forgive us our sins nov 14 2010 talbotville & yarmouth

8/8/2019 Forgive Us Our Sins Nov 14 2010 Talbotville & Yarmouth

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ST.THOMAS SUBURBAN

PASTORAL CHARGE

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

At Talbotville and Yarmouth

Centre United Churches


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CALL TO WORSHIP

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hearour voice! Let your ears be attentive to our call. If

you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who

could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so

that you may be revered. I wait for the Lord, my

soul waits, and in his word I hope; We wait for the

Lord. We hope in his word. My soul waits for the

Lord more than those who watch for the morning.O people of God, hope in the Lord! For with the

Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great

power to redeem. --Adapted from Psalm 130.


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PRAYER


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HYMN

Hymn VU#959

The Lords

Prayer


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MusicMinistry


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ChildrensTime


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The Offering of ourTithes and Gifts

Prayer of

Dedication


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HYMN

Hymn VU#371Open My Eyes

That I May See


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SCRIPTUREREADINGS

Matthew 6:5-13


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"When you pray, you are not to

be like the hypocrites; for theylove to stand and pray in the

synagogues and on the streetcorners so that they may be

seen by men Truly I say to you,

they have their reward in full.Matthew 6:5


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"But you, when you pray, go

into your inner room, closeyour door and pray to your

Father who is in secret, andyour Father who sees what is

done in secret will reward you.Matthew 6:6


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"And when you are praying, do

not use meaningless repetitionas the Gentiles do, for they

suppose that they will be heardfor their many words. 8 "So do

not be like them; for your Father

knows what you need before youask Him.

Matthew 6:7-8


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"Pray, then, in this way:

Our Father who is in heaven,

Hallowed be Your name. 10

'Your kingdom come Your willbe done, On earth as it is in

heaven.Matthew 6:9


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Give us this day our daily bread.

12 'And forgive us our debts, aswe also have forgiven our

debtors. 13 'And do not lead usinto temptation, but deliver us

from evil. For Yours is the

kingdom and the power and theglory forever. Amen.

Matthew 6:11-13


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14 For if you forgive others for

their transgressions, yourheavenly Father will also

forgive you. 15"But if you donot forgive others, then your

Father will not forgive yourtransgressions.

Matthew 6:14-15


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The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant -

Matthew 18:21-35

Then Peter came to Jesus and

asked, Lord, how many times

shall I forgive my brother or sister

who sins against me? Up to

seven times? 22 Jesusanswered, I tell you, not seven

times, but seventy-seven times.


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23 Therefore, the kingdom of

heaven is like a king who wanted

to settle accounts with his

servants. 24 As he began thesettlement, a man who owed him

ten thousand bags of gold was

brought to him.


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25 Since he was not able to pay,

the master ordered that he and

his wife and his children and all

that he had be sold to repay thedebt. 26 At this the servant fell

on his knees before him. Be

patient with me, he begged, andI will pay back everything.


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28 But when that servant went out,

he found one of his fellow servants

who owed him a hundred silver

coins. He grabbed him and began to

choke him. Pay back what you oweme! he demanded. 29 His fellow

servant fell to his knees and begged

him, Be patient with me, and I willpay it back.


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30 But he refused. Instead, he

went off and had the man thrown

into prison until he could pay the

debt. 31 When the other servantssaw what had happened, they

were outraged and went and told

their master everything that hadhappened.


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32 Then the master called the

servant in. You wicked servant,

he said, I canceled all that debt

of yours because you begged meto. 33 Shouldnt you have had

mercy on your fellow servant just

as I had on you?


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34 In anger his master handed

him over to the jailers to be

tortured, until he should pay back

all he owed. 35 This is how myheavenly Father will treat each of

you unless you forgive your

brother or sister from your heart."


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These two passagepoint out the

absolute necessityof forgiveness.


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First we need to tryand understand

what forgiveness isand what it is not.


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Forgiveness isbearing the

consequences ofothers actions

without seeking tomake them pay.


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In other wordsforgiveness is not

seeking revenge.


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Forgiveness isleaving the deeds of

the past in the past.


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Forgiveness is drivingbitterness towards

others for what theyhave or we perceive

they have done towardsus out of our hearts.


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Forgiveness is based onour first being forgiven

by God.


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Forgiveness is not arestoration of a

relationship.


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Many times people feelthat they must restore a

relationship in order tohave fully forgiven.


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Forgiveness is the first step in

restoration of relationships buta relationship is two sided and

unless the other person is

willing to be restored and

meet the conditions of

restoration (repentance andtransformation) forgiveness

will not force them to do so.


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With that same thought in

mind forgiveness is not

allowing a person to endlessly

abuse us simply by sayingthey are sorry.


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An invited guest who steals

from your home may be

forgiven but never again

asked to visit your home untilthey have truly changed their

ways.


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Forgiveness is not meant to be a

cover for wrong actions. If

criminal activity is involved even

if we forgive there needs to be arecognition of the wrong done

and consequences for the wrong

for the safety of others and thehope of change in the offender.


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In these cases forgiveness is

more about the motives of our

heart rather than a letting go of

consequences. The purpose ofthe consequences is for good

and not for payment or

revenge.


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It is important to know that God

does not just love us..... He loves

everyone. Here lies one reason

He desires to forgive and for usto forgive.


