered him to the tormentors till he we should pay all that was due unto him
so likewise likewise shall my Heavenly Father do also unto you if you from your
hearts forgive not everyone his brother their trespasses so what is it saying
it's not saying you lose your salvation that's not what this is talking about
this is talking about that God is not gonna forgive you for the things you do
on this earth and he's gonna punish you like you wanted to punish that other
person and look that is not a good place to be sitting in your Christianity it's
not and so I think that this is very strong language saying hey if someone
asks you to ask for forgiveness you know and look not everything that someone
does is a personal affront to you it's not it's not something that's some sins
that people commit are none of your business some things that people do are
none of your business and you should let that be taken care of in the home and so
let's look at Matthew or yeah Matthew chapter 6 verse 14 now look I I'm just
scratching the surface in this sermon this morning but I just want to show you
what God expects from us when it comes to the subject of forgiveness Matthew 6
verse 14 the Bible says for if you forgive men their trespasses your
Heavenly Father will also forgive you but if you forgive not men their
trespasses neither will your father forgive your trespasses I think that's
pretty simple I think it's pretty easy to understand isn't it that if you're
not willing to forgive someone when they do something to you now I'm not
saying that if somebody just keeps wronging you and wronging you and they
never care they're just unrepentant about it I don't think that you have to
forgive that person why would you have to here's the thing if God won't for
look God doesn't expect you to do what he's not willing to do do you think if
someone who's unrepentant did do you think okay Jesus died for the sins of
everybody right all means all he died for the sins of all the whole world
right but do you does God have to forgive that person if they never asked
for salvation from him no what is the requirement for salvation that you
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ that's clear as day in the Bible but does God
for who's going to hell then who's going to hell then all the people that would
not ask for salvation all the people that would not believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ so guess what their sins are not forgiven because they never asked for it
to be forgiven and likewise a Christian who is just being continually wronged by
someone doesn't have to forgive that person either why would you have to do
you think God again does God expect us to do things that he's not willing to do
himself so I've heard this teaching in Christian churches where they're like
you just have to forgive everybody for everything they do that's not true
that's not what the Bible teaches that is ridiculous because then you're
putting yourself above God in the way that you your judgment is better than
his you're you know you don't have to forgive everybody for everything they do
now again you can it's an option but why would you do that when they're not being
repentant towards you how what lesson is that teaching them oh you can just go
ahead and do whatever you want and you're never gonna have to have any
repercussions for that if you're saved and you live like the devil if you're
saved and you do whatever you want and you're not repentant towards God for the
things that you do God is going to punish you on this earth and when you go
back to God and you say God I'm sorry I screwed up 1st John 1 9 but if we
confess our sins he's faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness right so God is willing to forgive us for the things
that we do and obviously again you're forgiven for everything you've done but
in the here and now God is going to punish us in the flesh for the things
that we do but if you're never repentant towards God in the sins you commit as a
Christian and you just have a bad relationship with your Heavenly Father
then he's gonna punish you you're not gonna have a good relationship and so
but does God have to just you know not punish you for the things you do but
when you don't ask absolutely not and you know what God's gonna punish you
anyway sometimes for the sins you commit he just might have more mercy than you
know he'll have more mercy in other in some cases when you're more repentant
when you judge yourself then he's willing to you know maybe lessen the
charges against you if so to speak but we reap what we sow people you know and
if you reap to the wind you're gonna get the whirlwind so turn to Luke chapter 7
17 verse 3 Luke chapter 17 verse number 3 Matthew mark Luke chapter 17 I think
this is clear-cut as day right here look at Luke 17 3 it says take heed that means
pay attention this is a time for you to pay attention right now take heed pay
attention what he's saying right here take heed to yourselves if I brother
trespass against thee rebuke him and if he repent forgive him that's pretty
simple isn't it I mean is that a queer scripture forgive him and if he
trespasses against these seven times in a day and seven times in a day turn
again to the saying I repent thou shalt forgive him is that a commandment when
the Bible says thou shalt is that a commandment thou shalt forgive him it's
not an optional thing people when someone sins against you you're supposed
to forgive them that's what the Bible says does God forgive you when you ask
for forgiveness from him yes he wipes the slate clean and he and he moves on
but see unfortunately Christians don't do that all the time they'll say they
forgive someone but they really don't they hold it against it in their hearts
