The power of God to Heal through Forgiveness

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The p ow er of God to Hea l throug h Forg iveness & Rec onc ilia tion

Qualities of Forgiveness • Assertive • Be willing to lay aside your rights • Leads to reconciliation

Nick and Alex Hays

Read Luke 17: 3-10

Developing a Lifestyle of Forgiveness

I. Our Need to be forgiving II. The Steps involved. III. The Power to do it.

Our Need to be Forgiving When someone sins or wrongs us lets analyze our response: • How do we feel? • What do we focus on? • What do we Desire?

“Be on your guard”

Luke 17:3

The steps of forgiveness 1. Identify with the wrong doer 2. Inwardly pay their debt 3. Seek their well being

Identify with the wrong doer

“Forgiveness flounders when I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and exclude myself from the community of sinners” - Miroslav Volf

Inwardly Pay their debt “Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors” Matt 6:12

Seeking the well being of the wrongdoer “And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him” Luke 17: 4

The power to live a forgiving life Luke 17:4 “the apostles said to the Lord, ’Increase our Faith’

Luke 17: 7-10 – Parable of the Owner and the slaves

“It is Finished”

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“I paid it”

Please Welcome: Paul Vinogradov

Closing Thoughts • We need to Forgive for our own health • Consider the wrongdoer as a human, just like us. Pay their debt and seek their well being. • Remember how Christ paid your debt… by becoming a servant.