FORGIVENESS...

THERE IS NO GREATER PAIN WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN BETRAYED.... BY A FELLOW SISTER OR BROTHER IN CHRIST. YET, THERE IS NO CHOICE BUT TO FORGIVE. I AM NOT A CHILD OF GOD IF I DO NOT FORGIVE. I CAME ACROSS THE BELOW SERMON NOTES ON THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY TO FORGIVE. FORGIVENESS DOES NOT TAKE THE PAIN AWAY, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU PEACE. I AM A CHILD OF GOD, AND MY KING DEMANDS ME TO LOVE OTHERS AS MYSELF.... EVEN IF THEY HAVE DONE ME WRONG. I AM A CHILD OF GOD, AND MY KING TELLS ME TO SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT. I AM A CHILD OF GOD, AND MY KING TELLS ME TO SEEK LOVE AND PURSUE IT.  I MUST FORGIVE BECAUSE MY KING FORGAVE ME. IF I DO NOT FORGIVE, THEN I AM NOT FOLLOWING CHRIST. 


DO NOT MERELY FORGIVE, BUT FORGIVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL AND MIND. IT IS NOT EASY, YOU WILL STRUGGLE IN YOUR HEART. TAKE THESE STRUGGLES AND RESENTMENTS TO GOD!!! TAKE IT TO HIM AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO REPLACE IT WITH PEACE. DO NOT LET THE ANGER OF THE SITUATION PUSH YOU TO THE DEVIL: Ephesians 4.26-27, “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.”

EXCERPT FROM SERMON -God has graciously forgiven your great sin through Christ. In response you are to humbly and gratefully forgive those who sin against you. If you do not forgive your brother and sister, no matter what the circumstances, it reveals that you are not a true believer or that you are living in rebellion against God. The Church is a community of forgiven people who forgive fellow Christians. We are sinners who have been forgiven by God and in humility and gratitude willingly forgive others even if it would be completely just not to forgive them. Because we have been forgiven much, we must forgive always.

 Another thing I want to mention this morning is that forgiving someone does not remove the consequences of their sin against God’s law. You are only releasing them from their sin against you. In reading the parable in Matthew 18 and the king’s forgiveness of the man’s debt and the expectancy of his forgiving his fellow servant’s debt, we might get the idea that forgiveness removes all the consequences of the other person’s sin, but that is not the case. We may forgive a person for their sin against us but only God can forgive their sin. God will forgive them if they are truly repentant of their sin but God may still choose to discipline that person for their sin to sanctify them. Our part is to forgive them for their violation against us and to hold no personal judgment over them and no grudges.

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PLEASE GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO KNOW AND DO BETTER......