unforgiveness | Stephen Nielsen

Prayer A to Z

D. L. Moody, in his book, Prevailing prayer, said, “…When you go into the door of God’s kingdom, you go in through the door of forgiveness…If we are unwilling to forgive others, God cannot forgive us.” Consequently, if He doesn’t forgive us of sins, then they remain with us to create havoc on our body and soul. We will discuss now that havoc in five progressive steps:

1. Fellowship with God is lost. My relationship with God depends on my relationship with others. For His love for us and for our neighbors cannot be separated. He loves us all the same, and He loves the whole world (Jn. 3:16). Therefore, when we refuse to love and forgive a person whom He loves and forgives, we are cutting ourselves off from His flow of love and forgiveness to us (Matt. 6:15), because we in a sense are…

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Prayer A to Z

Here’s another post from my book Prayer A to Z.

1. His forgiveness is rooted in His unconditional love. Though God does not always forgive everyone—He forgives only those who will repent of their sins—He does love everyone unconditionally. And that unconditional love is what draws sinners to repent so that He can forgive them. Thus, forgiveness is always contingent on repentance; but that doesn’t mean that He doesn’t always love us. He has always loved us and He always will, because that is His nature; God is love; it comes out of His own righteous and merciful character (Titus 3:4). God loves the whole world and He desires all to repent so that He can forgive them (2 Pet. 3:9).

2. His forgiveness was costly for Him. God purchased our forgiveness by the blood of His own son Jesus. Ephesians 1:7 says, “In Him [Jesus] we have…

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