No Offense
Mike Santiago
November 20, 2022
It is your decisions not your desires that determine your destiny.
The Decision we must make is to not carry an offense.
Luke 17.1-3, ESV
And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. 3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,
Matthew 24.10, NKJV
10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
Scandalizo: Scandal or trap that you fall into.
OFFENSE IS AN EVENT, BUT OFFENDED IS A DECISION.
Proverbs 18.19, NKJV
A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a castle.
You cannot win in the future if you are still offended by the past.
HOW DO I LIVE OFFENSE FREE?
1-GUARD YOUR HEART
Proverbs 4.23, NLT
23 Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.
OFFENSIVE THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO ME WITHOUT THE OFFENSE LIVING IN ME.
2- BE QUICK TO FORGIVE
Colossians 3.13, NLT
13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.
Reasons why people don’t forgive
WHAT THEY DID TO ME WAS TOO BIG.
THEY DIDN’T SAY THEY WERE SORRY.
THEY WILL DO IT AGAIN.
FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST LOSE THEIR RIGHT TO BE OFFENDED.
TO BE A CHRISTIAN MEANS TO FORGIVE THE INEXCUSABLE BECAUSE GOD HAS
FORGIVEN THE INEXCUSABLE IN US. —C.S. LEWIS
3. LEARN TO MOVE ON
WE HAVE A DAILY CHOICE TO LIVE BITTER BECAUSE OF WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE OR TO LIVE BETTER BECAUSE OF JESUS HAS DONE.
THE POTENTIAL IN FRONT OF YOU IS GREATER THAN THE PAIN BEHIND YOU.
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