Here are some of the highlights of Sunday’s message.
Holding unforgivness is like taking a poison pill and hoping it kills them.
You’re not the first person to wrestle with forgiveness, Peter one of closest to Jesus struggled with it.
You’ll have to forgive people hundreds of times for the same offense.
Forgiven people forgive. Not 7 times but 77 times.
Every one of us has sinned against God and our debt is great before God. We have belittled His name, lusted over his children, thought murderous thoughts against His children, worshipped His stuff over Him, racism, greed, pride, addiction, not giving Him the rightful place in your life. You and I will stand before God and settle accounts for how we lived, loved Christ, served in the church, served others, loved our family.
Have you thrown yourself at the feet of the king and asked for mercy and forgiveness. You can’t be good enough, you need a Savior. But oh we have a Savior who loves, who went to the cross for our sin, with you in mind. And if you’ll put down your pride and throw yourself at the king’s feet you can have eternal life. Stop trying to make it right, and receive the One who can make it right.
We go to the Master wanting grace, and leave wanting justice. We want revenge, secretly hoping bad things happen to them. Every time their name enters our head we think something negative, want them to be taught a lesson, God how could you bless them.
When you think about all your sin, do you really want to go before God and say I want fairness, or do you want grace, mercy and forgiveness?
This is why we have to forgive others, because when we don’t we mock God. Matthew 6:14-15. And the point of this passage is not that you have to forgive to earn your salvation but this, if you’re not a forgiving person you don’t know Christ. It’s a spiritual impossibility to not forgive someone and really be saved. And today God wants to remind you of the grace you have received, of how He lavished His love on you, and He wants you to forgive.
