A brother gained through repentance is the goal.
Scripture: Luke 17:1-4
Why did Jesus give us the power to either retain sin or forgive sin? It is because we have little
chance of gaining repentance without it. With repentance we know that we can forgive sin. Luke
17:1-4 says, “Then He said to the disciples, ‘It is impossible that no offenses should come, but
woe to him through whom they do come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung
around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little
ones. Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents,
forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to
you, saying, “I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” Luke 17 is the parallel passage to Matthew 18.
Matthew 18 identifies steps of confrontation. A lack of repentance, after confrontation, forces us
to retain sin. A brother gained through repentance is the goal. So then when it comes to two or
three agreeing touching anything that they ask, affliction is the means to gain repentance The
reason af-es-is and har-mar-tia are joined together 12 times in the New Testament is that these
two words describe the process of how we were incarcerated by sin, sin that only the death of
Christ and His resurrection could break as we accept Him and have died with Him. The
agreement would be for affliction, turning another over to Satan for the destruction of their flesh.
The apostles did that and they did it when there was no repentance.
Pray-Psa 139:23 Search me thoroughly, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know
my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me And lead me in the
everlasting way.
What personal prophecies have you received from the Lord as far back as you can
remember? What did you do with these prophecies you received? How many of them
have come to pass?
How many prophetic dreams can you remember?
Make a list of all your dreams and prophecies and present them to the Lord in prayer.
Continue to pray until something happens. (1 Tim 1:18-19; 1 Kings 18:43-44).
You have to fight a good warfare to possess your possession.