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 Even I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake and remembers your sin no more.

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 Psalm 103. The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, if we don't know these verses.

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 Abounding in love, he will not always accuse, nor will he harbour his anger forever.

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 He does not treat us as our sins deserve, or repay us according to our iniquities.

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 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him.

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 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

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 1 John.

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 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another.

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 And the blood of Jesus, his son, purifies us from all sin.

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 As I said, we've covered all this already this morning.

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 And we've been flowing through the beauty of that forgiveness.

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 Forgiveness flows through the very essence of our relationship with our God.

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 God sent his son.

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 God sent his son.

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 His son to shed his blood so our sins could be forgiven.

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 Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

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 The heart of our relationship with God is based on who he is and what he has done for us.

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 Without his forgiveness, we have no relationship.

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 We have peace though, through Christ Jesus our Lord.

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 As a coming to preach to you this morning, you can't escape the fact that we've just come through Easter.

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 And on Easter, I happened to be in Italy, in Naples, where we sent Aoife Bevel.

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 And we're supporting Aoife to help in a church plant there.

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 And I sat in the first meeting of that church plant, which was a great blessing to be there.

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 But because my Italian is very weak and the service was in Italian, I was really picking up every maybe third sentence.

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 I was able to follow.

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 But because of that, one particular sentence, and I'm not going to try and repeat it in Italian.

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 And the preacher said,

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 We are blessed to know that Jesus said,

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 Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.

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 That is the message of God to us in forgiveness.

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 He forgives us.

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 Because behind it all, he knows that when it gets right down to it,

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 we, as clever as we may think we are,

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 most of the time don't even understand what we're doing when we're doing it.

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 And the treasure we have in the gospel is that Jesus went on the cross

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 and said,

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 Father, forgive.

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 And he has shed his blood so that we can have that forgiveness.

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 And therefore, since we have been justified through faith,

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 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 It's worth repeating that over and over and over again to ourselves.

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 We have access to that.

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 As we have been reminded this morning,

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 through song and prayer,

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 and how Johnny reminded us even as we looked at those verses from Colossians first thing this morning.

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 We have access to that forgiveness if we are born again,

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 if we are saved,

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 if we are in Christ Jesus,

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 if the grace of God has gifted us the faith to understand that,

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 to know that we have been rescued

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 and brought from the kingdom of darkness

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 into the kingdom of light,

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 the kingdom of the sun.

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 So if you're not,

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 hear the voice of God talking to you now.

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 And if you are,

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 lift your hearts

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 and thank Jesus.

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 Thank Jesus for his shed blood

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 so that you know the truth of this forgiveness.

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 I was glad that we had that emphasis this morning

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 and I wanted to emphasize all those things as we come

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 because from here on,

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 I'm going to be talking about

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 how that forgiveness reflects in our hearts

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 and how we live our life out amongst each other.

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 Because not only are we forgiven,

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 but we are told that we must forgive.

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 Matthew chapter 6 verse 14

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 For if you forgive other people

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 when they sin against you,

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 your heavenly Father will also

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 forgive you.

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 But if you do not forgive others their sins,

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 your Father will not forgive your sins.

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 Matthew 18, 35

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 This is how my heavenly Father

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 will treat each of you

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 unless you forgive your brother

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 or sister from your heart.

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 Mark 11, 25

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 And when you stand praying,

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 if you hold anything against anyone,

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 forgive them so that your Father in heaven

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 may forgive you and your sins.

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 The picture of forgiveness

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 flowing from God to us

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 and from us out to each other

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 and out into the world

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 to me is beautiful.

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 When I was driving down this morning,

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 I had an opportunity to do something

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 on a Sunday morning

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 I normally don't do.

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 I was flicking through radio stations,

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 seeing what the world is talking about

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 on a Sunday morning

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 because I'm currently blessed

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 to live two minutes away

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 from where I fellowship.

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 So there's no time to listen to anything in the car.

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 It's a nice thing on a Sunday morning.

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 But this morning I heard

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 poets talking about

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 the life of poetry.

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 I heard songwriters talking about songwriting.

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 I heard,

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 and I'm not going to get into it now,

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 but I heard a very well-known celebrity

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 talking about their decadent lifestyle.

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 And I asked the Lord

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 to show me how to love that person

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 as they gloried in their rebellion.

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 And then I flicked on

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 and I heard opera.

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 And I like opera.

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 Sorry.

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 I'm not a huge buff,

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 but I heard Renata Tabaldi.

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 And if you're into it,

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 what a beautiful voice.

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 And she was singing Puccini.

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 And as I drove along,

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 that voice and that music

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 lifted my heart

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 and made my soul sing.

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 And I thought to myself,

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 does my soul still sing like that

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 when I consider how much God has forgiven me?

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 Listening to Renata Tabaldi this morning

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 was like having my ears washed with liquid gold.

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 That's how it felt like to me.

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 And I said to myself,

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 do I still consider

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 how my soul has been washed

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 with something more precious than liquid gold?

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 the blood of Jesus?

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 And do I respond

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 in the right way

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 to Him

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 and to all of you

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 and to all of my brothers and sisters?

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 Do you

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 still

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 want to respond that way?

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 Do you still

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 look at yourself

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 full in the glory

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 of the grace of God

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 and recognize

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 how far you've come

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 and lift your heart

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 and say,

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 thank you Jesus.

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 Thank you God.

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 Thank you Lord Holy Spirit

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 for working in my life

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 to make these things known to me.

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 In that moment

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 of recognizing that forgiveness

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 and what we are to do,

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 we see the beauty

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 of the love of God.

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 And in the quantity

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 that that forgiveness

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 is lavished on us,

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 we should lavish

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 that forgiveness

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 on one another,

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 our brothers and sisters.

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 Luke chapter 6,

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 verse 36.

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 Be merciful

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 just as your Father

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 is merciful.

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 Luke 11

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 and Luke 17.

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 Forgive us our sins

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 for we also forgive everyone

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 who sins against us

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 and lead us not into temptation.

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 Even if they sin against you

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 seven times in a day

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 and seven times come back to you

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 saying,

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 I repent,

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 you must forgive them.

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 Forgiveness is central

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 to our peace with God

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 but forgiveness

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 is also central

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 to our peace

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 in general.

