1 Peter 1 1319 Check cashing policy To
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1 Peter 1: 1319 Check cashing policy: To err is human To forgive, $10
Why Should We Forgive? n Essential to Entering Heaven – – Matthew 6: 14, 15 n “Score Keeping” Requires too much of our time – Matthew 18: 21, 22 n Holding Grudge prolongs your own suffering – Leviticus 19: 18 n Unforgiving attitude: – Makes you less attractive to others – Gives others control over you
Can You Forgive & Forget? n Forget Our Own Faults – Proverbs 21: 2 n God says we can – Ephesians 4: 32 Need a little Help Forgiving? n God Commands it – Matthew 6: 14, 15 – Romans 12: 17 -21 n Trust God – 1 John 5: 3
Can You Forgive & Forget? Need a little Help Forgiving? n Forgiving Shows Strength of Character n Avoids appearance of using double standard: One for You, another for others n Your Faults no Different than Others – Romans 3: 23 n Consistent with Practice of Love – John 14: 15, 21, 23, 24 – 1 John 2: 4; 4: 7 -11; 5: 2, 3
Do You Forgive? n Do you rejoice at another’s misfortunes? n Do you avoid the “forgiven? ” n Are you friendly & kind toward the forgiven? n 1 Peter 3: 8, 9 n Criteria for Forgiving – Ephesians 4: 32 – Colossians 3: 12, 13
How has Christ Forgiven Us? n Hebrews 8: 8 -12 n “Their sins & their lawless deeds I will remember no more!” n IF we would be forgiven (i. e. sins remembered against us no more); we must Forgive (i. e. sins remembered against them no more!).
