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2007"><U><I>i</I></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/the%20trap/thetrappt10.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/the%20trap/thet"><U><IMG SRC="1419cf680.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/the%20trap/thetrappt11.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/the%20trap/thet"><U><IMG SRC="1419cf680.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/the%20trap/thetrappt12.mp3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://nbfirving.net/mp3/the%20trap/thet"><U><IMG SRC="1419cf680.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div>    (Right click mp3 logo and "Save Target As" to download).</div> <bR> <div> All Scriptures, The Amplified Bible.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Colossians 3:12,13</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >12</FONT>Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting on behavior marked by] tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper]. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >13</FONT>Be gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference (a grievance or complaint) against another, readily pardoning each other; even as the Lord has [freely] forgiven you, so must you also [forgive].</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Matthew 18:21-28</B></FONT>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >21</FONT>Then Peter came up to Him and said, Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I forgive him and let it go? [As many as] up to seven times?  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >22</FONT>Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven!  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >23</FONT>Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a human king who wished to settle accounts with his attendants. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >24</FONT>When he began the accounting, one was brought to him who owed him 10,000 talents [probably about $10,000,000],  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >25</FONT>And because he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and everything that he possessed, and payment to be made. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >26</FONT>So the attendant fell on his knees, begging him, Have patience with me and I will pay you everything.  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >27</FONT>And his master's heart was moved with compassion, and he released him and forgave him [cancelling] the debt. </div> <bR> <div> 28<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >But that same attendant, as he went out, found one of his fellow attendants who owed him a hundred denarii [about twenty dollars]; and he caught him by the throat and said, Pay what you owe! </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Proverbs 6:16-19</B></FONT>    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >16</FONT>These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him: <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >17</FONT>A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >18</FONT>A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >19</FONT>A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Matthew 18:29</B></FONT>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >29</FONT>So his fellow attendant fell down and begged him earnestly, Give me time, and I will pay you all!</div> <div> Vs 33-34  - <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >33</FONT>And should you not have had pity and mercy on your fellow attendant, as I had pity and mercy on you? <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >34</FONT>And in wrath his master turned him over to the torturers (the jailers), till he should pay all that he owed.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Mark 11:26 </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your failings and shortcomings.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Matthew 18:35 </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > So also My heavenly Father will deal with every one of you if you do not freely forgive your brother from your heart his offenses.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#the_trap" TITLE="October 7, 14 21, 2007"><U><B>Back to Top</B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I> <A NAME="part_11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>Part 11</I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Franklin Gothic Demi" >1 Cor 13:2-3</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" > </FONT>2And if I have prophetic powers (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God's love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody). <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3</FONT>Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or in order that I may glory, but have not love (God's love in me), I gain nothing.</div> <bR> <div> Luke 17:1 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AND [Jesus] said to His disciples, Temptations (snares, traps set to entice to sin) are sure to come, but woe to him by or through whom they come!</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The way you deal with an offense will determine your future.  You will either become stronger or bitter.  The word "offense" comes from the Greek word "scandelon" which describes the part of the trap that the bait was attached to.  An offense is the Bait of Satan to pull you into captivity.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">What happens when a person refuses to let go of an offense?  First of all, the reason he does not let go of an offense is because he feels like the person that offended him owes him something.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">When you feel like you have been done wrong and you have a debt that has not been satisfied - in actuality, you are setting yourself up to be the judge because you determine what is owed to you.   Really there is only one judge and that is God.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">When you hold on to that debt, you are holding on to unfulfilled revenge.  True!  You want revenge and revenge is your payment now.  Bitterness is nothing more than unfulfilled revenge.  It is an offense that is allowed to take root in a person's heart.  You have not had your revenge; it takes root and it grows.  When a bitter root grows in a person's heart, the Bible says, we are to examine our hearts carefully lest there be any root of bitterness by which many have been defiled.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Hebrews 12:14-15</B></FONT>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >14</FONT>Strive to live in peace with everybody and pursue that consecration and holiness without which no one will [ever] see the Lord. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >15</FONT>Exercise foresight and be on the watch to look [after one another], to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure God's grace (His unmerited favor and spiritual blessing), in order that no root of resentment (rancor, bitterness, or hatred) shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment, and the many become contaminated and defiled by it--</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A root is something that starts out as a seed.  