Forgive offenders & guard yourselves against greed

00:00 Praise Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Brothers and sisters, today the power of Christ Daily 8th March 2016. Forgive offenders and guard yourselves against greed. Forgive offenders and guard yourselves against greed.

00:02 Brothers and sisters, the power of Christ it is not. We pray so that our hearts and minds will know that the power of Christ is in us. It’s not our prayer that solves the thing.

00:26 It’s actually Jesus Christ solves the issues through the Holy Spirit, through the Spirit of God. It is not. We are solving the issue.

00:35 I am not solving the issue for myself. I pray so that my heart and mind will know the promises of Christ. The power of Christ will begin to manifest.

00:45 The heart and mind will know that they are corrected. They cannot do certain things. They are being rebuked.

00:50 We have to do all that our flesh is commanded to stand down, not to crave for things that are not of God and all that we have. Prayer is to manifest in ourselves the knowledge that these things already exist. Jesus Christ suffered so tremendously to
give me the power.

01:08 Now I must use the power. When you use the power of Christ, it is Jesus through the Holy Spirit who does for us now. It has already been done.

01:18 Everything has been done. It was finished on the cross 2,000 years ago. And it’s sitting down there.

01:24 So it’s our belief. We pray because our belief in Christ and the faith of Christ, our faith increases in the faith of Christ and as the faith increases, it will all flow through. So it is not that we pray and pray and then Jesus Christ suddenly gets
up and then does something.

01:45 No, it’s all done. It’s all finished and it’s all sitting down there. We are receiving it because of faith, because of our faith in Christ.

01:54 So it’s not how much a prayer it is belief according to your belief will be done unto you without doubting. Your belief without doubting will be done unto you. We pray to make sure the doubt all goes off, especially in our heart and mind, to be
renewed in the spirit of mind.

02:11 We pray so that our heart and mind will align themselves with the word of God and then they begin to believe and the things will begin to happen for us. Sometimes we say prayer so powerful. No, no, no, no, no, no.

02:25 Prayer powerful. It’s all done. Your prayer is actually to remind our heart and mind and to educate the heart and mind, the knowledge of Christ so that now our faith will increase and our faith in Christ will increase and the faith of in Christ, the
faith of Christ does it for us, is already done.

02:45 This principle you must begin to understand Otherwise people will just pray and pray and pray. Repetitive prayer and all. Repetitive prayer doesn’t work.

02:53 A prayer with understanding, heartfelt prayer with understanding. Knowing your God, knowing the husband of your soul, that is what works. Because your belief will increase, your faith will increase.

03:07 Brothers and sisters, today forgive offenders and guard yourselves against greed. It’s the 8th of March 2016. We will read from Matthew 18:15.

03:18 Matthew 18:15. If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private. If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private.

03:28 If he listens and pays attention to you, you have warned back your brother. So if a brother sins against you, against you, even sins, if any sin, you find your brother. Now, first of all, before you go and do this, take the log out of your own eye
before you go and look at the speck in your brother’s eye.

03:46 That’s a command. So we have to check ourselves, examine ourselves. Is there anything in us now when we examine ourselves, our heart and mind will examine ourselves in the right light, in a good light.

03:58 Like I say, we are good. Get somebody else also to examine. Is there anything? Is there anything you see in me, brother? Is there anything you see in me, sister? If anything, please tell me.

04:07 And that’s humility, asking somebody else to check. Now then first ask Jesus Christ, reveal, Lord, anything in me I do not want. I want to be holy, I want to be pleasing to you.

04:18 And then you begin to look at the thing and begin to deal. Suppose there’s something somebody said, or you sense it, you begin to look for the relevant scripture and you begin to command your heart and mind to release these things, not to do this
anymore, to know that there is sin and blocking you from a great life. Sin blocks us from great life.

04:36 Sin destroys us and gives the devil a foothold to come and more demons because the temptation is given. What is the temptation you have to check? Sin is there means you have given into some temptation, your heart has given into some temptation. Now
you have to see how did the temptation come drawn by our own heart? Desire.

04:55 So what was the desire that drew this temptation? And then what was the temptation that you fell into that was his sin. Now there’s some examination to do. Now then, so in this case we are dealing with, if you go and show him his fault in private,
in private, first the scripture that people are rebuked from the pulpit of the church, that is, they don’t listen and they continue sinning.

05:21 And it’s going to spoil others, other souls, it’s going to damage other souls Then they after being told in private couple of times, they’re still not listening. Then they have to be dealt with in private. It’s a command.

05:32 That’s a command. That’s for pastors and elders. All that who are doing this, who have charge over these souls, who care for the souls and God will hold them accountable for the souls.

05:43 So when you tell them private, if he listens, the word is if he listens and pays attention to you, they want back your brother. But how do you do this? In Galatians 6:1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any sin, you who are spiritual now, not spirit
led people, not just legalistic fellow. Always this law and that law and everything else.

