12-steps (or less!) to forgiveness matthew 26:36 - 46
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12-Steps (or less!) to Forgiveness Matthew 26:36 - 46. Forgiveness is a process I chose to begin to stop punishing someone for something they have done or said that has hurt me or someone else that I care about. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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12-Steps (or less!) to ForgivenessMatthew 26:36 - 46
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• Forgiveness is a process I chose to begin to stop punishing someone for something they have done or said that has hurt me or someone else that I care about.
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1. When it comes to forgiveness, our objective must be to take-up a future orientation. –2 Corinthians 5:14-17–Philippians 3:12-14–Galatians 2:20
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2. Jesus identified the betrayals, denials, and abandonments that would be committed against him.
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3. Having identified his griefs, Jesus was able to grieve them. Yet, Jesus grieved before the Lord not at his offenders.
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4. Jesus’ grief did not consume him. He balanced his grief with the responsibilities and calling God had placed upon his life. • He did not avoid the Garden.• He did not avoid the upper room.
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5. Jesus surrendered His will to the purposes of God – even though it meant being wounded unjustly by others. Nothing is impossible for God -- even bringing His greater purposes out of our pain. – Matt 26:39– John 12:27-28– Romans 8:28
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6. Jesus looked at those at the cross (and his wounds) from the perspective of those who had sinned against Him.– Luke 23:34 (NASB) 34 But Jesus was saying,
"Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing…
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7. Jesus confessed his feelings towards God – in Garden and on the cross. – Matt 26:44, 3x; 27:46
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8. Forgiveness is a choice we make just like Jesus chose to go to the cross. This is a life-journey process to forgiveness.– John 10:17-18 – Matt 26:46, Arise, let us be going; behold, the
one who betrays Me is at hand.”– Matt 18:21, Up to 70 x 7.
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9. Jesus extended forgiveness to the guilty; but only after He had grieved, and not too quickly. – Luke 23:34, Father, forgive them…– Do not expect to forget the wounds inflicted
upon you. Rev 5:16
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10. Do not expect to forget the wounds inflicted upon you. – Rev 5:16, The Lamb Jesus is “standing as if slain.”
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12. Pray that God will bless those who have hurt you.– Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They
will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."