Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Date: March 24, 2014 12:43AM
THE APOLOGY
Jesus instructed - Matthew 5 :23
If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember your brother has anything against you, leave your offering at the altar, go your way, make peace with and be reconciled to your brother, then come and offer thy gift.
It is one thing to read about what the Lord says to do, but to do what the Lord says to do, can be one of the most difficult things a man may experience doing, when he obeys the Lord.
The Lord says you are to make peace and be reconciled with your brother and " after " you have made peace and are reconciled with your brother - it is at this time you are to return to the altar where you left your gift.
When you leave your gift that you are bringing to the Lord to offer to Him and your not standing with your gift at the altar of the Lord - the Lord knows where your at and He knows what you are doing.
Look closely into the Words of the Lord in Matthew 5:23-24 at what is involved in having a relationship with the Lord.
You are to go to your way and when you have made peace and are reconciled with your brother, it is at this time that you return to the altar of the Lord. ( where you left your gift.)
You may not be able to simply say, " I am sorry " to your brother - when you go to your brother to make peace with your brother - you may have to work at bringing peace and reconciliation between your self as brothers.
And if you brother comes to you looking to make peace with you, if your heart is not ready to receive your brother. if you are angry with your brother, your heart will not be forgiving so that peace and reconciliation is possible. If you are not given to the Lord in your heart - so that there can be peace between you and your brother - you will be responsible for your brother not being able to return to the altar of the Lord where he left his gift.
The Lord places responsibility on both brothers hearts for what state of heart is needed for there to be peace and reconsicilliation. What Jesus instructed and taught is written in the Scriptures. Who will seek Him and find Him and His Word, so that there hearts are ever ready to receive their brother, should he come, to make peace with you ?
Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell in unity ! It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming down upon the beard, coming down upon the edges of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing - life forever. Psalms 133