The Triumphant Church

The Triumphant Church

but I can't. Please cast this ole unforgiving spirit out of
me!"
I asked her, "Have you ever forgiven your husband?"
She said, "Yes, of course."
I said, "I thought you said you couldn't forgive
because you have an unforgiving spirit in you. No, if you
can forgive one person, you can forgive another person.
The real problem is you don't want to forgive this sister.
You want to hold a grudge against her.
"You don't need a devil cast out of you. That
unforgiveness is just your flesh, and you're going to
have to deal with that yourself. You just need to do
what the Word of God says in Ephesians 4:32: 'And be
kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven
you.'"
If God told us to be kind and forgive each other as
He's forgiven us, that means we can do it. But you won't
be able to forgive if you allow your flesh to control you.
But God wouldn't tell you to do something you couldn't
do, because He would be unjust if He did. And God is
not unjust.
We can forgive just as God forgives because the love
of God has been shed abroad in our hearts (Rom. 5:5).
So most of the time it's not a matter of casting out an
evil spirit; it's a matter of crucifying the flesh so the
love of God in our hearts can be manifested in the
outward man.
God doesn't have any "quick fixes," and He isn't
running any fast-food joints or ninety-nine cent sales! If
you want to experience a triumphant Christian walk
over the devil, the flesh, and the world, then it costs the
same price as it always has.