I hate you, but it's killing me Part 1

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matthew 18.

I WANT TO START A SERIES THIS MORNING

AND FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ON THE TITLE....

“I HATE YOU BUT IT’S KILLING ME”

TODAY I WANT TO EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY

WHICH I BELIEVE IS A JOURNEY OF HEALING

A LOT OF TIMES IN CHURCH

IF WE’RE NOT CAREFUL

WE ONLY TALK ABOUT ETERNITY

AND FORGET TO TALK ABOUT YOUR REALITY

IF FACT, I’VE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE

I HAVE MET MANY CHRISTIANS WHO ARE SAVED AND ON THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN

BUT THEY ARE LIVING BOUND UP ON THIS EARTH

THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT GOD’S PLAN FOR OUR LIVES IS...

TO LIVE FREE

I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP YOU GET THERE.....AMEN???

YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT...

JUST BECAUSE YOU COME TO CHURCH

JUST BECAUSE YOU PRAY A PRAYER

DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY HEALED FROM THE HURT OF OTHERS

I BELIEVE THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS

THAT THIS SERIES WILL HELP YOU FIND THAT FREEDOM

AND HELP YOU TO HEAL FROM THE HURT OF OTHERS

IF YOUR TAKING NOTES....

WHICH YOU SHOULD BE.....

I READ SOMETHING THIS WEEK THAT WAS GOOD....

THE FAINTEST INK FROM A PEN

IS STRONGER THAN THE GREATEST MEMORY

THERE ARE GONNA BE ALOT OF THINGS TO TAKE NOTE OF DURING THIS SERIES

WRITE THIS DOWN...

UNADDRESSED HURT WILL TURN TO HATE

THIS WORD HATE IS DEFINED AS...

AN INTENSE DISLIKE

NOW I KNOW WERE IN CHURCH

EVERY ONE IS SPEAKING CHRISTIANESE

“HI HOW YOU DOING PASTOR”

“GOOD TO SEE YOU”

“GOD BLESS YOU”

WE DON’T TALK THIS WAY AT WORK

I WISH YOU WOULD DO THIS ON MONDAY

NOT SUNDAY

SUNDAY IS ACTUAL ONE DAY THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE MASK OFF

MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY IS WHEN...

YOU SUPPOSE TO GO AND BE THE CHURCH

ANOTHER MESSAGE FOR ANOTHER TIME...

I WONDER THIS MORNING...

WHO DO YOU HATE???

I MEAN WHAT DO YOU HATE???

WELL PASTOR I’M NOT SUPPOSED TO HATE ANYBODY

I KNOW YOU NOT

BUT I’M NOT TALKING TO THE PROJECTED YOU

I’M TALKING TO THE REAL YOU

WOW! YOUR JUST GONNA JUMP RIGHT TO IT PASTOR???

NOW...

I KNOW YOU WOULDN’T SAY IT LIKE THAT.....”I HATE THIS PERSON”

BUT HATE HAS A SOUND

HATE HAS A THOUGHT PATTERN

HATE HAS A TONE

HATE HAS A BODY LANGUAGE

SOME OF YOU IN HERE...

YOU MAY HATE YOUR MOM…WHY?

BECAUSE SHE BERATED YOU

YOU HATE YOUR DAD....WHY?

BECAUSE HE ABANDONED YOU

SOME OF YOU…HATE YOUR SPOUSE…WHY???

BECAUSE THEY CHEATED ON YOU

SOME OF YOU HATE A FRIEND....WHY???

BECAUSE THEY LIED TO YOU

SOME OF YOU SPENT YEARS AWAY FORM THE CHURCH....

AND YOU HATED THE CHURCH FOR A LONG TIME....WHY???

BECAUSE THE CHURCH HURT YOU

OH COME ON SOMEBODY....

LIFE IS FULL OF HURTS.....BUT

UNADDRESSED HURTS WILL TURN TO HATE

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS

I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE CONFIDENCE AND COURAGE

TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE HURT IN YOUR LIFE

SO THAT, THE HURT DOESN’T TURN TO HATE

BECAUSE HATE IN YOUR HEART.....

WILL ONLY HURT YOU MORE

SO THE FIRST THING IS THIS...

WE NEED TO CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE

HOW DO WE DO THIS????

WRITE THIS DOWN...

