lock or unlock?
Saturday
August 30th, Matthew 16: 17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not
revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will
build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the
kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and
whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Peter received the Keys to the Kingdom and with it the responsibility to
use them wisely. We too, through our
baptism into Christ, have received the Keys to the Kingdom and with it the
responsibility to use them wisely. When
called to use them, remember, if you forgive the sins on any, they are forgiven
the same as if Christ himself forgave them.
Whatever you bind, or hold onto, or refuse to forgive, you are still
holding onto. It’s not a matter of the
other receiving forgiveness or not, it is a matter of whether or not we
participate in the joyful experience of forgiving. Whenever you use the keys to lock or unlock the
door, Christ is on the other side.
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