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 In the verses

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 that we've just looked at

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 and the thoughts

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 we've been just bringing out,

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 God has made it clear

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 that it is His desire

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 that we be at peace

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 with Him

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 and with all men

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 as much as we are able.

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 To forgive freely

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 as we have been forgiven.

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 to forgive

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 without limits.

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 That's really easy,

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 isn't it?

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 So easy to forgive

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 without limits.

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 I have no problem

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 with that.

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 Liar.

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 It's really hard

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 for us

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 as people

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 to forgive

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 without limits

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 especially when

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 the same things

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 seem to be happening

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 around us.

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 but we have to

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 fight in that struggle

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 to seek to do it

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 in God's way

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 not our own way.

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 In our lives

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 forgiveness

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 it serves

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 the most obvious things

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 to resolve conflicts

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 to remove

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 resentments

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 and forgiveness

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 is

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 an expression

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 of our righteousness

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 through Christ Jesus

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 lived out.

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 and whether we like it

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 or not

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 and it's been said

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 several times already

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 we are told

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 to forgive.

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 We can have no real hope

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 of resolving conflicts

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 if we have no heart

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 to forgive.

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 And we cannot set limits

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 on what we are willing

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 to forgive

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 or how many times

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 we are willing

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 to forgive.

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 in as much

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 as God's

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 boundless love

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 has covered

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 our boundless sin

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 we are to forgive

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 our brothers and sisters

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 in Christ

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 endlessly.

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 Everybody knows

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 this verse I think

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 if you've spent

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 any time in church.

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 Matthew 18

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 verse 21

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 Then Peter came

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 to Jesus

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 and asked

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 Lord

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 how many times

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 shall I forgive

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 my brother

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 when he sins

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 against me?

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 Up to seven times?

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 Yeah

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 good man.

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 And Jesus answered

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 I tell you

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 not seven times

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 but 77 times.

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 We know what Jesus

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 was saying there.

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 Don't put a limit on it.

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 And just as we live

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 in our life in general

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 don't limit it

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 to your brothers and sisters.

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 Our heart is to be

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 of love and forgiveness

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 for those

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 not outside the church

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 as well.

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 How can we hope

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 to want to love them?

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 But I tell you

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 love your enemies

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 and pray for those

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 who persecute you.

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 What's an enemy?

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 An enemy is not

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 somebody who's just

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 mildly upsetting you

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 causing you a little

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 discomfort.

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 An enemy is somebody

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 who's totally opposed

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 to everything you are

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 and everything you want

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 and everything you hope for.

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 How are you going

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 to love an enemy?

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 Unless you have the heart

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 to forgive.

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 Now I don't want

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 anyone to misunderstand

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 either.

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 I did not

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 and I am not saying

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 that you must

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 ignore the sin

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 that is done to you.

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 I'm not saying

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 that you have to

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 blithely go by

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 and say

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 ignore it.

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 The wrongs

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 that are done

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 may be dealt with

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 if you wish.

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 If you wish

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 the wrongs

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 may be dealt with.

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 But our pattern

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 has to be the one

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 that we're given.

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 Matthew 18

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 15 to 17

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 again

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 I'm sure I'm not

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 sharing anything

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 new with you

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 if you are in the

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 fellowship for any

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 length of time.

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 If you are in the

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 church of Christ

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 for any length of time

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 you will know

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 that Jesus said

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 if your brother

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 sins against you

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 go and show him

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 his fault

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 just between

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 the two of you.

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 If he listens to you

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 you have won

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 your brother over.

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 But if he will

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 not listen

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 take one or two

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 others along

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 so that

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 every matter

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 may be established

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 by the testimony

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 of two or three

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 witnesses.

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 If he refuses

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 to listen to them

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 tell it to the church

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 and if he refuses

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 to listen even

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 to the church

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 treat him

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 as you would

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 a pagan

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 or a tax collector.

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 You do not

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 have to suffer

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 in silence

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 but neither

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 do you have

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 the right

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 to add further

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 sin and injury

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 on top of

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 a previous

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 injury.

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 In all things

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 we are to be

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 biblically

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 minded.

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 We are to be

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 faithful to the

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 desires of

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 Jesus

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 in our lives.

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 He wants

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 us

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 plainly speaking

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 to be

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 peacemakers

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 not

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 troublemakers.

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 Verse 15

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 If your brother

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 sins against you

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 go and show

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 him his fault

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 just between

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 the two of you.

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 If he listens

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 to you

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 you have won

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 your brother

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 over.

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 There is the

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 first part

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 of the model

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 of how we are

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 to deal

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 with these

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 issues

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 if we feel

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 wronged.

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 It dictates

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 our attitude

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 too.

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 It's so easy

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 to feel

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 aggrieved.

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 It really

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 is so easy

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 to feel

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 aggrieved.

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 How many

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 times have

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 you felt

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 aggrieved

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 and had

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 that feeling

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 of hurt

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 that you've

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 been wronged?

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 And it

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 builds up

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 a head of

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 steam

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 inside you.

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 And you

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 can get to

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 the point

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 of rather

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 than really

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 wanting

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 restoration

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 and

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 reconciliation

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 you really

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 just wanted

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 the other

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 person

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 put in

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 their

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 place.

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 To show

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 them how

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 wrong they

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 are.

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 Even if

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 you let

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 it stew

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 for too

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 long

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 building up

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 that momentum

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 that you

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 just want

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 to ring

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 from their

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 mouth

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 an apology

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 so that

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 you can

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 say yes

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 I was

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 right.

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 You

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 were

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 wrong.

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 And if

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 you do

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 that

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 sometimes

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 before you

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 even get

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 to that

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 point

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 you've

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 told this

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 person

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 or you've

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 told another

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 person.

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 Sometimes

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 we can

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 even be

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 very clever

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 and dress

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 it up

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 saying I'm

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 looking for

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 prayer.

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 I just

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 want to

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 pray about

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 this.

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 And we're

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 avoiding the

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 fact that

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 what we

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 should have

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 done is

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 gone to

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 the person.

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 Building

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 ourselves up

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 getting ready

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 to put the

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 other person

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 in their

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 place.

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 setting them

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 straight.