TAKING PAIN CAUSED BY PEOPLE TO GOD IN PRAYER, WILL CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE

PRAYER AND FASTING CHANGES THINGS

IT BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO HIS PRESENCE

GOD’S PRESENCE CAN HEAL YOU

AND WHEN YOU PRAY AND FAST

SOMETHING BEGINS TO HAPPEN

WE BECOME MORE IN TUNE WITH THE FATHER

AND GOD’S PRESENCE ALONG WITH THE WORD OF GOD

CAN HEAL ALL OF YOUR HURTS

IT CAN CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE

OH COME ON SOMEBODY....

WHEN WE BEGIN TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HURT US

SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH IN US

PRAYER IS WHAT TAKES US INTO GOD’S PRESENCE

AND WHEN HIS PRESENCE SHOWS UP

YOU PERSPECTIVE ALWAYS CHANGES

(SHARE STORY OF BULLY “KING”)

I LEARNED THAT HE CAME FORM A TERRIBLE HOME

HE WAS TREATED HORRIBLY

HIS DAD LEFT

HE WAS LEFT ALONE ALL THE TIME

MOST OF THE TIME

WHEN YOU BEGIN TO TAKE A STEP BACK FROM THINGS

YOU’LL SEE THAT PEOPLE WHO HURT PEOPLE

ARE USUALLY PEOPLE

WHO HAVE BEEN HURT

HURT PEOPLE, HURT PEOPLE

THIS IS THE TRUTH

YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND…….

IF YOU DON’T DEAL WITH THE HATE IN YOUR HEART

YOUR GOING TO END UP JUST LIKE THE PERSON WHO HURT YOU

WRITE THIS DOWN....THIS IS WHERE I’M GOING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

HOW YOU RESPOND TO HURT, WILL DETERMINE YOUR FUTURE

I’VE BEEN LEARNING A LOT ABOUT THE F-WORD

FORGIVENESS

THERE ARE MANY TODAY THAT WOULD SAY

TEACHING ON FORGIVENESS

IS ANOTHER WAY OF VICTIM BLAMING

THAT ONCE AGAIN YOU ARE JUST

ADDING THE WEIGHT OF THE PROCESS TO THE VICTIM

I MEAN….HAVEN’T THEY ALREADY BEEN HURT ENOUGH?

WHY WOULD YOU GET UP AND ADD TO THERE HURT

BY PUTTING THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THEM

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS I WANT TO TELL YOU

HOW I JUST COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH THAT POSITION

HOWEVER, I DO KNOW

THAT HEALING HURTS

FORGIVENESS IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO

IT’S HARD WORK

AND ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU OTHERWISE

IS SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY HASN’T BEEN HURT IN LIFE

I HEARD SOMEONE SAY ONE TIME THAT...

THE FIRST STEP TO FORGIVENESS

IS REALIZING THAT THE OTHER PERSON IS AN IDIOT.....LOL

OBVIOUSLY…THAT’S NOT TRUE

BUT....IN MANY CASES

FORGIVENESS IS HARD WORK

HOW DO I FIND THE STRENGTH TO FORGIVE?

FORGIVENESS MEANS

TO RELEASE

TO LET SOMETHING GO

YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND…..

IF YOU DON’T LET GO OF THE HURT

YOUR NEVER GONNA RECEIVE THE HEALING POWER OF JESUS

I FEEL LIKE AS THE CHURCH

IF WERE NOT CAREFUL WE CAN BECOME INSENSITIVE TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HURT

WE CAN BECOME SO BENT ON THE VICTIMS BEING QUICK TO FORGIVE

I SEE THIS PICTURE OF TWO KIDS HORSE PLAYING IN A POOL

AND ONE OF THEM IS LOSING

AND BEING HELD UNDER WATER

AND WHEN THEY COME UP

THE ONE LOSING…IS JUST GASPING FOR AIR

AND LIKE A PARENT TELLING THEM TO KNOCK IT OFF

AND DEMANDING THEM TO APOLOGIZE AND FORGIVE

THE CHURCH SOMETIMES CAN DO THIS...

WE DEMAND THAT THE ONE BEING HURT.. JUST HURRY AND SAY

I FORGIVE YOU

AND THERE JUST GASPING FOR AIR

TRYING TO BREATHE FIRST

SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN SO HURT...

THAT YOUR JUST TRYING TO GET YOUR BREATH BACK

AND SOMETIMES A MESSAGE LIKE THIS

CAN FEEL LIKE US SAYING

“JUST SAY I FORGIVE YOU” OVER AND OVER

AND YOUR JUST LIKE GASPING SAYING

“JUST LET ME GET MY AIR AND THEN I’LL TRY”

LET ME JUST THAT DURING THIS SERIES

THE HEART AND THE INTENT OF THESE SERMONS

ARE NOT TO JUST GET YOU TO SAY...

