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Peter's final call to a young and growing church
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God tells us how we are to forgive others through the example of Joseph and his brothers in Egypt.
The Path to Forgiveness M.B. Oliver A sermon for the 7th Sunday after the Epiphany in Year C commonly called Sexagesima Sunday. Preached at St John the Evangelist, Cold Lake, Alberta 18 Feb 01. Gen 45:3-11, 15 Ps 37:1-11, 39-40 1 Cor 15:35-38, 42-50 Luke 6:27-38 The readings today are linked ...read more
Scripture: Luke 6:27-38, Genesis 45:3-15
Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican
Everyone gets hurt by others. Instead of jumping into the common ungodly responses to this, step into the benefits of forgiveness.
Benefits of Forgiving Pastor Eric Hanson Read: Romans 12:14 & 17-21, Matthew 5:43-44, & Luke 6:27-38 Everyone gets hurt by others. Ungodly responses to this include the following four. : 1. Retaliate against the person or persons so as to hurt them in return. This action can range from speaking ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:14, Matthew 5:43, Luke 6:27
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Forgiveness is powerful. Unforgiveness can also be powerful: when we refuse to forgive those who have wronged us, we ironically and powerfully hurt ourselves.
Jesus often told people, "Your sins are forgiven." What a stunning statement. Forgiveness is powerful. Unforgiveness can also be powerful: when we refuse to forgive those who have wronged us, we ironically and powerfully hurt ourselves. Lewis Smedes once said, "Forgiving is the only way to be ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:14-15
Denomination: Apostolic
This sermon explores the transformative power of forgiveness, its role in procuring peace, and the blessings hindered by unforgiveness.
Good morning, dear friends. Let's gather our hearts together today as we turn our attention to the divine words of God, the Holy Scripture that guides us, comforts us, and shapes us into the image of Christ. Our focus today is on forgiveness - a theme so central to our faith, yet so challenging to ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35, 2 Corinthians 2:5-11, Hebrews 12:14-15
Topics: Regain Peace
Forgiveness as evidenced by David
FORGIVENESS * INTRODUCTION A. There was once a young man. He came from a good military family. He aspired to be a good soldier himself. After getting the opportunity to serve, his career elevated quickly. His commanding officer thought highly of him. But as the success of the young man ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:1-13
Denomination: Baptist
In the “flesh”… • When I am wronged I demand my rights In Jesus’ kingdom… • When I’m wronged, I am to relinquish my rights
We live in a culture that seems to be increasingly focused on individual rights. In some ways that is not all that surprising since our country was founded, in large part, in order to protect the rights of the individual. Our founding documents contain many references to those rights: • The ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:38-42
The death and resurrection of Jesus not only provided the forgiveness of our sins, but also enabled us to forgive the sins of others.
Matthew 18:21-35 “Free to Forgive” INTRODUCTION The reality of Easter is expressed in many ways in our everyday lives. Easter becomes personal for us at our baptism, or when we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We celebrate the reality of Easter every Sunday with songs such as ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35
Denomination: Lutheran
Forgiveness is the divine method of releasing us from guilt, setting us free to continue loving God and others.
In Colossians 3:1-3:18, Paul provides us with guidelines for holy living. He instructs us to set our hearts and minds on heavenly things, reminding us that as believers, we have died to ourselves and now Christ lives in us. Paul urges us to put to death the sinful nature of our fallen selves, ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-18
Topics: Forgiveness, Love, Freedom
Forgiveness is SO important for a relationship to be healthy.
INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • As we enter into week 5 of Fireproofing our Relationships, I want to talk to you about the second most important skill and action involved in successful relationships, friendships, and marriages. That skill is forgiveness. • This may be one of the most difficult skills to ...read more
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Truly forgiven people will become forgiving people.
We are in the middle of a series on Relational Living and what it takes to make a relationship work. We started with LOVE. Then last week we added ENCOURAGEMENT. Today, we add something that might be the hardest for us to do—FORGIVE. Forgiveness many times is not easy, especially when we are ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 18:21-33, Romans 8:11-14, Colossians 3:12-13
In other words, when it comes to forgiving others, don't act like a cat!
24C Cats never forgive. Scientists have observed conciliatory behavior in many different animal species, like gorillas, goats, and hyenas, whom often follow confrontations with friendly behavior like embracing or rubbing noses. The only species that has so far failed to show outward signs of ...read more
Denomination: Catholic
As Christians, we often work hard at forgiving others; we need to learn to accept God’s forgiveness of ourselves.
Accepting Forgiveness Let’s open our bibles this morning to Psalm 103. In this Psalm, David is praising God for his tremendous love for His people. We’ll come back to this in just a minute. Now, we all know that David wasn’t perfect. Let’s take a look at one of his most famous stories. One ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 103:12
Being forgiven by God enables us to forgive others
SERIES: The Greatest Prayer Ever Prayed #7 TITLE: Forgive Us Our Trespasses TEXT: Matthew 6:9-12 INTRO: A letter from a young lady to her ex-boyfriend: “Dearest Jimmy, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I’ve felt since breaking our engagement. Please say you’ll ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:9-12
A unified church can be a powerful influence in the community so naturally our enemy love to create offenses to cause division. Forgiveness as Christ forgave us is a powerful defense against those schemes.
Walgreen’s – (life doesn’t give you lemons but there is still lemonade) Since we don’t live in perfect, there’s Walgreens… The truth is there was a time we lived in perfect and will one day be returned there but it is hard to find here on earth. Many people ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 3:12-14
Denomination: Assembly Of God
In part one we will answer 2 questions... #1 Why should we ask God to forgive our debt? #2 When does God forgive our debts?
“Forgive Us...” The King and His Kingdom OKAY – let’s do this... NOW - I want to start off our time this morning by reading several passages of Scripture... AND UNDERSTAND MGCC – there is no better way for us to begin our time of study this or any morning for that matter than by reading God’s ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:12-15
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