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 Letting them

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 know what

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 they need

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 to know.

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 And forgetting

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 that what

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 we're supposed

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:15.580
 to do is

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 pray and

00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:18.000
 then go to

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.500
 the person.

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 Pray then

00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:21.180
 say to

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 the person.

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 Just between

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 the two of

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 you.

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 And it

00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:25.259
 means just

00:16:25.259 --> 00:16:25.600
 that.

00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:27.419
 Speak

00:16:27.419 --> 00:16:27.980
 to the

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:28.420
 person.

00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.460
 Speak

00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:30.840
 to them.

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 What happens

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.240
 next is a

00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:34.500
 different

00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:34.860
 matter.

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 Only if

00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:36.840
 the person

00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:37.860
 refuses to

00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:38.360
 resolve are

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:38.779
 we to do

00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:39.480
 anything else.

00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:42.700
 And still

00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.200
 what's the

00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:43.779
 purpose of

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:43.940
 it?

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.299
 Not to

00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:45.919
 show the

00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:46.539
 other person

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.200
 how wrong

00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:47.639
 they were.

00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.560
 The real

00:16:48.560 --> 00:16:49.580
 purpose is

00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:51.480
 reconciliation

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:51.759
 restoration.

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 And restoration.

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 We have the

00:16:55.060 --> 00:16:55.940
 have to have

00:16:55.940 --> 00:16:56.500
 the heart

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 to want

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 to say

00:16:58.300 --> 00:16:58.779
 something,

00:16:59.019 --> 00:16:59.560
 to fix

00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:00.200
 something.

00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:05.700
 a gentle

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.559
 answer turns

00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:06.799
 away

00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.200
 wrath,

00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.500
 but a

00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:09.140
 harsh word

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.779
 stirs up

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.100
 anger.

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 We have

00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:11.120
 to be

00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:11.519
 careful.

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.480
 And even

00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:14.200
 if we have

00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:14.920
 been wronged,

00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.380
 it doesn't

00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:17.259
 mean we have

00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.860
 to actually

00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:18.340
 seek out

00:17:18.340 --> 00:17:18.840
 the person.

00:17:20.019 --> 00:17:20.799
 We can

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.319
 choose to

00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:21.720
 forgive

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.940
 and let

00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:23.259
 it go.

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.799
 You don't

00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:25.380
 have to

00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:25.759
 correct

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.299
 everybody,

00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:26.580
 you know.

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 you can

00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:30.579
 choose to

00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.299
 analyze the

00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:31.619
 thing and

00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:31.720
 go,

00:17:31.899 --> 00:17:32.720
 that can

00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.359
 be left.

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.799
 I can

00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.359
 choose to

00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:35.779
 forgive.

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.460
 It certainly

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.960
 doesn't mean

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.419
 you seek

00:17:39.419 --> 00:17:40.000
 revenge or

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.480
 retribution.

00:17:40.659 --> 00:17:41.059
 That seems

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.699
 fairly basic.

00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.059
 That's God's

00:17:45.059 --> 00:17:45.659
 job anyway.

00:17:47.179 --> 00:17:47.799
 It's mine to

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.319
 avenge, I

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:48.799
 will repay,

00:17:48.919 --> 00:17:49.220
 says the

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.399
 Lord.

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 So if you

00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.299
 have been

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.839
 grievously

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:52.240
 hurt, you

00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.699
 can still

00:17:52.699 --> 00:17:53.899
 forgive and

00:17:53.899 --> 00:17:54.539
 trust that God

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.099
 will deal with

00:17:55.099 --> 00:17:55.879
 somebody else's

00:17:55.879 --> 00:17:56.139
 sin.

00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.519
 We're not

00:17:58.519 --> 00:17:59.939
 told to

00:17:59.939 --> 00:18:00.980
 overcome evil

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:01.460
 with evil.

00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:02.099
 We're told to

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:03.399
 overcome evil

00:18:03.399 --> 00:18:03.980
 with good.

00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:06.039
 It's not an

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.679
 eye for a

00:18:06.679 --> 00:18:06.939
 nine.

00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.019
 Jesus said,

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.000
 turn the

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:12.139
 other cheek.

00:18:12.939 --> 00:18:13.799
 Be careful in

00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.460
 your responses.

00:18:14.699 --> 00:18:15.139
 If somebody

00:18:15.139 --> 00:18:15.939
 forces you to

00:18:15.939 --> 00:18:16.720
 go one mile,

00:18:17.699 --> 00:18:18.220
 dig in your

00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:18.639
 heels and

00:18:18.639 --> 00:18:19.379
 refuse to go

00:18:19.379 --> 00:18:19.839
 the second.

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 That's what it

00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:20.960
 says, isn't

00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.099
 it?

00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.839
 No, it

00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.879
 says, go

00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:25.199
 two.

00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:28.139
 But we

00:18:28.139 --> 00:18:29.259
 have fallen

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.299
 so often

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:30.720
 and so

00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.619
 easily into

00:18:31.619 --> 00:18:32.279
 the counsel

00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:33.539
 of what the

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:34.359
 world says,

00:18:34.899 --> 00:18:35.359
 stand your

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 corner,

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 fight your

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 ground,

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 don't be a

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.699
 doormat.

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 That's one

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 that I hear

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.419
 all the time,

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 but we're not

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.679
 meant to be

00:18:45.679 --> 00:18:46.279
 doormats.

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 And people

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.279
 use that as

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.559
 going, well,

00:18:49.619 --> 00:18:50.419
 I am going

00:18:50.419 --> 00:18:51.240
 to stand up

00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.839
 for myself and

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 I am going

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 to show that

00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.779
 person that I'm

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 the one who's

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 right here.

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 And straight

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 away we're in

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.519
 dangerous territory,

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 we're on

00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.740
 dangerous ground.

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 Even Christ

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:05.099
 corrected,

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.379
 even Christ

00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:06.759
 scolded.

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 Read what he

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.160
 said to the

00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:08.819
 Pharisees.

00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.639
 Look what he

00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:11.160
 did in the

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.619
 temple.

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 But,

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.000
 they were

00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.099
 particular groups.

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 Look how he

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 dealt with his

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 own when he

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 had to

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 correct.

