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Journey with Jesus Change Your World… Love & Forgiveness

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Page 1: Journey with Jesus Change Your World… Love & Forgiveness

Journey with Jesus

Change Your World… Love & Forgiveness

Page 2: Journey with Jesus Change Your World… Love & Forgiveness

And this is the life we live and teach

others so we Multiply!

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Love one another

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Forgive one anotherForbearance or Confronting

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“Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” Luke 17:3-4

Matthew 18: 15-35

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“ Even when a person does not repent, Matthew 18:17; we are commanded to love our enemy and pray for those who persecute us and do good to those who hate us. Luke 6:27

The difference is that when a person who wronged us does not repent with contrition and confession and conversion (turning from sin to righteousness), he cuts off the full work of forgiveness. We can still lay down our ill will; we can hand over our anger to God; we can seek to do him good; but we cannot carry through reconciliation or intimacy.” Dr. John Piper

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1. Christians should always love their enemies and have a gracious disposition, making forgiveness available to the offender

Forgiveness ready but moving toward reconciled2. Forgiveness is always connected to reconciliation,

which involves – Forbearance – overlooking the offence ORRestoration – addressing the offence (Romans 15:14;

Gal. 6:1,2)

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What are the consequences of not forgiving?14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. 15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.

Hebrews 12:14,15

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3. What about those who see no need for restoration ? . . . There is a sense of God’s justice and righteousness must factor into the equation where vengeance and judgment is left to God for the unrepentant and we love as an enemy the unrestored by our LOVE in action

Romans 12 – How to overcome evilPsalm 37- trust, dwell, delight, commit, wait

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What examples are there of sins against us?

1.Bodily injury “slaps you on the face…” Mt. 5:392.Personal property “takes your cloak …” Mt. 5:403.Using you “forces you to go one mile…”Mt. 5:41

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The Goal of Forgiveness is RESTORATION “sexual sin, or are greedy, or cheat people,

or worship idols.”

TO GOD AND TO ONE ANOTHERWith one caught in sin to God Galatians 6:1

sexual sin-1 Cor. 6; idols-1 John 5:21

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Forbearance or Confrontation?Factors in Forgiveness

Q1? Christ follower or non-Christ follower

I Corinthians 5Q2? Is my introspection complete?

Matthew 7; Galatians 6Q3? Is it coverable through love?

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11 I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people. 12 It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning. 13 God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You must remove the evil person from among you.”

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Forbearance or Confrontation?Factors in Forgiveness

Q1? Christ follower or non-Christ follower

I Corinthians 5Q2? Is my introspection complete?

Matthew 7; Galatians 6Q3? Is it coverable through love?

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Forbearance8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. I Peter 4:8

13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Colossians 3

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Forbearance or Confrontation?Factors in Forgiveness

Q4? Is the offense damaging the person? Galatians 6

Q5? Is the offense damaging the body of Christ? 2 Corinthians 2THEN:Check your attitude and act in FAITH