2. Matthew 6:14-15
If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.

3. Matthew 6:14-15
But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.

4. The Power Of

5. The Power Of
Forgiveness

6. Part One
Why I Can’t Forgive

7. Forgiveness is a beautiful word, until you have something to forgive.
C.S. Lewis
Forgiveness is a beautiful word, until you have something to forgive.

9. Why do Christians, who have been forgiven so much, have such difficulty forgiving others?

10. I don’t understand what forgiveness is and what it isn’t
#1 – Why I Can’t Forgive
I don’t understand what forgiveness is and what it isn’t

11. Rate each statement as an ACCURATE or an INACCURATE description of forgiveness.

12. 1
You cannot honestly forgive someone unless that person shows some remorse for what they did.

13. 2
If you really forgive someone, you would want that person to be released from the consequences of their actions.

14. 3
If you genuinely forgive someone, you should rebuild your relationship with that person.

15. 4
If you have really forgiven someone, you should be able to forget what they have done to you.

16. 62%
60%
WRONG
73%
66%

17. I’m riding the “guilt-blame” seesaw
#2 – Why I Can’t Forgive
I’m riding the “guilt-blame” seesaw

18. GUILT
BLAME

19. GUILT
BLAME
FORGIVENESS

20. GUILT
BLAME

21. I can’t give away what I don’t possess
#3 – Why I Can’t Forgive
I can’t give away what I don’t possess

22. Only the forgiven can truly forgive!

23. Nightmare In Columbia County
Dawn Smith Jordan
Nightmare In Columbia County

24. Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

25. Luke 7:41-47
41 Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people —five hundred pieces of silver to one and fifty pieces to the other.

26. Luke 7:41-47
42 But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts Who do you suppose loved him more after that?”

27. Luke 7:41-47
43 Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the larger debt.” “That’s right,” Jesus said.

28. Luke 7:41-47
44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Look at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn’t offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

29. Luke 7:41-47
45 You didn’t give me a kiss of greeting, but she has kissed my feet again and again from the time I first came in.

30. Luke 7:41-47
46 You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume.

31. Luke 7:41-47
47 I tell you, her sins — and they are many — have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.”

33. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

35. GRACE is a deliberate decision to give something good to someone who doesn’t deserve it.

36. 2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

37. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.