06:05 Spirit led, that is you who are responsive to the guidance of the spirit. You who are spiritual means you who have been responsive to the guidance of the spirit. You have been led by the spirit.

06:19 You can sense the spirit of God. You, you follow the spirit of God. These people he’s talking to you who are spiritual are to restore such a person in the spirit of gentleness.

06:30 This gentleness is not this, you know. Vishy Vashi. Hello brother, how are you? Good morning.

06:36 False humility, all that. No, no, this. Remember I talked about gentleness.

06:39 Jesus made a whip and chased everybody, broke all the tables. Millions of dollars were involved, all be scattered. People are running because he is weeping.

06:50 Now hundreds of people were running or whatever. Now there isn’t brothers or maybe thousands, I do not know. Now the issue is this.

06:57 This spirit of gentleness is compassion. Compassion. If a person is in sin, you better don’t put yourself superior or self righteous because all have sinned and follows not of glory of God.

07:12 And now we are going and if any sin in us Jesus forgives. So when person has sinned, you have compassion, I have compassion because I sinned so much before Jesus can save me. I was doing all kinds of things and by mercy he gave me mercy.

07:28 So when I’m going to minister to somebody with compassion, I’ll with compassion first. Unless they don’t want to listen, then I’ll tell them, brother, sister, you’re doing this, this is going to harm you. And if it’s not going to harm you, I’m not
cursing you, I’m not condemning you.

07:43 I was a bigger sinner than you. But I’m telling you this is going to harm you. So when I tell them this is going to harm you, some don’t want to listen.

07:49 That what I’m telling. Look, I’m not condemning you, I’m telling you a Warning. It’s like a red light sign.

07:55 The red light is condemning you. Is it? Is a red light judging you? No, the traffic light. Red, yellow, green or green? Yellow, red.

08:05 No, the red light. Is it condemning you? Is it judging you? So when you tell somebody, this is the word of God, if this continues in this rebel will take advantage and he will harm you. Now he tells that, oh, you are condemning you are not
condemning you.

08:21 I’m putting a red light for you. Or even an orange light or amber, you know it’s shining. I’m shining it at you to tell you, look here, you’re warning.

08:28 There’s a warning, you’re going to suffer. There’s a problem there. The traffic is running crosswise to you.

08:34 You go there, he’s going to kill you. Please, no. But not with superiority or self righteousness to sell them.

08:41 Look, I was the biggest sinner, but please, please, please. And you’re doing it. Compassion.

08:46 Because you know this real harm is coming. Because why? How I know real harm came for me. Real harm came for me.

08:54 Now, keeping a watchful eye on yourself. And now there’s a command here. No, in Galatians 6:1, while you’re doing this and restoring this person, keeping a watchful eye on yourself so that you are not tempted as well.

09:11 So this is a great warning to all servants and disciples for helping others out of sin, for helping people to come out of sin. A great warning, keeping a watchful eye on yourself. While you are trying to restore this person in the spirit of
compassion, you keep a watchful eye on yourself so that you are not tempted as well.

09:32 Not sin as well. Not tempted even as well. Because tempted means your heart is being drawn, your heart being drawn by its own desire.

09:41 Temptation comes. You see how the Bible is so accurate? You know this is because the word of God, he says, I am keeping a watchful eye on yourself so that you are not tempted as well. It didn’t say so that you not sin as well.

09:53 No, so that you’re not tempted as well. Why when I’m ministering to a drunkard, I have to watch out. Because I will be tempted.

10:02 Also because I came from very drunkard, I was a drunkard. So when I ministered to a drunkard, now with compassion, no doubt, O, I will be watchful. I won’t go to places to go and see the drunkard, to tell him out or come out of the pub or something.

10:14 I may be tempted. Now why am I going there if the person doesn’t want to follow? I cannot force Him, I can only tell him the truth. But I’m not going to go and tell him all this when he’s high and drunk.

10:28 I’m going to tell him all this when he’s sober. So when I’m telling him sober also, I still must make sure when I went to his house or whatever, and he’s all going, the whiskey and the brandies and whatnot there. Or even very hot weather.

10:42 Now this is a very hot weather. You know, the cold beer would have been a perfect thing for me before. But now I already take a covenant with Christ.

10:50 I do not want to drink at all. Not a drop. I don’t want to drink.

10:53 So, brothers and sisters, can you imagine sitting with some people in this hot weather and they are having nice cold beer. Wouldn’t I be tempted? Of course I will be tempted. So keep away.

11:06 Because I will feel it in my throat, brothers and sisters. My throat will feel the cold beer. So I am not telling you that temptation won’t come.

11:15 I will say it will come, but I won’t go there. If I sense something, I’ll move away. I’ll just flee from all semblance of evil, Run away from anything looking evil.