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 He was,

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 for the

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 most part,

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 so gentle

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:29.000
 with his

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 own.

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 And he

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 covers us in

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.259
 his forgiving

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.200
 love and he

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.740
 tells us,

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 well, we

00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:34.759
 must do the

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 same or else

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 we're just

00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.900
 like the rest

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 of the world.

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 We must act

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:40.180
 out in love.

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.339
 We know

00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:43.880
 these verses

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 too.

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 What is love?

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.339
 Well, love is

00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:47.059
 not rude, it

00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:47.420
 is not

00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:48.120
 self-seeking,

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.819
 it is not

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 easily angered,

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.099
 it keeps no

00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:51.859
 records of

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 wrongs.

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 Love does

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.119
 not delight

00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:54.859
 in evil,

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 but rejoices

00:19:56.159 --> 00:19:56.819
 with the

00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:57.259
 truth.

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 And when

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.219
 we're looking

00:20:00.219 --> 00:20:00.659
 at these

00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:01.119
 things that

00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:01.579
 we have to

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:01.980
 deal with

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 in our

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.619
 heart of

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:02.959
 forgiveness

00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:03.359
 and in

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:03.519
 our

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 troubles

00:20:03.859 --> 00:20:04.279
 and our

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 challenges,

00:20:05.679 --> 00:20:06.099
 do we

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.899
 really want

00:20:06.899 --> 00:20:07.419
 the truth

00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:07.879
 to come

00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:08.179
 out,

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 or do

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.059
 we just

00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:11.219
 want our

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 version of

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.439
 the truth

00:20:13.439 --> 00:20:13.740
 to be

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.179
 accepted?

00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.179
 It's so

00:20:17.179 --> 00:20:17.659
 easy to

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:18.059
 get into

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:19.259
 the mindset

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.940
 of

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 rebuking

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.299
 rather than

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:22.960
 reconciliation.

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 As

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:28.900
 brothers and

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.220
 sisters,

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.819
 we have a

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:30.420
 responsibility

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.720
 to mind

00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:32.240
 each other.

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 So if

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 somebody's

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.980
 going wrong,

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.660
 yes,

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.980
 we should

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.640
 get alongside

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:38.039
 somebody and

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.799
 help them to

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.579
 return.

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 But rebuking,

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:46.480
 that may not

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.819
 be your

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.220
 job.

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 It's your

00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.519
 elder's job,

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.299
 maybe at

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.620
 times.

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.180
 It's

00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.620
 definitely

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.160
 God's

00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:54.480
 job.

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.079
 And trust

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.500
 God.

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:57.720
 Protecting

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.279
 somebody from

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.519
 sin is not

00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.180
 the same thing

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.599
 as putting

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:00.940
 them in

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.480
 their place.

00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.980
 It's not.

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.500
 Look at

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:07.819
 David.

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.339
 He's been

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.019
 pursued by

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.960
 King Saul.

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.660
 Look at

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:13.099
 1 Samuel 24.

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.079
 David had

00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:14.740
 the opportunity

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.599
 to take his

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.940
 revenge on

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.299
 Saul.

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.740
 But he

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.180
 didn't.

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.120
 He showed

00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:20.980
 him respect

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.480
 and honour.

00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:23.339
 Revenge is

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:23.859
 mine, says

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.339
 the Lord.

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.480
 And here,

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.319
 I think,

00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.000
 is the part

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.079
 that I have

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.940
 had to talk

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.420
 to people

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.440
 about on

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:31.940
 so many

00:21:31.940 --> 00:21:32.480
 occasions.

00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.559
 And here's

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.120
 the part that

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:36.039
 can really

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.859
 tick us off,

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.220
 folks.

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.900
 There is

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.620
 no limit

00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.380
 to the

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:41.980
 number of

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.920
 times we

00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.400
 are meant

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:44.299
 to forgive.

00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:45.480
 that is

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.140
 hard for

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.559
 us to

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.500
 accept as

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.880
 people.

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.240
 Because we

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.579
 don't like

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.160
 being hurt

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.779
 repeatedly.

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.940
 It hurts

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.319
 us.

00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:56.200
 It makes

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.920
 us feel

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.960
 rotten

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:59.339
 and brow

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.759
 beaten

00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:01.019
 and low

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.339
 and sad.

00:22:07.339 --> 00:22:08.380
 It makes

00:22:08.380 --> 00:22:08.940
 us cry.

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.279
 I put my

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.559
 hand up.

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.079
 I've cried.

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.380
 I've cried

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:14.160
 in my

00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:14.500
 fellowship.

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:16.039
 at some

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.259
 of the

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.640
 things that

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:16.920
 have been

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.279
 said to

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.500
 me.

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.259
 But that

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.740
 doesn't give

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.059
 me the

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.799
 right to

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.279
 do anything

00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.940
 else other

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.500
 than what

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:27.000
 Christ Jesus

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.660
 has done

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.120
 for me

00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:29.559
 and forgive.

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:33.059
 When Peter

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.680
 comes to the

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:33.960
 Lord, he

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.380
 says, Lord,

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:34.839
 how many

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.299
 times?

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.759
 And the

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.420
 Lord says,

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.240
 not seven,

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.559
 but seven

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.339
 times seventy.

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.819
 in the

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.339
 measure that

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.819
 we are

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.259
 forgiven,

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.699
 we must

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:45.240
 forgive.

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.639
 Now that

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.439
 verse is

00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:48.079
 taken out of

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.619
 a much

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.399
 longer passage

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:49.959
 in Matthew

00:22:49.959 --> 00:22:50.819
 chapter 18.

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:59.740
 verse 23.

00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:01.500
 And he

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.659
 says,

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:01.980
 therefore,

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:02.460
 the kingdom

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.939
 of heaven

00:23:02.939 --> 00:23:03.439
 is like a

00:23:03.439 --> 00:23:03.759
 king who

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.159
 wants to

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.819
 settle accounts

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.200
 with his

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.559
 servants.

00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:05.859
 And he

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.419
 goes on to

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:06.779
 tell the

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.799
 parable of

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.259
 the servant

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.819
 who is

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.240
 forgiven

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:09.679
 much.

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.099
 And what

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.460
 is his

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.919
 response?

