12 Choices: I Choose to Forgive Others

Sermons

Terry Francis
06/23/13 - Sunday 9:00 a.m.

Series: 12 Choices

•Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:14–15

•12 Choices: I Choose to Forgive Others

•Forgiveness is a hard choice to make.

•It is an act of will.

•Matthew 6:12

•Forgiveness allows you to move on in life.

–Genesis 41:50–52

•What choice do we really have?

–Matthew 6:14–15

•Two common misconceptions:

•Forgiveness doesn’t mean you completely forget.

–Genesis 45:3–5, 8; 50:16–21

•Forgiveness doesn’t mean you must be vulnerable.

–Romans 6:1–2

•Do I only have to forgive when they ask me to?

•Luke 17:3

•Luke 23:34; Acts 7:60

•Remember, just because we release someone doesn’t mean God does.

–Romans 12:19

•How important is forgiveness?

•The Jews taught you should forgive three times.

•Matthew 18:21–35

•Forgiveness isn’t something you count.