11:25 So while we are ministering to people first, we have to watch over our own salvation first. Watch over your own salvation first. Your salvation comes first because you are the part of the bride of Jesus Christ.

11:38 You please focus on your salvation first. Oh, but I must settle the soul. I must go for this.

11:43 Hey, you finally go and continue into sin, and I continue to fall into sin and all that and get the hell out, brothers and sisters, because finally I decide to go there. The cold beard takes over finally one after one, two, three. Finally the south
catches no, never ending.

12:00 Then finally become a drunkard. Drunkards don’t enter the kingdom of God. You can say you’re a Christian.

12:05 There’s no such thing as a Christian drunkard. A drunkard will not enter. If you’re a drunkard and you continue to do so without using the power of Christ to come out of it.

12:16 I keep damaging these. He already said drunkards do not enter the kingdom of God. So drunkard addiction, that means you’re not using the power of Christ.

12:25 You do not trust Christ. You do not use the power. You do not believe in the faith of Christ.

12:25 You do not have faith in the faith of Christ. You do not want to go through the withdrawal. Now, why do some smokers and some drunkens and all this do not want to stop because they are afraid of the withdrawal.

12:42 But Trust Jesus Christ. You have to go through the withdrawal. So you don’t buy the cigarette, don’t buy the bull, don’t go near people doing all this and anybody doing all this and suffering.

12:54 And if it’s your house, please ask them to leave because you do not want to get caught in this. If you’re serious with Christ, if you really appreciate the suffering on the cross by your Christ, by your Savior, the husband of your soul, you will
take steps. You will not concern yourself what human beings think.

13:11 You will say, lord Jesus, I will go through this withdra trouble. It’ll be painful, Lord. I don’t know what, how painful it will be, but you will see me through this.

13:19 The faith you will see me through. So you begin to do things. You begin to put yourself in the room.

13:23 You begin to get a brother or sister in Christ to stay with you so that you will go through the suffering. You’ll begin to pray. You’ll be.

13:32 You’ll drink water to get rid of things, plenty of water, until no more pays for anything else. You’ll take. Start taking sweets, hacksaw.

13:41 They’ll do. Why? To cut out the cigarette. Desires a day.

13:44 So you have to go through the withdrawal. And for that you need faith in Christ. And for that you need to command your heart and mind to believe in Christ.

13:53 You pray so that your faith in Christ will increase. Brothers and sisters, this is what prayer is about. But while those who are watching over such people, you better not be tempted as well.

14:04 If you are going to be tempted, you better run your salvation for yourself. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. God says, now brothers and sisters, how many times must we forgive? This is forgiving offenders who have went against
you.

14:22 This is in Matthew 18:21, 22. Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, lord, how many times with my brother sinned against me and I forgive him. How many times will my brother sin against me and I must forgive him and let it go up to seven times? Peter
is asking.

14:39 Jesus answered him, I say to you, not up to 7 times, but 70 times 7. 70 times 7. No, 70 times 7 is 490 times.

14:51 He is saying that. He is actually saying an unlimited number of times. Now this is very important to understand.

14:57 An unlimited number of times you forgive. That means you know Jesus is talking about, you know what? Forgive, forgive, forgive. Why this is necessary for our well being.

15:07 I must forgive and forgive and forgive and forgive for my well being. Jesus is caring for you. He loves you.

15:13 That’s why he’s telling you forgive an unlimited number of times. Forgive. Forgive and let it go.

15:20 Why? Because otherwise it’s going to harm you. You keep telling devilah did, the devil did. I cannot forgive.

15:26 It’s going to harm you and me. So I forgive. Forgive.

15:29 But does that mean I must be staying with these people? No. Run away from all semblance of evil. You find that these people are abusing you and keep telling you I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

15:39 After a while you must ask Holy Spirit, do I go away? Do I stay away? Yes, run away, brothers and sisters, because work out your own salvation. Fear and trembling because people continue doing this. After a while, there are times that your heart
will rise up and harm them or harm yourself by harming them.

15:55 You harm yourself or the devil take control, you become angry, upset, all that you know. That is why there’s A Scripture, Proverbs 19:11. Good sense and discretion make a man slow to anger.

16:10 And it is his honor and glory to overlook a transgression or an offence without seeking revenge and harbouring resentment. Brothers and sisters, you don’t get angry. All that’s why flee from all things that are causing you his problems.

16:23 So there can be sinning many times, but you move away from that. But if they have sinned against you already, you must forgive. You must forgive.

16:30 Cannot hold anything. Why? Because it will harm you. That’s why Jesus is so clear.

16:34 He’s not concerned about the other person who’s sinning. In this particular statement when he’s talking to you. He’s concerned for you because he loves you.

16:42 He doesn’t want you to be harmed with all this, he wants you to forgive. So forgive and forgive and forgive in Jesus name. By the power of Jesus Christ, you’ll forgive for your own sake.

16:52 In Jesus name I pray. Amen.