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Prayer With Unforgiveness Is Unforgivable

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Mark Eleven:
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So Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God.
23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,
‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart,
but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

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.
26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.
 

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Mark Eleven:
22
So Jesus answered and said to them, Have faith in God.
23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,
‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart,
but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.

24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray,
believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

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.
26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.

To be clear, if one does forgive, at any time, they will be forgiven, it is not the case that on one occasion praying without fully having forgiven anyone would result in damnation, for forgiving people requires a struggle against the passions which can take a bit of time, and God is infinitely loving and will provide us with sufficient grace so that our forgiveness is not lost over such a mishap. For this reason we should also not cease to pray for the souls of the departed.
 
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To be clear, if one does forgive, at any time, they will be forgiven, it is not the case that on one occasion praying without fully having forgiven anyone would result in damnation, for forgiving people requires a struggle against the passions which can take a bit of time, and God is infinitely loving and will provide us with sufficient grace so that our forgiveness is not lost over such a mishap. For this reason we should also not cease to pray for the souls of the departed.
A Cautionary Parable.
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant.
Matthew 18:21-
32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him,
‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’
34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.

35 “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you,
from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”
 
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