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15 January 2017
Being Offended
by Ps John Bevere
from Messenger International
Being Offended
by Ps John Bevere
from Messenger International
What are the sign of the end of day (akhir zaman)?
Matthew 24:10-13 (NKJV) And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
This is a progression : offended - betrayed - hate one another.
Proverbs 18:19 (NKJV) A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle.
When people are offended /hurt they will build a wall. They will protect themselves from the chance of being offended again.
Stronghold are contrary to the word of God. The word of God is to love. Love is seeking to give. But person who has been hurt aren't focused on giving but focused on protecting themselves.
Betrayal: when a person seeks his own benefit or protection at the expense of one he has a relationship with. Betrayal will lead to hatred. Hatred will turn into deceiving one another. And all of that is contrary to the word of God.
Lawlessness = not submitted to the authority of God.
The person that can hurt you the deepest is the person who is closest to you.
The person who often feel offended are:
1. Genuinely mistreated
2. Who think they've been mistreated
1. Genuinely mistreated
2. Who think they've been mistreated

We have received the biggest forgiveness we can ever got. After we receive Jesus as God it must be easy for us to forgive one another. Because we have been forgiven by God through Jesus. But sometimes we often feel too proud to say that we are offended.
Acts 24:16 (KJV) And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
There are some offenses that we don't like but we are gonna be okay. But some offenses will wound us. And if the wound is not properly treated it will become worse.
There are some people who are weak internally. They are easily wounded easily offended. People who are not easily offended are people who exercise more but the exercises is learning the word of God.
Matthew 5:44 (ACV) But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
Jesus is not waiting for us to apologize. When others offended us we should not wait for other people apologize to us. Immature love are we see people as they are good and never wrong. But the love of God cover all offense and all wrongdoing.
Luke 17:1 (NKJV) Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come!
Offsenses in greek are skandalon (traps). Offense is the bait from evil to lure us from God from the love of God from the word of God. Evil will ride in the back of the offended Christians people.
We all can be saved but when we are offended we will release the water of life with bitterness.
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