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.439
 He goes

00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:13.759
 out and

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.220
 he seeks

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.559
 retribution,

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.079
 let's use

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.599
 that word,

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.839
 against those

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.179
 who owe

00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:18.459
 him.

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.240
 And the

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.599
 king is

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.099
 furious.

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.220
 And the

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.720
 king says,

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.039
 in the

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.419
 measure,

00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.939
 paraphrasing

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.459
 it, that

00:23:25.459 --> 00:23:25.939
 you have

00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.500
 been forgiven,

00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.099
 you should

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:27.559
 have forgiven

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.059
 others.

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.699
 You can

00:23:30.699 --> 00:23:31.159
 read that

00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:31.740
 later to

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.079
 remind

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.579
 yourself.

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:34.839
 In the

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.279
 measure that

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.679
 we are

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.119
 forgiven,

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.919
 we need

00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:38.439
 to forgive.

00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.639
 We have

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.059
 to guard

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.559
 our hearts

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.179
 against

00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:43.619
 developing a

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.059
 spirit of

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:44.699
 unforgiveness

00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:46.139
 and resentment.

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.359
 It seems

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:48.839
 obvious to

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.240
 say it, but

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.059
 resentment is

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.519
 the enemy

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.439
 of forgiveness.

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.379
 Resentment

00:23:53.379 --> 00:23:53.899
 leads to

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.480
 unforgiveness.

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:55.980
 And both

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.319
 of those

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.299
 things are

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.059
 poisonous

00:23:58.059 --> 00:23:59.019
 instruments

00:23:59.019 --> 00:24:00.279
 that the

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.000
 devil uses

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.419
 in our

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:01.859
 lives.

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.339
 Resentment

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.139
 is poison.

00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.359
 Augustine

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:09.579
 said many,

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:09.819
 many,

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.099
 many,

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:10.459
 many,

00:24:10.459 --> 00:24:11.740
 many,

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:11.799
 many,

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:13.099
 many,

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.980
 centuries

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.359
 ago,

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:15.980
 resentment

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.899
 is like

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.460
 drinking

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.120
 poison

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:19.480
 and

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.060
 expecting

00:24:20.060 --> 00:24:20.380
 the

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.620
 other

00:24:20.620 --> 00:24:21.100
 person

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:21.560
 to

00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:21.860
 die.

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.220
 That

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.620
 has been

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:25.960
 used

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.360
 many

00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:26.740
 times

00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:26.920
 by

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.220
 different

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.620
 people.

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:29.100
 About

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.540
 three years

00:24:29.540 --> 00:24:29.700
 ago,

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:29.960
 I actually

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.480
 heard Peter

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.140
 Andre say

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.340
 it,

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.500
 believe it

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.860
 or not.

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:35.700
 But it

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.860
 has its

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.540
 original

00:24:37.540 --> 00:24:39.920
 use in

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.060
 terms of

00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:42.200
 our spirit

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:43.360
 of forgiveness

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.980
 that flows

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.380
 from God

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:44.720
 to us

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.040
 and us

00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:45.280
 out.

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:46.339
 But resentment

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.220
 is like

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.599
 drinking

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.039
 poison

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.779
 and expecting

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.539
 somebody else

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.000
 to die.

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.700
 Satan loves

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.740
 unforgiveness

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:54.420
 because it

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.399
 wraps up

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.200
 individuals

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.460
 in anger

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.539
 and hate

00:24:58.539 --> 00:25:00.259
 and strife.

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.480
 It destroys

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.399
 fellowships.

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.720
 It splits

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.359
 churches.

00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.460
 God

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:08.359
 loves

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:09.200
 forgiveness.

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.920
 Forgiveness

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.799
 breaks

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.359
 chains.

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:14.859
 We were

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.179
 chained

00:25:15.179 --> 00:25:15.679
 in sin.

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.479
 What broke

00:25:16.479 --> 00:25:17.099
 the chains?

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:17.979
 Forgiveness.

00:25:20.439 --> 00:25:21.139
 God

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.919
 loves

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.479
 forgiveness.

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.099
 Forgiveness

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.699
 breaks

00:25:24.699 --> 00:25:25.339
 chains.

00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:26.859
 Unforgiveness

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.639
 binds

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.699
 chains

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.319
 around us.

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.459
 Unforgiveness

00:25:30.459 --> 00:25:31.039
 towards

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.099
 other people,

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.740
 brothers and

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.099
 sisters,

00:25:33.459 --> 00:25:34.159
 those outside

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.799
 our fellowship.

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.219
 Unforgiveness

00:25:36.219 --> 00:25:37.759
 puts

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.740
 chains

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.579
 of their

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:39.980
 sin

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:41.699
 back

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.460
 around us.

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.720
 When we

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:43.980
 don't

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.339
 forgive,

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:45.099
 we are

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.799
 taking the

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.179
 sin of

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.939
 somebody else,

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.759
 tying it

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.319
 to ourselves

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.359
 and carrying

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.919
 it on.

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.740
 And often

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.960
 that person

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:56.460
 is completely

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.919
 unaware

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:58.259
 that you've

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:59.159
 loaded yourself

00:25:59.159 --> 00:25:59.679
 with their

00:25:59.679 --> 00:26:00.559
 sin and

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.259
 are dragging

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.859
 it around.

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.859
 unforgiveness.

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:05.259
 And that's

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.659
 when we're

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.279
 defeated in

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.919
 unforgiveness.

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.139
 Satan has

00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:08.579
 the victory

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:08.919
 there.

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.579
 Here's an

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:12.859
 idea.

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.079
 Let's put

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.539
 one over

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.099
 on Satan.

00:26:16.919 --> 00:26:17.619
 Let's forgive

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.059
 each other

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.500
 quickly and

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.059
 not give him

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.939
 even the

00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.379
 slightest

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.659
 foothold in

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.479
 our relationships

00:26:23.479 --> 00:26:24.039
 with one

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.379
 another.

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.779
 And always

00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.279
 listen to

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.819
 Jesus and

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.479
 remember that's

00:26:27.479 --> 00:26:27.919
 the truth

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.419
 that sets

00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:28.859
 us free.

