Word
of God
But he replied and
said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man
lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God
The Gospel According
to Matthew 4:4
The Gospel
According to Mark 11:25-26
All commentary
and study notes are prefaced/edited by Dr. Riktor Von Zhades
25 But when ye shall
stand, and pray, forgive, if ye have anything against any man, that
your Father also which is in heaven, may forgive you your trespasses.
26 For if you will not forgive, your Father which is in heaven, will
not pardon you your trespasses.
Brethren:
This editor once
heard that holding onto anger (a grudge), against another described as;
“taking poison and expecting the other person to die”. In the
Scriptures we read that we are not to let the sun go down on our
wrath (anger) but to forgive (Read Psalm 37:8; Matthew 18:15-17;
Ephesians 4:26). Conversely if someone is angry with you, seek out
that one, and ask forgiveness, and reconcile with them. (Read Matthew
5:23-26). It is far better to be at peace with someone than to either
be in anger, or have them be in anger with you. For when you do so,
you find peace within yourself. - Dr. RVZ
“ [This is the ]
necessary qualification of the prevailing prayer, that we freely
forgive those who have been any way injurious to us, and be in
charity with all men. When ye stand praying, forgive. Note, Standing
is no improper posture for prayer; it was generally used among the
Jews; hence they called their prayers, their standings; when they
would say how the world was kept up by prayer, they expressed it
thus, Stationibus stat mundus—The world is held up by standings.
But the primitive
Christians generally used more humble and reverent gesture of
kneeling, especially on fast days, though not on Lord’s days. When
we are at prayer, we must remember to pray for others, particularly
for our enemies, and those that have wronged us; now we cannot pray
sincerely that God would do them good, if we bear malice to them, and
wish them ill. If we have injured others before we pray, we must go
and be reconciled to them; Matt. 5:23, 24. But if they have injured
us, we go a nearer way to work, and must immediately from our hearts
forgive them.
Because this is a
good step towards obtaining the pardon of our own sins: Forgive, that
your Father may forgive you; that is, “that he may be qualified to
receive forgiveness, that he may forgive you without injury to his
honour, as it would be, if he should suffer those to have such
benefit by his mercy, as are so far from being conformable to the
pattern of it.” Because the want of this is a certain bar to the
obtaining of the pardon of our sins; “If ye do not forgive those
who have injured you, if he hate their persons, bear them a grudge,
meditate revenge, and take all occasion to speak ill of them, neither
will your Father forgive your trespasses.” This ought to be
remembered in prayer, because one great errand we have to the throne
of grace, is, to pray for the pardon of our sins: and care about it
ought to be our daily care, because prayer is a part of our daily
work. Our Saviour often insists on this, for it was his great design
to engage his disciples to love one another.” - Matthew Henry 17th
Century Theologian
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