The Legal Rights that you give the enemy-Unforgiveness

October 29, 2026

The Legal Rights that you give the enemy-Unforgiveness

It is extremely necessary and crucial for you to forgive the people that have done you wrong regardless of what it is that caused you to harbor unforgiveness in your heart. There can be so many negative effects, negative emotions, and negative feelings when you refuse to let go of the offense, pain, or hurt that another person caused you to experience.

We are all human and have been done wrong at one time or another in our lives by family members, a partner, or other close relationships that you value. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t feel hurt or angry when someone does something to you, but what I am saying is that it is detrimental for you to hold on to it and let it linger. There are so many benefits of forgiveness that will affect your health in a positive way when you don’t allow those chains of unforgiveness to control your life.

There are extreme consequences that we have to really be concerned about if we can’t find it in our hearts to forgive someone that wounded us in such a way that we feel is unforgiveable. The Word of God is explicitly clear on how the Lord feels about us forgiving others. No matter how you look at it, there is no getting around how detrimental unforgiveness is in the life a believer of Jesus Christ!

This is something that I had to learn early on in my Christian walk. The Holy Spirit would deal with me about harboring unforgiveness when it came to certain instances that hurt me in my life. As I began to study the Scriptures and learn about this repeated legal open door to the enemy, I realized how important it was not to allow things that happened to me cause me to become so offended that I would refuse to forgive that person.

This was not an easy thing for me by any means; I was the kind of person that could hold onto grudges like there was no tomorrow. If you did me wrong, oh you best believe I would make sure that you knew how wrong you did me by the way that I treated you. As I got into the Word of God and allowed it to cleanse me, wash me, and renew my mind; I recognized how wrong I was and how bad the prison of unforgiveness really is.

An unforgiving sprit is one of the enemy’s number one devices that he uses against Christians. What happens when you hold onto an offense and refuse to let it go is it gives the devil and his minions the legal right to torment your life and that is exactly what they will do. They intentionally throw fiery arrows at your mind to get you to reflect on that one thing that so and so did to you so that you can develop unforgiveness in your heart.

The devil knows your every weakness, we are emotional by nature, and he will use that to ensure your demise. There are so many Christians that are getting tormented daily by demonic spirits simply because they refuse to forgive those that have done them wrong. The Lord really had to deal with me in this area because I was that person that just didn’t let things go.

When I tell you that I have learned my lessons on open doors to the enemy and his kingdom, that is an understatement! It is only by the grace of God that I was able to overcome the schemes of the devil. Now equipped with the knowledge of the Word of the Living God, I am going to share with you some primary Scriptures that will show you the dangers of holding onto unforgiveness.

Matthew 18:34-35

“And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”

A little background on what’s going on in these two verses of Scripture, this is a part of a parable that Jesus is explaining to Peter regarding an unforgiving servant. He owed his master ten thousand talents which was a lot of money in that time and was begging him not to sell him, his wife, and his children to pay his debt.

He simply could not pay the money that he owed him, Matthew 18:24-25. The master of the servant felt compassion towards him therefore forgiving him of his debt, Matthew 18:27. Instead of returning the favor to a fellow servant who owed him a fraction of what he owed his master, he threw him into prison instead and refused to forgive him of his debt, Matthew 18:31.

Now we come to Matthew 18:34, when the servant’s master found out about his wicked servant and the unforgiveness that he fostered in his heart, he delivered him over to the torturers. Then Jesus makes it extremely plain when He states, “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.” Matthew 18:35.

In other words what the Lord is saying is that if we fail to forgive our brothers and sisters their trespasses, our Heavenly Father will deliver us over to the tormentor (Satan and his kingdom). They will then have the legal right to come into our life and wreak havoc. That is how dangerous hanging on to unforgiveness truly is! The will of God is for us to forgive others as He forgave us, Ephesians 4:32. It is scattered throughout the Bible in so many different areas that there really is no way of getting around it.

I know there are some things that people do to you that are so painful that you find it so difficult to forgive them. You feel like they don’t deserve your forgiveness. The thing is we didn’t deserve the Lord’s forgiveness of our sins, yet he forgave us for every wicked, nasty, and vile thing that we have even done. In fact, He sent His only son to die for our transgressions so that we would have a chance at eternal life, John 3:16.

He expects us to extend the same grace to others. The act of forgiveness is such a powerful thing, and you are the one that will benefit the most when you let that heavy burden go. It is not worth the door that will be opened up to the enemy legally to come in and take residence because he will.

Other Scriptures on forgiveness:

Ephesians 4:32 “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”

Mark 11:25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.”

Matthew 18:21-22 “Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”

1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Conclusion:

One of the most common ways that the enemy legally comes into the life of a believer is unforgiveness. He knows that if he can keep reminding you of the transgression that a person made to you, he can cause you to develop bitterness. God is clear throughout the Scriptures on what His stance on unforgiveness is. What He doesn’t want you to do is develop roots of bitterness that will have repercussions attached to them, Hebrews 12:15!

The Lord gave His only Son to die on the cross at Calvary so that our sin debt would be paid in full. One of the benefits that we receive because of Jesus’ sacrifice is the Father forgiveness. He expects us to approach every person that committed a transgression against us the same way, with a forgiving heart!

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