I FORGIVE YOU WITH YOUR MOUTH

BUT RATHER YOU CAN LEARN TO FORGIVE FROM YOUR HEART

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME IN THIS ROOM

THAT YOU’VE GONE THROUGH

TRAUMATIC, AWFUL, HORRIBLE AND PAINFUL THINGS

AND I DON’T WANT TO JUST COME UP HERE

AND SOUND LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS TONE DEAF

AND JUST YELLING AT YOU TO FORGIVE, AND MOVE ON

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PLACE...

THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO GET YOUR BREATH BACK

amen?

THE WAY THAT WE HEAL IN GOD’S ECONOMY IS

THROUGH WHAT I CALL

THE FORGIVENESS FLOW

COME ON…EVERYBODY SAY IT

FORGIVENESS FLOW

THERE IS THIS FLOW TO FORGIVENESS

THERE IS THIS....

VERTICAL FORGIVENESS

GOD’S FORGIVENESS

THAT GOD TOUCHES MY LIFE

AND IT FLOWS OUT OF MY LIFE HORIZONTALLY

IT’S THE FACT THAT GOD’S HEALS ME VERTICALLY

AND IT FLOWS OUT OF ME

TO ALL MY RELATIONSHIP HORIZONTALLY

THE FORGIVENESS FLOW

LISTEN TO ME....

YES, JESUS CAME TO GET YOU TO HEAVEN

BUT HE ALSO CAME TO FIX AND MEND

THE WAY THAT YOUR DOING LIFE ON THE EARTH

I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A PARABLE THAT HE SHARED

LETS LOOK AT MATTHEW 18 AND ALLOW IT TO HELP US TODAY

JESUS IS TEACHING ON FORGIVENESS

AND THE WAY HE EXPLAINS THIS IS BY GIVING A PARABLE

THIS IS WHAT HE DOES

THIS IS THE WAY HE TEACHES

Matthew 18:23 CSB

23 “For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

LETS STOP RIGHT THERE

THEREFORE, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

WHENEVER WE SEE THIS

WE NEED TO KNOW THAT GOD IS TALKING ABOUT HIS CULTURE

HE TALKING ABOUT HIS KINGDOM

HE’S USING NATURAL THINGS TO EXPLAIN THE SUPERNATURAL

HE SAID “THERE IS THIS KING”….

THIS DOES NOT REPRESENT YOU OR ME

THIS REPRESENTS....GOD

THEN HE SAYS...

THE KING HAS SERVANTS

THE SERVANTS REPRESENT…US

THERE IS THIS KING WHO HAS SERVANTS

AND HE WANTS TO SETTLE HIS ACCOUNTS

OH COME ON SOMEBODY...

ONE DAY HE IS GOING TO CALL HIS SERVANT BEFORE HIMSELF

THAT’S YOU AND ME

WE WILL STAND BEFORE HIM

AND HE IS GOING TO RECONCILE OR SETTLE ACCOUNTS

MEANING WHATEVER DEBT YOU OWE TO GOD

MUST BE PAID

YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS...

THERE ARE TWO JUDGEMENTS

NOT ONLY THE JUDGEMENT OF WHAT YOU DID WITH JESUS

BUT ALSO WHAT YOU DID WITH WHAT GOD GAVE YOU

THERE WILL BE REWARDS IN HEAVEN

CROWNS AND JEWELS

LETS LOOK AT THIS...

Matthew 18:24–25 CSB

24 When he began to settle accounts, one who owed ten thousand talents was brought before him. 25 Since he did not have the money to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

THIS SERVANT BROUGHT BEFORE THE KING AND OWED 10,000 TALENTS

NOW TO YOU AND I

THAT DOESN’T MAKE MUCH SINCE

10,000 DOLLARS???

