PPT-“The Opportunities of Forgiveness”

Genesis 50 Mistreating Others Empowers Them Over Us Genesis 501518 When Josephs brothers saw that their father was dead they said Perhaps Joseph will hate us and may actually repay us for all the evil which we did to him So they sent messengers to Joseph saying Before your father died he commanded saying Thus you shall say to Joseph I beg you please forgive the trespass of your brothers and their sin for they did evil to you Now please forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father And Joseph wept when they spoke to him Then his brothers also went and fell down before his face and they said Behold we are your servants NKJV. Hebrews 9:16-22. TITLE: The Cost of Forgiveness. TEXT: Hebrews 9: 16-22 . THEME: The believer should find forgiveness through the cross of Christ.. The Cost of Forgiveness. Hebrews 9:16-22. “Why do Christians use such a gruesome image as the crucifixion to visualize their faith?”. & . RECONCILIATION. What . Is Forgiveness?. Forgiveness. means dismissing a debt. . In the New Testament, the Greek noun . aphesis. denotes a ". dismissal. " or ". release. ." . —. When you . Matthew 6:12,14,15. Luke 23:34. Forgiveness. No Real Revival Without Forgiveness. Max . Lucado. :. Forgiveness. is not saying the one who hurt you was right!. Forgiveness is stating that God is faithful and He will do what is right!. Forgiveness vs. Rejection. Clearing the record of those who have wronged me and not holding a grudge.. In the business community, two men can never shake hands on a deal when their fists are clenched. This is not a real hand shake, and the deal will more than likely fail.. 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.. When it comes to . Hebrews 9:16-22. TITLE: The Cost of Forgiveness. TEXT: Hebrews 9: 16-22 . THEME: The believer should find forgiveness through the cross of Christ.. The Cost of Forgiveness. Hebrews 9:16-22. “Why do Christians use such a gruesome image as the crucifixion to visualize their faith?”. The Story of Joseph . & His Brothers. They Changed. Mistreated Joseph. Motivated by hate . Genesis 37:3-4. Conspired to kill him . Genesis 37:18-20. Callously ignored his cries . Genesis 37:24-25. Not About …. “Offended” as in hurt feelings. “Getting Over It”/”Moving On”. “Forbearance”. Only God Forgives. Only God can forgive, because sin is against God.. Psalm . 51:2-4. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.. Keywords. Absolutism. Eucharist. Evangelisation. Forgiveness. Punishment. Relativism. Salvation. Sin. Keywords. Meaning. Absolutism. the belief that there are certain actions that are always right or always wrong. The belief that moral laws exist eternally and are not just human inventions.. 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.. When it comes to . grudge . do?. How are you . affected by not forgiving. ?. What does . bitterness do. ?. Is forgiveness and trust the same?. A little boy, being asked what forgiveness is, gave the beautiful answer:. . choice. . for me.. Luke . 23:32-33 (NIV). Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. .  . When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.. Matthew 6.14-15. For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. . The JOY of FORGIVENESS Psalm 32.1-5 Psalm 32 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven , Whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity , And in whose spirit there is no deceit.