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NASB | Matthew 18:35 "My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:35 "My heavenly Father will also do the same to [every one of] you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart." |
Subject: Offended by a Christian |
Bible Note: Milen Very often those who keep on sinning are not going to listen to you anyway, they are convinced they are doing okay and that their sins are automatically forgiven by God. Here is a scripture you might be able to use to refute his constant referring to Mathew 18:35 as a reason why he keeps on going. But he might never stop sinning in this way you are describing. 1 John 3:5-10 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. Here is another scripture about reprimanding those who are suppossedly believers who don't listen. Mathew 18:15-17 "If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. "But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED. "If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. This might be of use in refuting his claims on forgiveness. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. Hope this helps. blessings abound, bowler |