you know and that's not right but what if they what if they do this pastor what
if they do that pastor well it doesn't matter the Bible says thou shalt forgive
them doesn't it thou shalt forgive them so it doesn't matter who it is because
God's not a respecter of persons and we've been going over that in the book
of Romans look God doesn't respect I'm he's not respect our persons I'm the
same as you guys anybody's the same everybody's the same we're all one in
Christ Jesus Jews Gentiles men and women we're all one in Christ Jesus we're all
an equal playing field here Romans chapter 2 verse 11 says for there's no
respect of persons with God no respect of persons if you're doing right he's
gonna he's gonna you know reward you for that but if you're doing wrong doesn't
matter who you are you're still gonna get punished just like anybody else okay
so this applies to all men women and children in this building this applies
to all men women and children in this church this report applies to all the
people in the whole world and let me ask you this do you remember when you were
younger and you committed some horrible sin that you felt like your whole life
was over after that have you ever gotten to that point where you committed some
kind of sin you thought it's over now I'm done I can't come back from this
that's again not true so and young people more than other people have you
ever heard of cyberbullying before people literally do commit suicide over
cyberbullying and you know it's it's a horrible thing but why is that so why
is it always teenagers that that happens to because teenagers think when
something terrible happens in their life that they're never gonna come back from
it and they don't realize that they have their whole life ahead of them and that
thing will pass also just like every other thing does and yeah as adults do
you have you committed some horrible sin that you felt like you couldn't come
back from I know everybody in this room probably has had some sort of moment in
their life where they felt like their life was ruined as a Christian or their
life was ruined as a parent or their life was ruined for as a grandparent or
whatever you've everybody in this room has felt that way at some point in time
and we need to consider sometimes more we're dealing with the sins of young
people that even you know even that even this this thought process shows that
foolishness is bound in the heart of a child of a child can think foolishly and
say you know what I'm done I can't I'm just gonna kill myself because I can't
handle what's going on I can't handle the bullying I can't handle this or that
but that's foolishness and so children are different than adults in the way
that they can handle things and the way things go but you know adults get to
that situation too and just know this we we still and people that have had this
situation happen in their life where they felt like everything is done it's
over for me but now you're still here and you've gotten past that and you
still realize that now that you had your whole lives ahead of you and you don't
have to feel like everything's over because of one thing that you've done
that's wrong so and you know even pastors kids you know sometimes people
look at pastors kids and act like they should have no sin in their life is that
what you think is that do you think that no pastors kids sin is that the
qualification for me being the pastor here is that none of my kids never sin
the Bible says let's turn to first Timothy chapter 3 let's see what the
Bible says first Timothy chapter 3 verse 4 because look as a pastor you do have
qualifications that you have to meet and there's qualifications that I have to
keep meeting to continue to be the pastor of this church who it says the
first Timothy chapter 3 verse 4 says one that ruleth well his own house having
his children in subjection with all gravity that's one of my qualifications
I'm supposed to have my children in subjection with all gravity did that
verse say having sinless children white as snow that what it says that might it
might say that in the Book of Mormon but doesn't say that in this in this book
having his children in subjection that doesn't mean sinless people so again my
qualification as a pastor isn't that my children are sinless and also my
household is not a public spectacle for everybody to look into now obviously I
should show that my children are in subjection my children continue to go to
church but do I have to report to everybody in the church every time I
spank my child wouldn't that be weird you know what that is that's called a
cult that would be a cult type mentality if I you know look and I counseled
people in church and I know things that people in our church have done and I
know things that your children have done have I ever once got up from this pulpit
and said anything about your kids from the pulpit besides vague I've vague vague
booked just things that that are bad for kids to do but I've never just said
you know what Sean Harrington's kids I can't believe that they did this they
left a big mess down I've never done that before so why would you expect that
you should do that to me I'm not saying anybody is doing that to me I'm just
saying that people get this weird idea that everything that happens in my house
has to be reported to everybody in the church has to know about that can I
spank my kids and you don't have to know about that do I do I bring your guess
what brother Justin spanked his kids more than anybody else this week I
guarantee it come up here and face the music brother Justin you all need to
repent don't need to get on your hands and knees right here and bow before me
