If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven. (John 20:23—NIV)

Do you not know the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! (I Corinthians 6:2,3—NIV)

Satan deceived man in the beginning, and man permitted Satan to enter the new race and world God had created. God has made Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, to be Judge of all angels and people and Lord of the entire creation.

Christ is sharing the authority of judgment with His Church.

No deliverance takes place in the believer's personality until he or she makes a judgment. Let us say you are harboring unforgiveness. You have to decide whether or not you want to be delivered. You have to make a judgment.

If you hold on to the unforgiveness, justifying your sin on one basis or another, you will not be delivered. You have to come before God and declare that your unforgiveness is a sin and belongs in the Lake of Fire, not in you. You have to judge your attitude.

Once you confess this sin, firmly denouncing it as a wicked attitude that does not belong in the Kingdom of God, and ask God to forgive you and remove it from you, He will. There is authority and virtue in the blood of Jesus to forgive unforgiveness. There is power in the Spirit of God to remove unforgiveness from you.

We do not have to analyze further than this. If you remain firm in your judgment the day will come when this attitude is completely subdued if not removed altogether. God is faithful and righteous to forgive your sin and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness.

The main consideration is, God does not want you to continue in a state of unforgiveness. If you do, He will not forgive your sin. There shall be catastrophic consequences for retaining this attitude. You absolutely must be set free from unforgiveness. You absolutely shall be set free if you confess, renounce, and denounce the unforgiveness with all vigor and determination.

You have made a judgment. You are a member of the Body of Christ with the authority through Christ of judgment. The blood has the authority to cleanse you from unforgiveness. The Spirit of God has the power to deliver you from this unrighteousness. Everything depends on your resolve to be rid of this wickedness.

In the future, draw near to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. You have done what God has said. God will do His part. There is unlimited authority and power in the blood of the cross and the power of the Spirit of God working together. But apart from you as the judge, nothing happens.

In the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Leviticus the Jewish Day of Atonement is described. The ceremony focused on two goats. One goat was slain and its blood sprinkled in the Most Holy place. The other goat was not slain. Rather, the high priest confessed the sins of Israel, placing them on the living goat, and this goat was led away into the desert.

To be continued.