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Bauer, Scott - A Time To Forgive

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A Time To Forgive
by Scott Bauer
Text: Luke 7:40-50
Topic: Why unforgiveness is an obstacle to love
Big Idea: Forgiving others frees us to experience God's full redemption and hope.
Keywords: Forgiveness; God, Grace of; Love, divine; Love, human; Relationship; Security in God: Sin


Introduction:
  • Illustration: Son realizes his need to forgive his father.
  • Illustration: Woman wounded by friend who did not value her growth in Christ.
  • Forgiveness is central to Jesus’ parable in Luke 8:40-50.
We don’t forgive because we want to retain control.
  • Illustration: Overcompensating for minor injury ends career of pitcher Dizzy Dean.
  • Don’t let little things get in the way of forgiveness.
  • Jesus has broken the power of unforgiveness.
God’s forgiveness is conditional.
  • God’s love is unconditional.
  • Our response to that love determines whether God’s forgiveness will be ours.
  • One of the conditions of forgiveness is confession of sin.
  • Where there is much forgiveness, there is much love.
Forgiveness offers no guarantees.
  • Our memory of past wrongs makes it hard to forgive.
  • Forgiveness offers grace.
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