Believing to forgive every second, every minute, every hour....

Forgiving someone or forgiving for a wrong is not only a choice for that moment in time. But it is to continuously forgive each second, each minute, each hour, each day, each month, each year, and so on. It is an eternal choice. We must begin from a starting point in time choosing to forgive. Then we must continuously forgive.

Matthew 18:21 Then Peter came up to Him and said, Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I forgive him and [h]let it go? [As many as] up to seven times? 22 Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven!

If we say we believe, is it sufficient enough to have believed for that one moment in time? Would having believed in that one moment of time be enough to enter the Kingdom of God? Yes, we have become saved but we are also being saved.

1 Corinthians 1:18 (AMP) For the story and message of the cross is sheer absurdity and folly to those who are perishing and on their way to perdition, but to us who are BEING saved it is the [manifestation of] the power of God.

Can a person have believed one day and then not believe the next through their actions? All Christians profess to believe but in scripture, the Word warned that His people can deny HIM through their actions. The way we live can deny HIM. Our works of evil or flesh can deny HIM. If we do not forgive each other, then such actions are denying HIM. If we are not loving one another, then such actions are denying HIM. When we do not obey HIM, then such actions are denying HIM.

2 Timothy 2:12 (AMP) If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny and disown and reject Him, He will also deny and disown and reject us.

Then what is the biblical definition of "deny"?

Titus 1:16 (AMP) They profess to know God [to recognize, perceive, and be acquainted with Him], but deny and disown and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable and loathsome, unbelieving and disobedient and disloyal and rebellious, and [they are] unfit and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind.

The amplified version says that when we deny HIM by what we do, we are not only denying HIM but we are disowning and renouncing HIM. What are your actions saying in terms of believing HIM? They all profess to believe in HIM but through their actions they deny HIM!! Living in sin is denying HIM! Accepting sin is denying HIM! Is having believed that one day in the past sufficient for your salvation? Or are we to believe steadfastly and continuously with our actions?

Therefore, you must continue not only to have believed from that moment in time, but you must continue to believe each second, each minute, each hour, each day, each week, each month, each year, and so on and so on. This is to believe unto eternally.

Each second, each minute, each hour, each day, each week, each month, each year, and so on, you must make a choice each time throughout your journey home. You must choose Life or death. You will be constantly tested whether your faith is genuine and whether your love for God is real. You will be tested. You must have chosen and you must continue to choose. Only those who persevere to the end shall be saved. I did not say this. This is written in the bible.

If someone has deeply hurt you, you are required to forgive. There is no other option if you desire to enter the Kingdom of God. You must forgive. Then if that person offends you in other ways, you must choose again to forgive each second, each minute, each hour, each day, and so on.

This is what Father God does for us. HE continues to forgive us as we confess our sins to HIM. He gives us so much grace. HE is so full of mercy. Are we growing in His Grace moving from Glory to Glory becoming more like Jesus? We are giving more grace to one another? Are we giving mercy to one another?

Do you know HIS Ways? Do we really know HIM? Because if we Know HIM and His Ways, then we will choose to forgive each second, each minute, each day, each week, and so on and so on because we believe. And this word "believing" is not a word for one moment in time when you had accepted Jesus Christ but it is word that is suppose to be active and alive in your life. It is a word that is active each second, each minute, each day, each week, each month, and so on.

But if we sin and if we do not forgive one another, if we do not obey HIM, if we break HIS commandments, and if we do not spend the time with HIM, then are we not denying HIM with our actions?

Therefore, examine your actions and your life. What is your life saying to HIM? What is the way you live your life saying to HIM? Are your actions stating you Love and believe HIM continuously or are your actions denying HIM?

Fire of God Ministries International Church
A Holy Fire Ministry
Pastor Steve Yong Kim