Spiritual Oppression: The Dangers of Open Doors to the Enemy-Part 2

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.

In an article called Forgiveness Your Health Depends on it, it stated that when you can truly forgive there are several benefits preventing health issues including lowering the risk of heart attack; improving cholesterol levels and sleep; and reducing pain, high blood pressure, and levels of anxiety, depression and stress. 

That is the physical aspect of the ability to let the offenses that you are holding onto go. There are far greater 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. I literally had to put this topic on its own as far as open doors to the enemy; that is how critical holding onto unforgiveness is.

This is something that I had to learn in my Christian walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. 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 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 Scriptures that will show you the dangers of holding onto unforgiveness.

Also if you haven’t read my previous blog on this topic: Spiritual Oppression-The Dangers of Open Doors to the Enemy Part 1. It will give you the first level of oppression that the enemy uses against us!