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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.24,0:00:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi everyone. Grace and peace to you all in Jesus' mighty name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.72,0:00:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greetings from the beautiful Aber Falls here in North Wales.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.96,0:00:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to another edition of 'Faith Is Natural' here on God's Heart TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.12,0:00:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I want to talk to you about something that has really eaten deep
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.64,0:00:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the very fabric and fibre of our everyday relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.08,0:00:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can liken it to a virus against which no one is completely immune.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.12,0:00:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is in fact one of the most effective tools of the devil
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.24,0:00:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of his most common traps.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.64,0:01:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am talking about offence. Yes, offence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.68,0:01:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how complex or simple,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.76,0:01:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the possibilities for offence are as endless as the list of relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.88,0:01:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words - in this world, it is impossible to avoid offence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.08,0:01:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a question of who will offend you or when you will be offended
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.16,0:01:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or where that offence comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.64,0:01:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question is - what is your response when offence comes?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.64,0:01:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People of God, just ask yourself right now:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.44,0:01:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever you are offended, how do you respond?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.16,0:01:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When someone hurts or wrongs you, how do you respond?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.96,0:02:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because often our response leaves us vulnerable to a root of resentment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.44,0:02:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.12,0:02:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When resentment takes root in your heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.16,0:02:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if care is not taken - it will lead you down, it will deceive you down
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.76,0:02:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the route of bitterness, envy, jealousy, malice, anger and strife.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.60,0:02:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's dangerous. Resentment is dangerous for your spiritual life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.76,0:02:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue is not the gravity of that offence in the natural
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.20,0:03:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or your perception of your right to be offended.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.76,0:03:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue is - harbouring offence is deadly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.00,0:03:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what anyone has done to you or said to you, harbouring offence is deadly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.40,0:03:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why we must guard our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.40,0:03:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People of God, you must guard your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.52,0:03:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we are offended, it's common to feel hurt and blame our offender.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.68,0:03:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because we feel our rights have been infringed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.08,0:03:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our hurt hearts can easily believe that it is our right to be offended.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.04,0:04:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We therefore defend our anger and bitterness to justify our unwillingness to forgive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.52,0:04:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you look deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.88,0:04:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basis of that claim is carnal, not spiritual.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.12,0:04:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's natural law, not spiritual law.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.32,0:04:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a Christian, this is our principle:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.24,0:04:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether you are right or wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.76,0:04:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have no right to hold offence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.72,0:04:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's our standard; that's our principle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.96,0:04:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you claim your right, you are already wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.00,0:05:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But you don't know my case! You don't know the circumstances in my case!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.56,0:05:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, no matter the arguments you internalise to try and convince yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.60,0:05:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the legitimacy of your right in your case,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.16,0:05:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't change God's standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.72,0:05:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Resentment has no justification.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.56,0:05:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Resentment has no justification. Full stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.72,0:05:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may be right in the eyes of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.36,0:05:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may even feel you are right in your own eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.08,0:05:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but before God -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.48,0:05:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Owner of your destiny, the One who holds all hearts in His hands -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.04,0:06:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have no right to resentment.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.44,0:06:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No ifs, no buts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.20,0:06:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a Christian, you have no right to resentment. Full stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.20,0:06:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Offence will come. Yes - it will come.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.76,0:06:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we must not feed on that offence in our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.88,0:06:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must not give room to that offence in our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.72,0:06:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, being offended is normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.16,0:06:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But harbouring offence is sinful.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.32,0:06:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Harbouring offence grieves the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.72,0:06:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a decision to place yourself above God,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.48,0:06:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to regard your claim to resentment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.04,0:06:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your self-centered claim
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.12,0:07:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a higher authority than God's Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.36,0:07:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if the devil deceives you into believing that it is your right to be offended,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.20,0:07:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you use your own hands to tie the chains that bind you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.68,0:07:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what makes it more dangerous is that you don't even realise that you are trapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.44,0:07:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can easily fall into this vicious cycle of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.32,0:07:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-centredness and self-imposed isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.12,0:07:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For that's the consequence of living with an offended heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.84,0:08:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you retain offence in your heart, then you filter everything through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.12,0:08:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you were to come and look at this beautiful waterfall today,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.80,0:08:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would look at it through the lens of offence.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.68,0:08:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You talk through it, eat through it, laugh through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.72,0:08:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You even pray through it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.24,0:08:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why many prayers today are against enemies instead of weaknesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.00,0:08:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You sleep through it, which is the cause of many nightmares today.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.88,0:08:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You relate to others through it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.56,0:08:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why today many of us read meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.28,0:08:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into people's actions and inactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.20,0:08:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, there are many imaginary wars that we fight in our minds