and tell me you're sorry and tell you the church you're sorry that's
ridiculous so look at verse 5 it says for if a man know not how to rule his
own house how then shall he take care of the church of God so hey guess what my
kids sin sometimes guess what the pastor sins sometimes guess what the pastor's
wife sin sometimes you know guess what everybody in this room sins sometimes
but look just because my kids sin doesn't mean that it's your personal
business to get into mine unless something I do or they do disqualifies
me from being the pastor then it's none of your business and guess what I'm you
know if you tell me your business I'm not gonna go around and tell everybody
else in the church what you told me did you know that it's against the law for
me to do that did you know that if you come and tell me and counsel something
that I'm not to go and tell the rest of the church about what you did so guess
what you can come to me in confidence and know that I'm not gonna spread your
dirty laundry around the church you know sometimes people need counsel sometimes
people go through hard times but you know what about the pastor he's just you
know that doesn't count for you that doesn't count when your kids are
repentant that doesn't you know so if you have an issue and your kids you know
are repentant or whatever then that's oh that's the end of it I know lots of
dirty secrets in this church I know lots of things that have happened in this
church I know lots of things your kids have done I know lots of things you've
done but guess what that doesn't mean I need to go spread that around to other
people I want to help you I don't want to hurt you I want to help the people in
this church and guess what you should have every confidence to come to your
pastor and say pastor I'm having this problem in my life would you help me
would you give me some counsel absolutely and you should know that I'm
not gonna go and run around and tell everybody else about what you're doing
I'm not gonna run around tell everybody else what your kids are doing that's
wicked that you should be able to trust your pastor so what does subject mean
I'm supposed to have my children in subjection well what does that mean
subject needs to bring a person or country under one's control or
jurisdiction typically by using force so guess what it's gonna happen if one of
my one of my children well obviously three of my children are out of the
house but what's gonna happen if my son does something wrong he's gonna get
forced into subjection I'm gonna use force that's called the you know the
paddle that's called you know whatever else rules I want to stipulate on him
and guess what if he's not willing to fall under that subjection then he's not
under subjection my son is 18 years old and if he decided to walk out of my
house tomorrow he could do that couldn't he isn't it the rules that you can move
out of your house when you're 18 the law considers you an adult yeah but so would
you say if Josh if I whip Josh for something when he's 18 years old do you
think that if he stays in my house he's under subjection do you think that if he
goes under every rule and every stipulation that I make him go under
that he's under subjection yeah I mean so I just don't understand where people
get this idea that if your kids aren't sinless look it seems like every kid's
able to screw up except for a pastor's kid it's not true oh the pastor's kids
they did this they did that well you know what don't you shouldn't God's not
a respecter of persons and you shouldn't hold the pastor's kid to some kind of
weird godlike status where they're never allowed to sin and never allowed to own
up to what they did that's weird that's cult-like mentality and I don't want
that for my church I don't want I don't want you guys to think that I'm gonna
come at you for every single thing that you come to me about and spread that
around the church I wouldn't do that to you so I don't think I don't you know I
just I feel like sometimes people want to know more than they should I feel
like people need they want to dig deep because you know what ultimately the
would people love more than anything for this church to go down what would people
love more than anything for churches like this church to go down and you know
the devil's behind that the devil's in the details he wants to know you know he
wants to destroy this church and so I would just say this that if I have my
kids and subjection my kids are turning out right you know forgive them if they
sin for some in some way shape or form if they're repentant now if Josh was
like Eli's boys where he's you know lying you know fornicating with every
girl that comes into the church and threatening people and stealing the
offering money and taking the biggest chunk of steak and saying he's gonna
choke you to death if you if you if you try to take that piece of steak away
from him or something like that that's something that's not so that would be
not being subject you know what the problem with Eli was that he never
corrected his kids and never stopped them from doing what they were doing not
talking about this Eli what a different Eli talking about Eli in the Bible so
that was the so if a pastor doesn't correct their kids then yeah they're not
in subjection and if the kids don't you know obviously there'd be something
wrong so if my kids just you know he just wanted to live like the devil and
go and do all this you know wicked stuff and I never stopped him then he wouldn't
be in subjection you know what I would step down let me tell you something if I
fail the qualifications of a pastor of this church I'm not gonna try to hide
that from you I'm gonna tell you that I did it and I'm gonna step down that's
