[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] No shades of grey by Kenneth Copeland

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: Donna Kiser <kiserdonna57 at gmail.com>
To: URCTCPrayerGroup2 at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] No shades of grey by Kenneth Copeland
Date: 
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:58:49 -0400

*No Shades of GrayKenneth Copeland

This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto
you,
that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we
have
fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.

- 1 John 1:5-6

Oftentimes people associate forgiveness only with those major resentments
they've been carrying against someone. But true forgiveness is also for
all
those "little" hurts and offenses that cause you to go out of your way to
avoid someone. It's those memories that cause you to treat someone with
less warmth and love because they have injured you in some way.

I'm talking about any attitude you have that falls short of the full
light
and love of God Himself.

Some people don't want to give up those kinds of things. They'll say, "I
love God. Glory! Hallelujah! My fellowship with Him is fine. I'm just
having a tough time fellowshiping with Sister So-and-So. But after what
she
did to me, I just can't help it."

According to the Bible, people who say things like that are lying.
They're
trying to walk in darkness and light at the same time, and 1 John tells
us
it can't be done. Notice in the above verse, he didn't stutter. He didn't
say, "Well, bless your heart. Unforgiveness is a sin, but I know how hard
these things can be sometimes."

No, he said bluntly: "If you walk in darkness and say you have
partnership
with God, you're lying about it."

The sad thing is, many Christians who are walking in unforgiveness don't
know they're in darkness. They think that because they read their Bible
and
say "Amen" at church, they're in fellowship with God. But 1 John 2:11
says,
"He that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and
knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his
eyes."
A man who does not forgive is hating his brother.

"I don't hate him," you may say. "I just don't like him very much!"

How far outside of love do you have to go before it can be called hate?
As
far as God is concerned, just one step outside of love is hate. To Him
there are no shades of gray. In His eyes, anything less than love is sin.

So make the decision today to forgive...every little hurt.

Scripture Reading: 1 John 2:7-11

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