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.16,0:08:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over issues that don't even exist in reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.60,0:09:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We misinterpret people's actions and misjudge people's motives
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.64,0:09:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through our narrow perceptions and misguided preconceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.52,0:09:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We easily rationalise our own actions while we judge and condemn others.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.28,0:09:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hold others to a standard that we ourselves cannot attain
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.12,0:09:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unrealistic expectations lead to unhealthy relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.64,0:09:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on the flesh, not the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.28,0:09:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And such relationships are set up for disappointment before they even begin.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.88,0:09:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thus the cycle of life goes on and on -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.64,0:10:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cycle of hurt, the cycle of pain, the cycle of offence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.00,0:10:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People of God, this has to stop!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.60,0:10:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must return to the Cross - to the Cross of Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.48,0:10:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember Jesus' words on the Cross. He said, "Father, forgive them!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.36,0:10:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's God's standard; that's our standard as Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.44,0:10:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father, forgive them!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.44,0:10:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This leaves no room for resentment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.64,0:10:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Cross of Christ leaves no room for resentment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.20,0:10:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gives no right to resentment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.72,0:10:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because after all, all of us stand in helpless need of God's Divine forgiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.36,0:11:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as the Bible says in James 2:10-11 -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.92,0:11:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only God can determine whether one sin is greater than another.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.88,0:11:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I bring this message to a close today,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.04,0:11:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me remind you of the parable of the unmerciful servant in Matthew 18.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.52,0:11:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After this message, I want to encourage you to go and read that parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.88,0:11:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as you read, ask yourself -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.24,0:11:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why would anyone withhold from someone else
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.84,0:11:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very gift that God so freely gave to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.48,0:12:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our hearts, there is always a battle between the flesh and the spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.68,0:12:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But remember this - each time you harbour offence in your heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.48,0:12:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you submit to the flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.00,0:12:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember the book of Romans 8:6-8.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.92,0:12:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says those who live in the realm of flesh cannot please God.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.08,0:12:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, resist the devil today by refusing resentment!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.84,0:12:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Resist the devil today by refusing to be offended. How?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.68,0:12:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you see whatever is done to you as done to the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.60,0:12:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they insult me, they insult the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.32,0:13:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they maltreat me, they maltreat the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.28,0:13:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they lie against me, they lie against the Father
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.04,0:13:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have no power of my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.68,0:13:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no room for resentment in my heart
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.44,0:13:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know I have no right to resentment.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.28,0:13:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the words of Prophet TB Joshua:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.36,0:13:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"There is nothing I cannot overlook for the sake of Jesus!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.76,0:13:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proverbs 19:11
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.64,0:13:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, people of God, let us pray together.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.56,0:14:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Begin to release yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.44,0:14:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by forgiving those who have wronged you in one form or another.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.72,0:14:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the authority in the name of Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.92,0:14:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be released from the grip of resentment right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.24,0:14:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be released from the hold of hurt right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.36,0:14:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be released!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.24,0:14:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be released, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.72,0:14:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I declare your emotion free from offence right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.68,0:15:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be free, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.84,0:15:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All chains of offence within your spirit - be loosed right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.04,0:15:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All chains of bitterness within your spirit - be loosed right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.08,0:15:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All chains of anger within your spirit - be loosed!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.80,0:15:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the mighty name of Jesus Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.08,0:15:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever chain satan has used to connect himself to you -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.64,0:15:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your family, business, marriage, finances -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.96,0:15:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, be broken right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.40,0:15:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be broken, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.92,0:15:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.12,0:16:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can see those chains loosed right now!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.32,0:16:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can hear the chains falling in the name of Jesus Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.80,0:16:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, begin to give thanks to God for your freedom,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.04,0:16:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for when the Son of God sets you free, you are free indeed!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.16,0:16:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank You, Jesus Christ.