what I would do because look I have no desire to be like I never I people ask
me to become the pastor it's not like I was just like yeah I'm gonna be the next
pastor in the new IFP yeah it's not how it worked out people you know what it's
true I was asked and I was like all right well you know I'll do that you
know I knew that there was someone I needed to stand in the gap and so that's
what I did so but I'm not here to just make some kind of Kingdom for myself and
for my children that's I mean I know the pastors do that but this pastor is
not that way so if a pastor's kids sins that does not disqualify the pastor if a
pastor's kids you know if one of my kids sin that does not disqualify me because
every kid in this room sins and so should I kick you out of the church
because your kids sin that's ridiculous so and everything that happens in my
home is not subject to your knowledge to your knowledge and you know what
everything happens in well everything that happens in your home it's not
subject to my knowledge I don't have video cameras in your homes I don't have
loudspeakers that tell you hey you haven't been to church in three weeks
you better come to church that's cult-like mentality and we're not like
that here you know people accuse us of being a cult but guess what we're not a
cult cults don't throw people out they try to keep everybody in cults like that
what is that one of the Tom Cruise's in or Scientology they like trap you they
they like have people spying on you the Jehovah's Witnesses do the same thing
those are Colts those are Colts they're like trying to run your life I was the
last time I've come to any of your guys's houses and tried to run your life
you know what I can't believe you got the Little Mermaid in your house
Alejandra get rid of this garbage right now I'm the ruler of this house I'm the
pastor I don't do that if I do come in your house I'm not gonna go brother that
idolatrous statue you have in there it needs to go I mean if it was a Buddha
like I probably would say something feels like somebody in a load with a
lotus you know or whatever yeah I would probably say something but hopefully you
hide those in the closet before I come over but look when you confide in me
with your issues I don't bring those to the public I don't bring those you know
can't a family deal with their own problems in-house I I don't I don't come
and say guess you know what I know what your kid did and if you don't do A B C D
and E then you're out of the church you can take care of your kids problems
however you want if you ask me for my opinion I'll give it to you but you know
what when I when I give God's opinion from the pulpit that's different when
I'm preaching what the Bible says that's not me trying to control your life that's
God trying to tell you how you should live your life as a Christian and I'm
just a mouthpiece for God in the way where I'm just preaching what the Bible
says okay so hopefully you guys understand that and you know if I look
if I got up and said every sin that everybody does in this church there
would be nobody here you'd be embarrassed wouldn't you and look I
want you to be able to come I want you to come to me with your problems if you
need if you have something don't some people like well I know how busy you are
pastor you know I'm not so busy though that I'm not I can't help you I can help
you I'm there for you if you guys need me and you can rest assured that I'm not
gonna go and spread everything about your family and everything about your
children to the internet for everybody else to see in public not be wicked so
not forgiving a brother or sister in Christ that repents can have serious
damage to them spiritually and to those that don't forgive also so it can damage
the person that won't be forgiven or that that isn't being forgiven and it
can damage the person that isn't being forgiven so it's a double-edged sword
let's look at 2nd Corinthians chapter 2 verse 5 now in 1st Corinthians Paul
wrote about a man that need to be kicked out of the church because he was
fornicating with his father's wife so wicked sin you know what people they
didn't want to judge that guy they they didn't want to throw him out of the
church and Paul said you know what you're puffed up you need to kick this
guy out and the guy's a wicked person kick him out so they kicked him out and
in 2nd Corinthians chapter 2 Paul is saying hey now it's time to bring this
guy back look at verse 5 because why because he repented look everybody that
gets kicked out of our church is not a reprobate sometimes people get kicked
out because they're committing one of the things in in the Bible that says
that you should be kicked out for causing division in the church mark them
which caused division and avoid them that's what we're supposed to do so
people are causing division and trying to you know if someone came into our
church and said you know what salvation's by repenting of all your sins
pastors wrong guess what I'm gonna do I'm gonna throw that maggot out of this
church and tell him to go find another church to corrupt because why because
he's causing division what does everybody in this room believe hopefully
everybody in this room believes that salvation is by faith alone and that
it's eternal security so if someone comes in here preaching some other weird
stuff they're out the door so and it'd be the same thing with with anything
like that look what Paul says here though in 2nd Corinthians chapter 2 it
says but if any have caused grief he hath not grieved me but in part that I
may not overcharge you all sufficient to such a man is this punishment which was
inflicted of many so everybody kicked this guy out of the church they shunned
him and when he got his life right what's Paul saying sufficient to the
