In this text today we will discover that forgiveness is not simply dismissing the wrong actions of someone else, or an emotional feeling we try to reach, or just forgetting an offense. It's not just deciding to trust an offending person, and it sometimes does not lead to the full restoration of a relationship. So, practically, what is forgiveness and how do we do it? Isn't it a two-way process that requires the actions of the other person? Doesn't the other person have a responsibility to seek forgiveness?
These are all very serious and often troubling issues that swirl around the subject of forgiveness. As we look closely at what Jesus tells us is the process to achieving true and lasting forgiveness, let us first be open to instruction from Him and second be ready to have our lives altered, for forgiveness is the active gift God has given us to live in relationship to Him and one another.
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January 12, 2014 | Pastor John Bayles | Forgiveness: Breaking Old Chains | Matthew 18:21-35
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