The seed is an offense and if that seed is watered and nurtured, it will grow.  What it grows into is a very destructive plant in your life; it will defile you. </B></div> <bR> <div> 2 Samuel 13:1 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >ABSALOM SON of David had a fair sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon [her half brother] son of David loved her.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Warning:  unfulfilled revenge will keep you in captivity.</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Franklin Gothic Demi" >Romans 12:17 - 19 </FONT>17<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is honest and proper and noble [aiming to be above reproach] in the sight of everyone.</FONT>18<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. </FONT>19<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for [God's] wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay (requite), says the Lord.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Never avenge yourself; God is the judge.  When we determine that someone owes us something, we put ourselves in the position of judge.</B></div> <bR> <div> James 4:12  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >One only is the Lawgiver and Judge Who is able to save and to destroy [the One Who has the absolute power of life and death]. [But you] who are you that [you presume to] pass judgment on your neighbor?</FONT></div> <bR> <div> James 5:9  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you [yourselves] may not be judged. Look! The Judge is [already] standing at the very door.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Keep in mind:  Yes people offend us, but we offended Jesus in mega ways.  He chose to freely forgive us when we did not deserve it.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7011800000000.gif" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Forgive people that don't deserve to be forgiven.  Jesus came to change our whole way of thinking.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Franklin Gothic Demi" >Matthew 5:38-42  </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >38</FONT>You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >39</FONT>But I say to you, Do not resist the evil man [who injures you]; but if anyone strikes you on the right jaw or cheek, turn to him the other one too. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >40</FONT>And if anyone wants to sue you and take your undershirt (tunic), let him have your coat also. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >41</FONT>And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two [miles]. 4<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >2</FONT>Give to him who keeps on begging from you, and do not turn away from him who would borrow [at interest] from you.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b7016800000000.gif" HEIGHT="24" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The love of God will risk being hurt again; making yourself vulnerable, not revenge thinking.  God is saying, come up to My level of thinking and My level of living.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="#the_trap" TITLE="October 7, 14 21, 2007"><U><B>Back to Top</B></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I> <A NAME="part_12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><I>Part 12</I></div> <div> <B>A wound not treated can kill a person.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Acts 24:16</B></FONT><B>  - </B>therefore I always exercise and discipline myself [mortifying my body, deadening my carnal affections, bodily appetites, and worldly desires, endeavoring in all respects] to have a clear (unshaken, blameless) conscience, void of offense toward god and toward men.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">If I don't exercise, it is easy for me to get hurt.  If we don't pray, study, fellowship, enjoy Jesus, our spirit man is weak.  It is easy for us to get hurt.  Healing from injury requires exercise = THERAPY.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Matthew 5:44</B></FONT><B>  </B>Pray for those that abuse you.  But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Psalm 35:11-14 </B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >11</FONT>Malicious and unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not.  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >12</FONT>they reward me evil for good to my personal bereavement.  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >13</FONT>but as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and I prayed with head bowed on my breast.  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >14</FONT>I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">When did Jesus forgive us?  At the cross - He forgave us before we ever said, we were wrong.   Go to your brother, express love and peace and forgiveness with God's love.  Create an atmosphere of acceptance and forgiveness and peace.  The goodness of God draws men to repentance.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">You must understand that what was done to you was wrong, it was evil, it hurt and two wrongs do not make a right.  The sin of offense is not justified by how bad you were treated.  When you realize that you have sinned against God by holding on to an offense, you open up a door to get free.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The question is will you take the bait?  It is impossible for offenses not to come.  You will have the opportunity to be offended.  What you do with the offense will determine your future.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Repentance is a change of mind, a change of heart.  You've been thinking one way, God exposes it, you let go of it and embrace God's way, that is repentance.  It is a change of heart and a change of mind.  </B></div> <div> <A HREF="#the_trap" TITLE="October 7, 14 21, 2007"><U><B>Back to Top</B></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Copyright 2008,  New Beginnings Fellowship, All rights reserved.</div> <div> For site problems contact <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:tschuessler@nbfirving.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:tschuessler@nbfirving.net"><U>web-master</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=37 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04500250erlcjm.gif"> <div> <A HREF="fearofthelord.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="October 28 November 4, 2007"><U><IMG SRC="0400e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <A HREF="thetrap02.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="September 2, 9, 16, 23 30 2007"><U><IMG SRC="0410e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>        <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">    <A HREF="pastor.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pastoral Ministry"><U><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>