such a man is this punishment so if the person does the time you know they do
the crime they do the time they get the punishment that they get and then they
get it right then we're supposed to allow that person to come back we're
supposed to let that person live it down look at verse 7 it says so that
you ought rather to forgive him and what comfort him lest perhaps such a one be
swallowed up with overmuch sorrow so here's what we don't want to do when
someone repents when someone does everything to get it right and they come
back we want to make sure that we're forgiving them and comforting them
member Job's friends wouldn't comfort him when all this stuff was going on but
then in the end when God gave him back everything then people came to him and
comforted him didn't they so as friends as brothers and sisters of Christ our
goal if we if someone does get thrown out of the church or someone leaves the
church for some reason you know our goal is if they would repent they can come
back okay I'm not and I don't want to throw people out but sometimes people do
have to be thrown out but it says less someone less such a one be swallowed up
with overmuch sorrow so when you don't forgive someone that's committed some
sin if you are not willing to forgive them that person could be swallowed up
with overmuch sorrow and guess what happens when someone has overmuch
sorrow it can ruin their life they could commit suicide they could do all kinds
of things they could just go off into worse and deeper sin when they're not
being forgiven correctly like the Bible says says wherefore I beseech you that
you would confirm your love toward him tell that person hey we love you we're
glad to have you back so and that's that's what I want for this church is
that we would be people that would be forgiving and that we would you know our
goal is not to to throw every person out for doing something wrong our goal is to
help people to live the Christian life and to be a great soul winner and to
serve the Lord with all their might with all their soul and all their heart so
look at verse 9 says for to this end that excuse me for to this end also did
I write that I might know the proof of you whether you be obedient in all
things so what's Paul saying he's so the first time he told him kick that person
out they obeyed him and then when they he asked him to forgive them he wanted
to know whether they'd be obedient in all things hey now that you've kicked
him out are you willing to bring him back in it says to whom he forgive
anything I forgave also for if I forgave anything to whom I forgave it for your
sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ lest Satan should get an
advantage of us so what's gonna happen when you're not forgiving what's gonna
happen when you don't do what God says he says if you repent thou shalt forgive
him and if you don't do that then guess what you're breaking God's commandment
and then he's gonna come down on you he's not gonna forgive you for your
trespasses so the little pet sins that you have in your life too that you're as
you're sitting there just trying to put someone on the cross for what they've
done and then you have your own sins that you need to deal with and then
you're not gonna be forgiving to that person when they ask for forgiveness
when they repent when they do the right thing that's wicked and look you're I
think in some ways you're even more wicked than that other person is because
look that's what God look God forgives us of everything and how are you gonna
be unforgiving when you've been forgiven for everything it's weird it's a weird
mentality says for I forget okay let's see let's say you can get advantage of
us for we're not ignorant of his devices what are his devices well first of all
his devices are don't kick anybody out that's what most churches are like
nowadays right that which is wrong also but then you know what are his other
devices well if you kick someone out and then you refuse to bring that person
back in or if someone sins against you you refuse to forgive that person of
that sin or if that person sins a great sin in front of the whole church and
they're rebuked for it and they're kicked out that you don't forgive them
when they come back that's what it that's what it's talking about and so
Satan will get an advantage of us remember I preached on Thursday about
how we have a great advantage because we're in this church and we have the
Bible we have God's commandments we have preaching and all that stuff well we
don't want Satan to get the advantage on us because he's going around like a war
and lion seeking whom he may devour he wants to devour every single family in
this church he wants to devour your pastor he wants to devour the pastor's
wife he wants to devour the pastor's kids he wants us to fall he wants this
you know when when God said he was gonna take the candlestick away from Ephesus
you know that part in the Bible and in Revelation where it says that why was he
gonna do that because they lost their first love how did he say to get your
first love back to do the first works right and so is there a church in
Ephesus right now it's a Bible believing thundering the Greek the old the the TR
in front of everybody what do you know where that church is in Ephesus you know
why it's not there because they've failed to do what God said and so if we
fail to do what God said you know what Satan's gonna get the advantage over
this church and he's going to be allowed to cause destruction in it what devices
would he get well what devices would he use causing division oh you shouldn't
forgive that person they did this this and that wrong if they're repentant do
you think if someone writes a letter telling you they're sorry and takes