00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:32.259
 Corrie Ten Boom

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.919
 said of

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.319
 forgiveness.

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.639
 Forgiveness is

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.419
 the key that

00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:37.199
 unlocks the

00:26:37.199 --> 00:26:37.759
 door of

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:39.039
 resentment and

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.659
 the handcuffs

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.179
 of hate.

00:26:40.719 --> 00:26:41.179
 It is a

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.699
 power that

00:26:41.699 --> 00:26:42.299
 breaks the

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:42.819
 chains of

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:44.219
 bitterness and

00:26:44.219 --> 00:26:44.939
 the shackles

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:46.699
 of selfishness.

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.979
 I talk to

00:26:50.979 --> 00:26:51.479
 people about

00:26:51.479 --> 00:26:52.059
 this a lot

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.159
 in my role.

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.559
 And I

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:57.039
 keep getting

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.579
 asked,

00:26:57.939 --> 00:26:58.519
 but what

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.200
 about my

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.700
 apology?

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.819
 But what

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.339
 about them

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.940
 making it

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.339
 right?

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.599
 Well, yeah,

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.980
 that should

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.440
 happen where

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.299
 it is possible.

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.700
 But in some

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.900
 cases, that's

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.599
 never going to

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:13.879
 happen.

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.819
 There are

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.559
 cases where

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.980
 there are

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.680
 hurts and

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:20.319
 sin, wrong

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.819
 doing, where

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.379
 you're never

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.099
 going to get

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.660
 an apology.

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:26.740
 You're going

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.359
 to hang on

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.500
 and hang on

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.179
 and hang on

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:30.740
 carrying the

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.519
 weight of

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:31.959
 that other

00:27:31.959 --> 00:27:32.579
 person's

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.099
 wrongdoing

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.219
 around with

00:27:34.219 --> 00:27:34.500
 you.

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:38.000
 What if the

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.479
 person has

00:27:38.479 --> 00:27:38.819
 died?

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.379
 You can't

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.679
 ring an

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.339
 apology from

00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:42.619
 a dead

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.019
 person.

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.079
 What if the

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.799
 person lives

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.899
 12,000 miles

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.219
 away and you

00:27:47.219 --> 00:27:47.619
 have no

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.339
 contact with

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.519
 them?

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:51.839
 It's my

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.259
 personal

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.920
 experience,

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.279
 folks.

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:57.139
 Somebody did

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.599
 something

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.700
 absolutely

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.759
 horrendous to

00:27:59.759 --> 00:27:59.980
 me.

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.680
 Sorry, I was

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:07.119
 just looking

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.539
 around at the

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.859
 profile.

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:10.059
 I want you to

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.920
 know this because

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.279
 I'm not speaking

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.160
 from a point of

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.940
 going, I've

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.920
 not looked at

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.619
 these issues and

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.279
 had to deal with

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.740
 them myself.

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.819
 before I was a

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.819
 Christian, I was

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.519
 a complete and

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.400
 utter basket

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.920
 case.

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.299
 When I was a

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.059
 child, I was

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:30.200
 abused by a

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.420
 woman.

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.859
 It caused me

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:34.180
 huge problems all

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.920
 through my teenage

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.940
 years into my

00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.420
 adulthood.

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.599
 I went for

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:38.620
 secular counseling

00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:39.700
 in my 20s.

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.039
 Thankfully,

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.559
 somebody dragged

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.759
 me there because

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:45.500
 at that point I

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.099
 was in a bad

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.319
 way.

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.539
 The secular

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.359
 counselor helped

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.880
 me to deal

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.220
 with the

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.660
 anger.

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.220
 So I

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.839
 stopped being

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.200
 angry.

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.140
 But I can

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.619
 tell you now

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.099
 that every

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.660
 morning I

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.539
 woke up and

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.039
 I opened my

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.319
 eyes, the

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.000
 first thing I

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.460
 thought about

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.259
 every day,

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:04.000
 every day,

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.539
 was what that

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.299
 person had done

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.640
 to me.

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.200
 And then I

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.619
 became a

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:11.940
 Christian and I

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.359
 learned about

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.819
 forgiveness.

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.099
 And I learned

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.799
 about what I'd

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.299
 been forgiven.

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.240
 And over

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:19.339
 time, I

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.339
 realized that I

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.899
 had to forgive

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.319
 people.

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.680
 And it

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.579
 hit me straight

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.119
 in the face

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:27.339
 one day that

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.039
 whether I liked

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.619
 it or not,

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.319
 for me to be

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:32.440
 free of what

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:33.339
 that person had

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.519
 done, I had to

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.859
 forgive.

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.440
 That person was

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.419
 living 12,000

00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:37.980
 miles away.

00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.980
 I couldn't walk

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.519
 up to the door

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.740
 and say,

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.159
 hey, I want a

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.359
 word.

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.899
 There's no point

00:29:41.899 --> 00:29:42.579
 in arguing with

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.700
 me.

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.240
 What you've done

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.720
 is wrong.

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.339
 There's no

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:45.819
 point in,

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.680
 there's no need

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.220
 for me to lay

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.480
 it out.

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.079
 There's no

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.759
 excuse for what

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:48.940
 you did.

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.359
 What you did

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.700
 is wrong.

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.539
 It can't be

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.059
 excused.

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.519
 There's no

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.920
 argument.

00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.440
 Irrelevant.

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.779
 What I had to

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.720
 do was get

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.700
 on my knees

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.859
 and pray to

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.640
 God for the

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.279
 strength to

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.500
 forgive.

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.279
 I know that

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.859
 some of these

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.539
 things that are

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.160
 in our lives

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.120
 are not easy

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:04.599
 to forgive.

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.279
 And I prayed

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.880
 and I prayed

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.440
 and I prayed

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.980
 and I prayed.

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.019
 I can even

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.599
 remember one

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.220
 morning I got

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.759
 on my knees

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.339
 and I said,

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.880
 I forgive,

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.860
 name to the

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.220
 person.

00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.559
 I forgive you

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.259
 for what you've

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.539
 done.

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:19.160
 I forgive you

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.559
 for the damage

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.140
 it's caused.

00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:22.079
 I forgive you.

