first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift

 

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:  But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;  Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. (Matthew 5: 21-24)

Jesus explains the judge. If you murder, you will be judged. Like physical murder, if you interfere with the work of saving the spirit, you become a murderer. The Bible says that those who interfere with the saving of the spirit are judged. It refers to physical and spiritual murder. The murder that speaks to an old man is a physical murder, but the murder that Jesus speaks of refers to a spiritual murder. Brothers are those who become one in Christ.

However, by the antagonism between the brethren who should be one in Christ, when they become angry and criticize each other, eventually the critic will attack the spirit in Christ, resulting in spiritual murder. Those who are born again are spiritual beings. When a spiritual being judges a spiritual being, it can be disrespectful to God. So, you have to reconcile with your brother. So, Jesus said many times to love his brother. Brothers are spiritual brothers. They are one in the kingdom of God.

We must forgive our brothers. Forgiveness is very difficult. In particular, forgiving someone who has caused failure, suffering, and wounds in our lives cannot be in the life of the flesh, but only retaliation. This is what Satan aims for. Because if we do not forgive our brothers, we go to the seat of the judge. In the end, it means "to go to the place where you want to be like God." That's what Satan said to Eve and tempted her to have a desire to be like God, and the serpent (Satan) tempted, "If you eat the fruit of a tree that knows good and evil, you become like God."

If you do not forgive others, Satan makes them like God. There is a scary Satanic strategy. So Satan wants to retaliate. Satan wants to knock over people. The Lord sends us to forgive in the end. In the Lord's Prayer of Matthew 6, “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 』

Jesus gave one more example of sin, one of which was to cancel the debt of ten thousand talents. Although the king forgave ten thousand debts, the man did not forgive some denarions of others, so the king nullified the man's ten thousand debts. In order for us to be forgiven of sins from God, the Lord gives us the people we need to forgive. The king ordered him to go to jail before paying off his ten thousand talents. So, there are two analogies. It is to pay off debts and forgive debts. It means that if you don't pay off your debt, you will be in prison.

If you don't forgive someone who blocked or misled someone else and hurt you, we're going to jail. The mind is locked in prison. There is an invisible theme behind our frustrating and hard work. You cannot forgive what you have to forgive. If we cannot forgive, our spiritual beings are put in prison.

 

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