every punishment that they were they were given without do not without any
any if ands or buts do you think that person would be repentant I think they
would I think if anybody comes and says I'm very sorry you know obviously are we
supposed to sit back and judge how sorry they are if they don't come to us crying
then they're not really repentant not weird we don't we don't expect people
like what we joke around and say well that person cried at the door when they
got saved so we know they got really saved right but not everybody cries
about stuff so does that mean that they weren't really repentant no it doesn't
so we don't want Satan to get advantage of us we need to forgive people when
they sin and when they're repentant of that sin so we need to allow people to
live things down that's ultimately what I'm trying to say here someone can
commit a big sin someone can say something stupid to you in church someone
can can you know you can fight on Facebook about something and you know if
someone says you know I'm sorry I was a little out of control or whatever
whatever the thing is we should allow people to live it down now if you're a
modalist heretic unsaved devil that's a different story okay and I'm gonna get
to that in a minute but let's turn over to a Galatians chapter 6 verse 1
Galatians chapter 6 verse 1 I think brother Shawn preached out of this last
week I look once a person's repented once a person's been punished we need to
restore them lest they become over us swallowed over much grief over much
grief excuse me look at Galatians chapter 6 1 it says brethren if a man be
overtaken in a fault you which are spiritual restore such a one in the
spirit of meekness considering thyself lest thou also be tempted now I actually
believe that this is talking about someone that is in the fault now I think
we're supposed to shun people that are thrown out of the church so that they
will get their heart right and come back but if someone if you want to help
someone to get them back into church or you want to help someone that's having a
problem I don't think there's anything wrong with that but it does say
considering thyself lest thou also be tempted if this sin is some kind of sin
that you could that you're easily able to fall into don't you know if it's
drinking don't go to the bar and try to comfort them and get them back into
church okay that's not the place for you to go and do that anyway but I think the
Bible says in verse 2 bury you one another burdens and so fulfill the law
of Christ for if a man think of himself to be something when he's nothing he
deceiveth himself so we got to understand that you know we are supposed
to be those are spiritual should be willing to restore someone in the spirit
of meekness but be careful not to get wrapped up into that sin that they're
committing so turn to Ephesians chapter 4 verse 30 Ephesians chapter 4 verse 30
it says in verse 30 and grieve not the Holy Spirit whereby you're sealed unto
the day of redemption let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and evil
speaking be put away from you with all malice and be kind one to another
tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christ's sake hath
forgiven you so you see that he wants us to be forgiving to other Christians why
because even God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you how are you gonna sit there
and not be forgiven when you've been forgiven for everything to me that that
tells a lot about someone's character and look people have fights with people
in church and people get upset with each other at church and there's certain
people that maybe you don't get along with as good as you do with others and
look I'm not trying to say you have to be friends with every single person in
here but you should love them you know you should still be able to be nice to
that person maybe that's not your favorite person to hang around but you
can still say hello and be kind and tender-hearted to that person if they're
sick if they sin you're willing to forgive them doesn't mean you have to be
best friends but you should be kind to them you should be tender-hearted and
willing to forgive like Christ forgave you turn to 2nd Chronicles chapter 7
verse 14 2nd Chronicles chapter 7 verse 14 I'm drawing nigh to the end here
second cross Chronicles chapter 7 verse 14
Bible says if my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and
pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then I will hear from
heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land so God what what does he
expect us to be like well he expects us as his people to be humble and pray and
seek for his face and turn from their wicked ways and then it says he will
forgive their sin so a repentant sinner God is willing to forgive all right and
we should be willing to do the same thing Psalm chapter 80 go ahead turn to
Jeremiah chapter 31 verse 34 I'm gonna read Psalm chapter 86 verse 5 for you
Psalm chapter 86 verse 5 says for thou Lord are good and ready to forgive and
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee see God's plenteous in
mercy wouldn't the God that everybody in this church would be plenteous in mercy
also towards other people just like God has been for us you're in Jeremiah
chapter 31 look at verse 34 it says and they shall teach no more every man his
neighbor and every man his brothers saying know the Lord and they shall all
know me for they shall all know me from the least of them unto the greatest of
them saith the Lord and I will forgive their iniquity and I'll remember their
sin no more and see so God he he forgets our and he forgives our iniquity and he
remembers it no more it's as far away as the East is from the West with God so