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.880
 And I stopped,

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.620
 I lifted my

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.079
 head and I

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.259
 went,

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.319
 oh well God,

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.980
 you and I both

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.460
 know that that

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.059
 was a joke.

00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:29.200
 Because I wasn't

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.819
 there yet.

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.940
 But I got there

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:33.059
 and I stopped

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.860
 waking up every

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:36.380
 morning with it

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:36.960
 being the first

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.259
 thing.

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:39.400
 and it set

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.440
 me free

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.180
 from what

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.519
 they had

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:41.759
 done.

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.740
 Now that's

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.519
 a heavy story

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.220
 but I am

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.740
 just sharing

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.180
 it at this

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.440
 moment.

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.980
 I had no

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.519
 intention of

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:47.980
 doing that

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.500
 when I stood

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.000
 up here this

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.240
 morning.

00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:49.940
 But as I

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.379
 read the

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:50.920
 sentence I

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.240
 said I

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:52.000
 must share

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.319
 this.

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.480
 I'm not

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.059
 talking to

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.379
 you from

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.920
 a position

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:56.279
 where I've

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.099
 not had to

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.559
 deal with

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.460
 tough stuff.

00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.059
 But as I've

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:01.039
 looked through

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.379
 too,

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.480
 I've realized

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:05.539
 that as I

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.779
 saw what I

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.940
 needed to

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.360
 forgive,

00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:09.880
 I also saw

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.779
 what I needed

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.259
 to seek

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.059
 forgiveness for

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.860
 because shock,

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.640
 surprise,

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.559
 none of us

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.120
 are perfect.

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.579
 You don't

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.400
 need an apology

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.940
 to forgive

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.339
 someone.

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.180
 As long as

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.579
 you don't

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.160
 forgive them,

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.720
 their sin

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.819
 will continue

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.660
 to hurt you.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.559
 It doesn't

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.160
 matter what it

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.360
 is.

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:36.900
 I had

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:38.059
 somebody who

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.839
 was counseled

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.440
 by a secular

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.099
 counselor to

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.680
 write a long

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.140
 letter to

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.640
 somebody who

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:41.960
 had hurt

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.620
 them detailing

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.039
 all the

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.860
 hurts and

00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.420
 then send

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.779
 it to the

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.099
 person.

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.880
 It destroyed

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.900
 that relationship

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.539
 forever.

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.900
 The person

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.519
 had done this

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.960
 before they

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.500
 came to me

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:53.240
 and I asked

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.019
 them to go

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.460
 back to the

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.160
 person and

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.799
 ask for

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.740
 forgiveness for

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.339
 sending that

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.079
 list of things

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.539
 that happened

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.380
 20 years ago.

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.299
 And then I

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.779
 said to the

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.000
 person,

00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.680
 now you go

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.539
 and pray to

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.160
 forgive them

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.080
 and try and

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.740
 forget about

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.240
 that list.

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:06.000
 They're still

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.620
 working through

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:06.740
 it.

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.480
 We need to

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.000
 break the

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.980
 chain of

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.259
 hurt.

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.460
 Break the

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.040
 chain, the

00:32:11.040 --> 00:32:11.519
 anchor of

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.160
 unforgiveness

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.640
 that is

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.300
 keeping us

00:32:13.300 --> 00:32:13.759
 locked in

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.300
 the past.

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.360
 As Christ

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.019
 hung on the

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.480
 cross, he

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.120
 cried out,

00:32:17.540 --> 00:32:17.840
 Father,

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.160
 forgive them

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.640
 for they do

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.259
 not know what

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.519
 they are

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:20.860
 doing.

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.820
 Most people

00:32:22.820 --> 00:32:23.300
 don't even

00:32:23.300 --> 00:32:23.960
 realize they're

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.460
 doing things

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.080
 to hurt us.

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.079
 sinless.

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.379
 It's the

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.279
 sad reality

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.639
 of our

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.259
 fallen and

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.059
 broken nature

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:31.039
 that most

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.519
 of the time

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.919
 we don't

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:32.579
 even realize

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.059
 we're doing

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.539
 things that

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.019
 hurt one

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.339
 another.

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.179
 But we

00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:38.679
 need to look

00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.099
 to heaven

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.639
 to see what

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.339
 we do next.

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.559
 And although

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.199
 it can be

00:32:44.199 --> 00:32:45.000
 said that

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.559
 Christ and

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.000
 his perfect

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.699
 sinlessness

00:32:47.699 --> 00:32:48.699
 was able to

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:49.079
 do these

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.599
 things and

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.019
 we're just

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.399
 people,

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.799
 we have

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.960
 the power

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.519
 of God

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.100
 with us.

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.100
 And we

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.460
 are to be

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:55.920
 ruled by

00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:56.319
 the Spirit

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.840
 of God.

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.920
 And we

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.279
 know what

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.620
 the fruit

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:58.940
 of the

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.519
 Spirit is.

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:02.980
 And the

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.539
 Spirit should

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.720
 dictate how

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.420
 we react in

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.240
 each situation.

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.299
 It should

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.779
 rule our

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.640
 every response

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.220
 in every

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.880
 situation.

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.600
 And one

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:12.960
 thing that

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.340
 should tell

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.740
 us that we

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.240
 have no

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.700
 right to

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.279
 withhold

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.120
 forgiveness

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.900
 from anybody

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.460
 comes from

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.860
 Christ.

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.759
 Psalm 25

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.640
 verse 11

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.200
 tells us,

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:24.500
 For the

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.099
 sake of

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.539
 your name

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.960
 O Lord,

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.599
 forgive my

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.099
 iniquity

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.519
 though it

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.019
 is great.

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:30.740
 Forgive my

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.240
 iniquity.

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.599
 Forgive my

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:32.879
 sin.

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.640
 Not one of

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.240
 us gets in

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.779
 here clean.

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.279
 Jonathan

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.119
 Edwards said,

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.160
 Christ will

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.940
 forgive any

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.279
 sinner.

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.839
 Christ will

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.619
 not refuse

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.460
 to save the

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.240
 greatest sinners

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.039
 who in a

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.579
 right manner

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.359
 come to God

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:49.940
 for mercy.

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:50.940
 This is his

00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.299
 work.