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Forgiveness

sets those Godloves free.


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It is for freedom that Christhas set us free. Stand firm,

then, and do not let

yourselves be burdenedagain by a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:1


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It sets us free in several ways.

My list may not be

comprehensive but it reflects my

personal journey intoforgiveness.


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Forgiveness

Frees Others


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John 20:23 "If you forgive the

sins of any, their sins have

been forgiven them; if you

retain the sins of any, theyhave been retained.


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What an incredible power for

good or destruction we have

been given in forgiveness. We

can forgive or we can bindthem with unforgiveness and

send them into a prison. It is

in our power.


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Perhaps the most powerful

story in the bible about the

power of forgiveness is the

prodigal son being welcomedback to his home by a father

who has been daily looking

for him with forgiveness in his

heart.


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Had his father turned him

away his life would have

never been restored.


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Forgiveness makes a way for

others to make terrible

mistakes and yet come back

from them to be restored andlive in a positive way.


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The Bible is full of stories of

people just like you and me,

who made a terrible mess of

their lives but because of theforgiveness of God and others

turned their lives around to

become men and women of

honor.


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Without forgiveness it would

have been impossible for

them to have done so.


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Forgiveness

Sets Us Free


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Matthew 18:32 Then the master called

the servant in. You wicked servant, hesaid, I canceled all that debt of yours

because you begged me to. 33 Shouldnt

you have had mercy on your fellowservant just as I had on you? 34 In anger

his master handed him over to the jailers

to be tortured, until he should pay back all

he owed. 35 This is how my heavenlyFather will treat each of you unless you

forgive your brother or sister from your

heart."


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We are placed in aprison of torment

until we forgive aswe have been

forgiven.


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C.S. Lewis once saidthat forgiveness is more

about our hearts beingset free than it is about

the one who wrongedus.


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How true this is. Whenwe refuse to forgive we

are tormented. We arebound in fetters of pain,

bitterness and self-pity.


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If we think about it for amoment we will all

remember a time whenwe saw the fruit of

unforgiveness either inour own, or in others

lives.


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Something dies insideus when we will not put

the past behind us butcontinually revisit in

bitterness the wrongsdone to us by others in

the past.


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In a strangeentanglement of

bondage when we donot forgive we often

become like and act insimilar ways as those

we do not forgive.


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If we allow another tocapture us in

unforgiveness we arenot harmed once, we

are harmed over andover again.


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Like a cancer eating awaytheir insides, this person

we will not forgives deeds

grow larger and larger untilour whole life is lived in the

torment of daily reliving thepain of the past.


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Forgiveness sets of free of

the prison of torment.


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It accepts, grieves and

releases the wrong and

consigns it to the past

where it should stay.


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Forgiveness removes the

poison of bitterness from

the pain of loss.


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Forgiveness

Sets God Free


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The most important person

that forgiveness sets free is

God.


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That may seem like a

wrong thing to say. God is

not bound by us..... or is

He? Read His Word to usagain


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Matthew 6:14 For if you

forgive others for their

transgressions, your heavenly

Father will also forgive you.15"But if you do not forgive

others, then your Father will

not forgive your

transgressions.


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God keeps His Word. We

know He desires to forgive us.

Jesus died to purchase that

privilege for us.


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People say God loves you no

matter what you do and that is

true. But He still is true to His

Word.


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God does many things he

does not want to do but has to

because He has given His

Word.


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If we believe God we will also

believe what He says. It is

perfectly clear from these two

passages and others likethem, if we hold

unforgiveness in our hearts,

God will not forgive us.


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He forgave us and wants to

continue in that

forgiveness.


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But we take away His

freedom to forgive us when

we will not forgive others.


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In spite of being born again,

being filled with the Holy Spirit,knowing the Bible well and even

having a ministry if we do not

forgive everyone from our hearts

God is put in the terrible position

of having to discipline us bycalling to account sins we were

once forgiven of.


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In spite of being born again,

being filled with the Holy Spirit,knowing the Bible well and even

having a ministry if we do not

forgive everyone from our hearts

God is put in the terrible position

of having to discipline us bycalling to account sins we were

once forgiven of.


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There is no other way of

interpreting the passage inMatthew 18. The master forgave

it all but when the servant

refused to follow his example he

ended up throwing him into the

prison until he paid the formerdebt that had been forgiven.


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God is bound to do what He says

He must do if we do not forgive,even though it is not his first

desire for us.....


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If unforgiveness bindsGod, forgiveness

frees Him to do whatHe loves to do....

forgive us.


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How canwe forgive?


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I want to suggestthree practical ways

to help us to forgiveothers.


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The first way I foundto really set others

free from what theyhave done to me is to

give the loss to Godas an offering.


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The first way I foundwas to allow myself to

grieve over the lossby expressing my

feelings in prayer.


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The second way Ifound to really set

others free from whatthey have done to me

is to give the loss toGod as an offering.


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The third way, in those

situations where you feel it to

be outside of your ability to

forgive is to do what Corie TenBoom did with her sisters

tormentor and allow God to

forgive through you.


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PASTORALPRAYER


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HYMNHymn VU#672

Take Time To Be

Holy


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BENEDICTION

THREE-FOLD AMEN

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