
Abundant Life 3
July 31, 2022
- John 10:10 (NKJV)
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
Fear – Forgiveness - Freedom
- Matthew 6:14-15 NIV “For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”
- Matthew 18: 21-22 NIV “Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times? “Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
“A
PERSON IS EXPECTED TO ALSO BE A
PERSON”
- Luke 23:33-38 (NIV) 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals–one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
- Matthew 18:21-22 (NKJV) “Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”
How
times will Christ
me?
- Colossians 3:13 (NIV) “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”
Ephesians 4:32 (NIV) “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Luke 17:3-4 (NIV) … “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”
If Christ is
, then we must be
to Forgive
- Matthew 6:12 (NKJV) “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”
- “You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ …So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”
The
Christ forgives us is How he
us to forgive others
God’s Power
God’s Mercy
God’s Grace