you know what as Christians we should be the same way we shouldn't just keep
holding things over people's heads all the time if someone asks you to forgive
them forgive them and quit holding it over them and talking about it to other
people that's not right and so we should if you want to be like the Lord then do
like what the Lord does that make sense turn to Ephesians chapter 2 this the
last verse so I'll have you turn to Ephesians chapter 2 and verse number 4
actually I forgot I did have another point but I still won't have you turned
any more verses but look at Ephesians chapter 2 verse 4 says but God who's
rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us even when we were
dead in sins hath quickened us together with Christ by grace you are saved and
hath raised us up together guess what Christ is gonna raise us up together it
says and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus guess
what we're all gonna be sitting together in heaven too the person you can't stand
it's still gonna be sitting together with you in heaven so you might as well
learn to get along with people right now and be forgiving to people right now
because in heaven you're gonna be sitting with them anyway and maybe God's
just gonna make you sit next to that person that you wouldn't forgive so it
says that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace
and his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus because that's really what
it's all about you know living this Christian life together loving our
brothers and sisters in Christ keeping God's command loving the Lord our God
with all of our heart with all of our mind with all of our soul with all our
strength and loving our neighbor as ourselves this is your neighbor include
your Christian neighbor that you're sitting next to right now absolutely so
the Lord gives us the ultimate forgiveness which is this all of our
sins forgiven and you know but there's people that shouldn't be forgiven now
this is the part where I'm gonna lose some people that's okay look I believe
in being forgiving to everybody but there are certain people that I'd
wouldn't forgive you know this and who are those people those that hate the
Lord because those they hate the Lord or you know God doesn't love them and so
and those that will not ask for forgiveness we don't have to forgive
those people either so here's a scenario I was given to you real quick I know I'm
out of time here here's a scenario a homo serial killer murders your entire
family desecrates their bodies are you supposed to forgive this person that
person you know how many times I've seen people in court these monsters these
serial killers get up and they go well forgive me not a tear comes from their
eyes you know why because they don't care that's just a fake show but you
know how many times I've seen people get up that are Christians and go I just
want to let you know Jeffrey Dahmer I forgive you okay why why do you forgive
them how about the Green River killer I saw someone get up and say that they
forgave him and the post trial now look it's your prerogative if you want to
forgive people or not well understand this that that person's not going to
heaven God's not forgiving them so why aren't you forgiving them well I mean if
that just helps ease your mind you don't want to hold the hate in your heart or
whatever you know if someone killed my family I would hate them I'd do
everything I could to get them the death penalty so in that scenario I don't
think that we are commanded to forgive people the Bible says put away from
yourself that wicked person the Bible says that people some people should get
the death penalty is that is that true that some people should get the death
penalty and most Christians won't won't say well I don't think they'll say I
believe that I believe in the death penalty for murderers I agree with you
but they won't take it any further than that but the Bible gives the death
penalty for adultery the Bible gives the death penalty for homosexuality the
Bible gives the death penalty for murder the Bible gives the death penalty for
kidnapping the Bible gives the death penalty for rape and so look if you
what's one of those do you disagree with none of them do you do if someone rapes
another person don't you think they should be put to death absolutely but
our country doesn't believe that our government doesn't believe that they
should put innocent children in the womb to death but they don't believe that you
should do you should put someone to death that harms another child they're
talking about us all wearing masks right now if you cared about people you'd wear
masks and these same people that are saying that Jay Inslee the wicked
governor that we have right now these same people are saying that vote for the
most atrocious abortion rules in existence partial birth abortions I bet
you if it came up to a vote if it wouldn't freak people out too bad they
would vote for people to be killed children to be killed outside the womb
and I know there's people that are that extreme and all these Hollywood weird
actors that are standing you know they stand up with their masks on and saying
how you don't care about people if you don't wear one but the same person is
saying I'm glad I had an abortion you know what I don't care I'm not gonna
forgive those people because you know obviously I could forgive someone for an
abortion I'm not saying that I'm just saying for the people that got that hate
God Jehoshaphat made a league with a with Ahab and he'll let his sons and
daughters their their families intermingle and get married and he was
caught by a prophet in Second Chronicles chapter 19 and it was Jehu the prophet
