The Power of Forgiveness

As discussed previously, a heart-felt, focused, passionate repentance can
nullify, sever and destroy negative patterns from your life. Repentance is a
powerful weapon of spiritual warfare; and so is forgiveness. Repentance is not
complete if we do not forgive those who have wronged us; as well as ask for
forgiveness from those we have wronged. Releasing other people and having
people you wronged release you is so important that sometimes the issues we
are faced with are caused by unforgiveness; that is, either we are not releasing
others from the wrong they did to us, or others are not releasing us from the
wrong we did to them. This is the reason some people discover after much
hardship or suffering that what they have been going through was due to
something they (or someone related to them) did to another person.

The human spirit is fearfully and wonderfully created in the image and likeness
of God, hence, it is very powerful with authority to dominate the earth for the
Kingdom of God. The human spirit is so powerful that Jesus declared, “The sin
you forgive is forgiven; and the sin you do not forgive is not forgiven” (John
20:23). Furthermore, if you return evil for good, evil will not depart from your
house (or bloodlines), Proverbs 17:13, ESV. Therefore, this is how easily one can
be held up in repeated patterns of issues.

Forgiveness literally means to let go, just like when you let go of a debt someone
owes you and never demands for it or treat the person as if he still owes you. As
you can see in the definition, forgiveness is not justifying the deed or the culprit.
However, forgiveness is choosing to let go of the deed, the doer and the effects
the deed has on you. When we repented, God showed us mercy and forgave us,
as well as cleansed us as if we did nothing wrong; the Accuser cannot bring up
charges based on repented sins since there is no record of them. When it comes
to people who have wronged us, God expects us to forgive them with the same
forgiveness He has given to us whether they asked for forgiveness or not
(Matt.18:23-35).

Sometimes, when we come to the Lord to repent, we need to do a full-circle
repentance. A 360-degree (or full-circle) repentance is asking God for
forgiveness, totally forgiving and releasing the people (and their families) that
did to us the same thing we are asking God to forgive us (and our families), and
asking for forgiveness from the people (and their families) we did the same thing
we are asking God to forgive us (and our families). You can do a full-circle

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repentance in the presence of God wherever you are, whether the people
involved are there with you or not.
In one of the sessions I had in a court in Heaven, before presenting my case,
I repented for shedding of innocent blood in my bloodlines. It was a very
sorrowful and horrifying experience as the Holy Spirit immersed me in what
we (myself and my bloodlines) did. Remember that God does not see just
an individual; He sees the whole bloodlines, thus, I cannot separate their
actions from mine although I may not have done it personally. The stench
of the shed blood of the innocent overwhelmed me. I was drained! As I kept
asking the Father for forgiveness, I saw people (children and adults) in
blood, standing close to my right side and asking for justice. I asked the
Holy Spirit who they were and why they were asking for justice. He told me
that they were the innocent blood we shed. I asked Him what to do. He told
me to simply ask them to forgive me and my bloodlines. Some of them were
members of my bloodlines. I quickly asked them to forgive and release us
as the Holy Spirit directed me. I was so broken, taking full responsibility for
our actions and the loss we costed them and their families...and God as
their lives were cut short, forcing them not to fulfill their purposes in the
Earth. The people went quiet and melted into smiles, and released us. Just
then, someone (I believe it was an angel) said, “But their (referring to me
and my bloodlines) forgiveness and release cannot be complete without
them forgiving others.” The Holy Spirit told me to call in all the people that
have shed our innocent blood and release forgiveness to them. “With the
same forgiveness you have received from Your Father, release to them,”
He said to me. I did just that.
In Matthew 6:12-13a (TPT), Jesus says, “Forgive us the wrongs we have done as
we ourselves release forgiveness to those who have wronged us. Rescue us
every time we face tribulation and set us free from evil.” Freedom comes after
we forgive and are forgiven; no forgiveness, no rights before God (the just
Judge) to request for the charges against us to be revoked or dismissed
(Matt.18:21-35). No way! He, the just Judge, does not show partiality.

Forgiveness may be difficult but understand that you can start forgiving by faith
until you fully let go. Forgiveness does not mean that you will give yourself up to
the person and become best of friends (although it is possible). No! It means that
you are free from the person, deeds, and effects they had on you so much that
they do not dictate what and how you live your life, including your views and
beliefs. The cost of unforgiveness far outweighs the little steps you take by
mustard-seed faith to forgive. You are already seeing the evidence of the costs,
and it gets transferred to your generations after you; so, let go!

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It is also important that we ask those we (that includes our bloodlines) have
wronged to forgive and release us. We can also ask them to forgive us in the
presence of the just Judge. We take full responsibility of what we did and ask the
victims for forgiveness and release. It is not proper and does not reflect remorse
if we try to state or explain the reasons for the wrong done. Simply ask the
person to forgive and release you. Asking for others to forgive us is so important
that Jesus tells us that we should first make peace with the people we wronged
before offering our gifts to God, or before the Accuser brings it as a charge
against us before the just Judge.
Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your
brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar,
and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and
offer your gift. Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the
way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand
you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. Assuredly, I say to
you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.
(Matt.5:23-26, NKJV)
You do not have to wait until the person forgives you to make your request to the
just Judge. Once you have repented toward the person with all your heart before
God, God will release the forgiveness to you so the Accuser cannot use it
against you before the just Judge. The blood of Jesus Christ is powerful enough
to wash away our sins against God and against others, as well as the wrongs
others do to us.

P.S: After repentance and forgiveness, we need to do renunciation. Check out
my teaching on RENUNCIATION.