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Wrongs [Evils]:
Greek: kakos [kak-os’]: evil[40], evil things[3], harm[2], that which is evil+G3458[2]; Kakos is antithetic to kalos, "fair, advisable, good in character," and to agathos, "beneficial, useful, good in act;" hence it denotes what is useless, incapable, bad; ponēros is essentially antithetic to chrēstos, "kind, gracious, serviceable;" hence it denotes what is destructive, injurious, evil. As evidence that ponēros and kakos have much in common, though still not interchangeable, each is used of thoughts, cp. Matt. 15:19 with Mark 7:21; of speech, Matt. 5:11 with 1 Pet. 3:10; of actions, 2 Tim. 4:18 with 1 Thess. 5:15; of man, Matt. 18:32 with Matt. 24:48. Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old Testament and New Testament Words.
This is the Big One. We see more bitterness, unforgiveness, grudges, hatred, etc., all because somewhere, somehow, someone in your past did a wrong to you that you just cannot forgive and let go. They say, “you see brother, you just don’t know what they did to me.” Why, after all those years of being a blessing to them, they turn around and stab me in the back and say things about me that are not true. We have folks who live a lifetime of grudges and unforgiveness toward children, spouses, friends, church members and often business partners. Maybe they tried to steal from you or do something behind your back and lied about you. Yes. I know these are all tough sins, but God places us in a position of knowing what went wrong, making a decision to forgive them whether they deserve it or not [sound familiar] and get yourself free. Free to love them unconditionally with no strings attached.
Several years back, I had someone very close to me do something that at the time I thought was an impossible situation. I contemplated this in my heart for several years and I just could not get free from its devastating effects on my life. Night and day I pondered this in my heart, and it was about to destroy me.
But one day, I was sitting on my front porch and praying in the spirit and the Lord was talking to me about the lilies of the field and how they don’t toil or spin and they simply do not worry about anything. Suddenly it happened! I saw a vision of Jesus walking out from the front porch going toward the front yard towards the pastures. As He continued to walk, the people on both sides of Him were hitting Him with sticks and rocks and He began to bleed. Upon finishing that beating, they put a crown of thorns on His head and continued to use the clubs to beat it onto His head and owe the anguish. Then a couple of very large and strong soldiers instigated whipping Him with leather straps which contained pieces of glass and steel, and it was tearing His flesh off of His body, till the blood was pouring out of blood vessels and veins and covering his body. The pain must have been unbearable! As He continued to walk, they threw a large railroad tie type of wood on His shoulders, and the weight was more than He could carry. He was losing so much blood.
As He continued to walk, in a moment of time He turned around and looked at me through those sad and blood-soaked eyes, bowed down by the weight of the log. He spoke these words to me. “If I could do this for you, surely you could forgive a wrong that was suffered at the hands of a close friend”. Then He was gone. That changed everything for me. To this day, it gives me goose bumps to relive that experience, and it gave me power to lay down my indifferences with everyman. I learned to LET IT GO!!!
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