and said that it was the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said
to King Jehoshaphat shouldest thou help the ungodly and love them that hate the
Lord it's a good question should we love the ungodly and those that hate the
Lord see there's a difference between someone that's just a sinner and someone
that hates the Lord should we love those that hate the Lord it says therefore
wrath is a wrath upon thee from the Lord doesn't sound like God's happy with them
for loving for loving that person that hates God no so and David in Psalm 58
says break their teeth out Oh God in their mouth break out the teeth of the
young lions Oh Lord let them melt away as waters which run continually when he
bended his bow to shoot his arrows let him be cut in pieces as a snail which
melteth every one let every one of them pass away like the untimely birth of a
woman that they may not see the Sun and in verse 10 it says the righteous shall
rejoice when they see the vengeance they shall wash their feet in the blood
of the wicked to be able to most time the church churches don't preach these
kind of verses because it's super offensive to people but you know God's
people should never be offended Bible says great peace have they that love thy
law and nothing shall offend them if you love God's Word these these verses should
be just as good to you as any other verse he shall wash his feet in the blood
of the wicked the Bible there the Bible teaches there's some people that God
hates and those are people that hate him and reject him and so I would say this
we don't have to forgive them that's not somebody we have to forgive think about
Judas Jesus said about Judas he said better if he had never been born I mean
does that sound like Jesus is ready to forgive him how about when Jesus says
whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me they
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he
were drowned in the depth of the sea does it sound like Jesus is saying that
guy has forgiveness no he's saying it would be better for him for that to
happen to him than for what I'm going to do to him and so look I know that this
isn't a popular teaching but the Bible does say that there's people that are
given over to a reprobate mind and those people people are like oh I forgive them
anyway okay so you're just better than God then that's what basically what
they're saying they're more loving than God they're more forgiving than God
these queers can get saved these homeless can get saved the Bible says
they're implacable that means they're unable to be placated that means that no
matter what you do there it's never gonna be enough for them they're always
gonna want more and what do you see happening once we let them all get
married now they want all this other they want to adopt children then they
want to do this and they want to do that and they want to get into every
workplace they want to change all the work laws and so that you have to sit
there and look at some clown wearing makeup that's a dude while you get
served your food that's disgusting when Dylan was in Idaho he said that there
was one of those people like that and he left a review on the restaurant's
website and they said we're so sorry you had to deal with that Idaho might be the
promised land I don't know so he was thinking they were just gonna say well
don't come back then you LGBT hating weirdo but they were actually
apologized to him for it do you think that if you ate in a restaurant in
Portland and you sent a thing like that they would apologize they probably have
you on the news the Bible says that they're back biters that they're haters
of God these reprobate people they're haters of God so why would you love
someone that God hates that makes no sense why would you forgive someone for
doing some atrocious crimes that God hates it doesn't make sense it doesn't
make sense at all so we got to keep things in perspective we got to
understand that we got to forgive the unsaved we got to forgive brothers in
Christ that are saved that ask for that are repentant the Bible commands it but
there's people that you know and that and and we got to remember that God
forgive us of all of our sins and so when we start getting ultra spiritual
and high-minded remember the Bible says to take heed lest you fall if you're
looking down at everybody and you're on this spiritual plateau you're the most
spiritual person in this church and nobody's better than you nobody's kids
are more subjection than you and I should be the pastor of this church
guess what take heed lest you fall because the fall is gonna be great so
anyway and then the last thing is that the people we shouldn't forget are people
that are wicked reprobate God hating people and we all know who those people
are you know but look not everybody's a reprobate there's certain people you can
tell that are though and they're the people with purple paint on their face
and a dude wearing a dress and all that kind of stuff that's who we know for
sure is so anyway let's pray Heavenly Father we thank you Lord for this
wonderful day we pray that you bless and Lord help us to have hearts that are
bent towards forgiveness for our brothers and sisters in Christ and
remember that you forgave all and Lord that we should be following in your
footsteps and being like you and that Lord we should have an attitude and a
willingness for people that repent to get their hearts right and let them
live it down and Lord not act like it's the end of their Christianity Lord I
pray that you'd help us to have that heart here at this church help us as we
go so wanting today and to get somebody saved and I pray that you'd bless the
Lord's Supper as we partake together tonight in Jesus name we pray amen