Matthew 18

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Matthew 18
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HOW MUCH Must I Forgive?
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HOW MUCH Must I Forgive?

• To dwell above with those we love, O that will
  be a glory. But to dwell below with those we
  know, well, that's another story!

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HOW MUCH Must I Forgive?

• Theres to be no limit (v.21-22)

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HOW MUCH Must I Forgive?

• Theres to be no limit
• If Im keeping score I havent

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I Must Forgive Because
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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME (v.27)

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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• My sin debt is huge

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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• My sin debt is huge

All of us are dirty with sin. All the right
things we have done are like filthy pieces of
cloth.Isaiah 646
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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• My sin debt is huge
• God offers to delete it all

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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• My sin debt is huge
• God offers to delete it all
• Gratitude leads to graciousness

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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• My sin debt is huge
• God offers to delete it all
• Gratitude leads to graciousness

He who has been forgiven little loves little."
Luke 747
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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• Failure to forgive shows

I dont feel forgiven
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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• Failure to forgive shows

I dont feel forgiven I dont understand grace
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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• Failure to forgive shows

I dont feel forgiven I dont understand grace I
carry unresolved guilt
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Whenever people begin sharing the faults of
others with me, my trust level in them goes down,
because I know I too have faults and theyll
almost certainly also share mine with others.
George Wold
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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• Failure to forgive shows

I dont feel forgiven I dont understand grace I
carry unresolved guilt
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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME

• Failure to forgive shows

I dont feel forgiven I dont understand grace I
carry unresolved guilt
"Be kind compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God
forgave you." Ephesians 432
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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME
• RESENTMENT Makes Me MISERABLE (v.31-34)

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I Must Forgive Because

• RESENTMENT Makes Me MISERABLE

• Grows into bitterness, which kills happiness

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I Must Forgive Because

• RESENTMENT Makes Me MISERABLE

• Grows into bitterness, which kills happiness

"Some men stay happy until the day they die.
Others have no happiness at all. They live die
with bitter hearts." Job 2123
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I Must Forgive Because

• RESENTMENT Makes Me MISERABLE

• Grows into bitterness, which kills happiness

Watch out that no bitterness takes root among
you, for as it springs up it causes deep trouble,
hurting many in their spiritual lives. Hebrews
1215
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I Must Forgive Because

• RESENTMENT Makes Me MISERABLE

• Grows into bitterness, which kills happiness
• Ends up hurting me the most

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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME
• RESENTMENT Makes Me MISERABLE
• Ill Need MORE Forgiveness in the FUTURE (v.35)

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I Must Forgive Because

• Ill Need MORE Forgiveness in the FUTURE

• Cant expect what youre unwilling to extend

"Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown
mercy." Matt.57 Whatever measure you use to
give -- large or small--will be used to measure
whats given back to you." Luke 638
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I Must Forgive Because

• Ill Need MORE Forgiveness in the FUTURE

• Cant expect what youre unwilling to extend

"Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven
our debtors." Mt. 512
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I Must Forgive Because

• Ill Need MORE Forgiveness in the FUTURE

• Forgiveness is to become a way of life

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I Must Forgive Because

• Ill Need MORE Forgiveness in the FUTURE

• It isnt about fairness

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I Must Forgive Because

• Ill Need MORE Forgiveness in the FUTURE

• It isnt about fairness, is never easy

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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME
• RESENTMENT Makes Me MISERABLE
• Ill Need MORE Forgiveness in the FUTURE

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Discovering WHO I Must Forgive

• The blame test (faulting)

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Discovering WHO I Must Forgive

• The blame test (faulting)
• The bitterness test (keeping score)

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Discovering WHO I Must Forgive

• The blame test (faulting)
• The bitterness test (keeping score)
• The behavior test (reacting)

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2 Ways to Deal with My Hurt

• Rehearse it (focus on it)

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2 Ways to Deal with My Hurt

• Rehearse it (focus on it)
• Release it (forgive it)

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I Must Forgive Because

• God Has Forgiven ME
• RESENTMENT Makes Me MISERABLE
• Ill Need MORE Forgiveness in the FUTURE

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