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.420
 It is the

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.980
 honor of

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.900
 Christ to

00:33:54.900 --> 00:33:55.339
 save the

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.640
 greatest

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.259
 sinners when

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.599
 they come

00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:56.960
 to him,

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.779
 just as it

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.160
 is the

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:59.059
 honor of

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.640
 a physician

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.220
 to cure

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.660
 the most

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:01.099
 desperate

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.980
 disease or

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.420
 wounds.

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.779
 Christ will

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:05.059
 forgive any

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.359
 sinner.

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:06.559
 We have

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.059
 no right

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.680
 to withhold

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.159
 forgiveness

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.280
 from anybody,

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.699
 but especially

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.880
 not our

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.400
 brothers and

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.840
 sisters.

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.159
 Colossians

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:15.960
 chapter 3

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.699
 verse 13.

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.159
 Bear with

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.619
 each other

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.280
 and forgive

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:20.239
 whatever grievances

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:21.079
 you may have

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.699
 against one

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.039
 another.

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.459
 Forgive as

00:34:23.459 --> 00:34:23.839
 the Lord

00:34:23.839 --> 00:34:24.639
 forgave you.

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.659
 As in all

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:28.899
 things,

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.639
 Christ is our

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.099
 example.

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.099
 He is the

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.979
 perfect example

00:34:31.979 --> 00:34:32.659
 to us.

00:34:35.399 --> 00:34:36.199
 He has

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.939
 redeemed us

00:34:36.939 --> 00:34:38.619
 and he is the

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.259
 one we are to

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:39.519
 model.

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:41.559
 When they hurled

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:42.439
 their insults at

00:34:42.439 --> 00:34:43.739
 him, he didn't

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.339
 retaliate.

00:34:45.059 --> 00:34:46.039
 When he suffered,

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.619
 he made no

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.039
 threats.

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:52.900
 We have to

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.239
 have the

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.820
 attitude of

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.159
 Christ.

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.900
 And we,

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.980
 in this,

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.500
 as in all

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.059
 things, are

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.440
 more than

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:00.059
 conquerors,

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.980
 because we

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.480
 can do all

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.079
 things through

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.519
 Christ.

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:03.480
 It doesn't

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.059
 mean it's

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.599
 easy to get

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.820
 there.

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.500
 And that's

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.920
 why we need

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.460
 to live in

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.039
 the power of

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.400
 the Spirit

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.900
 of God.

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.500
 And we

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:10.800
 need to

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:11.480
 recognize to

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.860
 live like

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.320
 this will

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:13.059
 take commitment

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.719
 and faithfulness

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.420
 on our

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.820
 part.

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:17.360
 we're given

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.180
 all we need

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:18.700
 for a life

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.240
 of holiness,

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.220
 for a life

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.800
 of godliness,

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.600
 but we'll

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:23.140
 never fully

00:35:23.140 --> 00:35:23.920
 experience it

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.880
 unless we

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.360
 make the

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.900
 effort to

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.800
 be entirely

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.800
 entwined

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:31.120
 with Jesus.

00:35:33.140 --> 00:35:34.240
 You can't

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.780
 have a

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.320
 casual

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.840
 attitude

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.960
 to Jesus

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.880
 and to

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.180
 the Word

00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.700
 of God

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:41.180
 and really

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:42.080
 expect to

00:35:42.080 --> 00:35:42.660
 lay hold

00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:43.580
 of the

00:35:43.580 --> 00:35:44.200
 treasures of

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:44.460
 heaven.

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:46.159
 God has

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.639
 expressed

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.079
 his love

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.559
 to us

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:48.699
 through

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.099
 forgiveness

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:50.400
 and we

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.800
 know this

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:51.320
 because while

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.880
 we were still

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.199
 sinners,

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.880
 Christ died

00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.380
 for us.

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:54.820
 It's an

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:55.480
 expression of

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.240
 his unending,

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.420
 unshakable,

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.720
 unbreakable,

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.300
 never fading,

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:02.019
 always faithful

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:03.280
 love to us.

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.460
 And we know

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.880
 that we have

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.420
 the righteousness

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:07.059
 of Christ

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.599
 when we live

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.340
 as he intended.

00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:10.900
 inasmuch as

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.420
 God's

00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.280
 boundless love

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:13.440
 covers our

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.200
 boundless sin,

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:16.559
 we are to

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.539
 forgive our

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.039
 brothers and

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.500
 sisters as

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 we seek to

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.500
 love them as

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.059
 Christ did.

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.820
 Whoever claims

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.579
 to live in him

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.280
 must walk as

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:24.900
 Jesus did.

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.680
 Whoever loves

00:36:27.680 --> 00:36:28.100
 his brother

00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:28.660
 lives in the

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:29.220
 light and there

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:29.840
 is nothing in

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.400
 him to make

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.920
 him stumble.

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.960
 But whoever

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.559
 hates his

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.200
 brother is in

00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:33.700
 the darkness

00:36:33.700 --> 00:36:34.240
 and walks

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.880
 around in the

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.220
 darkness.

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:36.260
 He does not

00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.900
 know where he

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.880
 is going because

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.460
 the darkness

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.119
 has blinded

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.320
 him.

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 I write to

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:40.900
 you, dear

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.320
 children,

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.940
 because your

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.800
 sins have

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.440
 been forgiven

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.420
 on account

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.900
 of his

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.220
 name.

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.460
 Luke chapter

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 6, verse

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 36.

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 Be merciful

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:54.539
 just as

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.180
 your father

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:56.380
 is merciful.

00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:58.440
 And never

00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:01.160
 forget, in

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:01.900
 forgiving others

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.660
 you are set

00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:04.880
 free, free

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.360
 from the

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.800
 chain of

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.140
 others'

00:37:06.140 --> 00:37:06.539
 sin.

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:08.219
 and free

00:37:08.219 --> 00:37:08.679
 to love

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.099
 as fully

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.599
 intended.

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.840
 In

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.300
 conclusion,

00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.119
 forgive.

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:15.840
 It sets

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.279
 you free.

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.239
 It

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:20.000
 confounds

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.599
 Satan.

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:23.079
 And it

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.779
 pleases the

00:37:23.779 --> 00:37:24.039
 Lord.

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:25.719
 Amen.