Sermon Text: Matthew
18: 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I
forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"
Sermon Title: Playing
Hurt: You Can Count On It
Point 1: The caliber
of the Pain vs. 21
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?”
Point 2: The cost of
Unforgiveness vs. 24
As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand
talents of gold was brought to him.
Point
3: Calling in the Debt vs. 28 “But when that servant went out, he found
one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He
grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
he demanded.
Point 4: Captured by
My Past vs.
32 “Then the master called the servant
in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he
said, ‘I canceled all that debt of
yours because you begged me to.
Point 5: Consequences
for My Future vs. 33-35 33Shouldn’t you have had
mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’34In 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 heavenly Father will treat
each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
1. Avoid
mentally rehearsing the events associated with the offense.
2. Don't
turn the person into the offense liar, adulterer, thief, cheater
3. Forgive
from the heart the spirit not the soulish real
4. Start
immediately blessing the person you forgive. You will only feel differently
about the person when you act differently toward them forgiveness is a verb
5. Flee
the attempt to tell others about this offense.
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