The Flow of Forgiveness Edgar Cabello 10-8-16

Matthew 6:14-15 “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”

Matthew 7:1-2 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

Paradigm

Relationships

Matthew 18:21-22 “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 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”

N. T. Wright says, "Forgiveness is a way of life, God's way of life, God's way to life; and if you close your heart to forgiveness, why, then, do you close your heart to forgiveness. . . If you lock up the piano because you don't want to play to somebody else, how can God play to you?”

Matthew 10:8 “Freely you have received, freely give.”

It’s a cycle where we receive and express.

God pours his perfect life into us, and we receive it freely. And as we receive it, we express it. And the more we receive it, the more we express it. But also the more we express it, the more we receive it.

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They are inseparably wrapped up with one another!

"That is why we pray, 'Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.' That isn't a bargain we make with God. It's a fact of human life. Not to forgive is to shut down a faculty in the innermost person, which happens to be the same faculty that can receive God's forgiveness." – -N.T. Wright

Matthew 5:23-24 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.”

NEXT STEPS: CONNECTION CARD

NEXT STEPS: CONNECTION CARD Ask Jesus, to help you enter the forgiveness flow. He’s the one who said on the cross “forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing to me.”

NEXT STEPS: CONNECTION CARD Ask Jesus, to help you enter the forgiveness flow. He’s the one who said on the cross “forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing to me.” Ask him what action you need to take.

NEXT STEPS: CONNECTION CARD Ask Jesus, to help you enter the forgiveness flow. He’s the one who said on the cross “forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing to me.” Ask him what action you need to take. Find someone to pray for you to help you learn to forgive.