I MEAN I CAN PROBABLY FIGURE THAT OUT

IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT

BUT WHAT WE LEARN IS....JESUS IS TEACHING

IF YOU CAN GET THE CULTURAL CONTEXT

EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AND HEARD THIS

WOULD HAVE STOOD BACK IN SHOCK

BECAUSE THIS IS AN ABSURD NUMBER

1 TALENT = WOULD HAVE BEEN THE AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY OF A WORKER THEN

LETS TRY TO SCALE THIS

FOR YOU AND I TO BETTER UNDERSTAND TODAY

TODAY THEOLOGIANS AND HISTORIANS BELIEVE

THIS NUMBER TODAY WOULD BE CLOSE TO 8 BILLION DOLLARS

JESUS IS USING A NUMBER OF THIS MAGNITUDE ON PURPOSE

HE IS TRYING TO GIVE THEM A PICTURE

A NUMBER THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE

NO EARTHLY KING WOULD LOAN OUT 8 BILLION DOLLARS..

BUT GOD THE KING OF GLORY

IN HIS INFINITE GRACE AND MERCY

GIVES MORE THAN WE COULD EVER ASK OR IMAGINE

OH COME ON SOMEBODY....

HE OWNS THE CATTLE ON A THOUSAND HILLS

HE GIVES US LIFE

HE’S A GOOD, GOOD FATHER

WHEN WE DISOBEY GOD, WE CREATED A DEBT

THE DEBT IS CALLED SIN

Romans 6:23 NIV

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A CREDIT CARD DECLINE???

HOW EMBARRASSING IS THAT

THIS JUST HAPPENED TO ME

HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE WHERE...

YOUR CARD GETS DECLINED

AND YOU AUTOMATICALLY START GIVING WAY TO MUCH INFORMATION....LOL

NO WAY…THATS IMPOSSIBLE

TRUST ME I GOT PLENTY OF MONEY

MY ACCOUNTS ARE FULL

IT’S LIKE WAY TO MUCH INFORMATION...

OH COME ON.....LOL

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT I SAY

I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY THE BILL

OH COME ON SOMEBODY....

IF YOU THING IT’S EMBARRASSING TO HAVE YOUR CARD DECLINED AT THE STORE

IMAGINE THE HORROR OF STANDING BEFORE GOD

WHEN HE CALLS YOU ON YOUR DEBTS

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SAY???

BUT GOD, YOU KNOW....

I SERVED AT THE HARVEST ROUNDUP

AND I MEAN I GAVE MONEY AS OFTEN AS I COULD

I HELPED ON TUESDAY NIGHT SERVE THE KIDS

I MEAN I SHOWED UP TO PRAYER MEETING TO PRAY FOR ISRAEL.....OUCH

THAT ONE WON’T BE A GOOD ARGUMENT…LOL

NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY....CHURCH

THE WAGE OF SIN IS DEATH

AND WHEN GOD CALLS YOU ON THE DEBT

THERE IS NOTHING WE HAVE TO PAY THE BILL

WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN TO GAIN THE WORLD

AND LOSE HIS SOUL

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CASH IN THE WORLD

TO SAVE YOUR SOUL

THIS MAN IS ORDERED TO BE THROWN INTO SLAVERY

NOT JUST HIM

BUT HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS

OH MY LORD....

SIN PERMEATES INTO OTHER AREAS OF YOUR LIFE

IT’S NOT A BIG DEAL, I’M THE ONLY ONE BEING AFFECTED

NO YOUR NOT MAN OF GOD....YOUR WRONG

EVERYTHING YOU DO, EFFECTS OTHER PEOPLE

.....WORSHIP TEAM COME.......

Matthew 18:26–27 CSB

26 “At this, the servant fell facedown before him and said, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you everything.’ 27 Then the master of that servant had compassion, released him, and forgave him the loan.

WOW....REPENTENCE LEADS TO FORGIVENESS

IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

WHEN YOU REPENT YOU ARE MET WITH FORGIVENESS

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP THERE WAS THIS BAND CALLED

SONIC FLOOD

ANYONE REMEMBER THAT?

I LOVED THIS SONG

ASK MY WIFE

I LEARNED IT ON THE PIANO AND I WOULD WANT TO PLAY IT ALL THE TIME

I WAS SINGING THIS THIS WEEK AND REALLY HONED IN ON THE BRIDGE

IT SAYS...

OH I FEEL LIKE DANCING

IT’S FOOLISHNESS I KNOW

I’VE SANG THIS FOR YEARS, NEVER THOUGHT OF IT TOO MUCH

WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE IN MY LIFE

OH....I FEEL LIKE DANCING

BUT I DON’T THINK IT’S FOOLISH

BECAUSE HOW DO YOU RESPOND

WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN LIBERATED FROM A 8 BILLION DOLLAR DEBT???

I DON’T THINK DANCING IS FOOLISH

I THINK IT’S REASONABLE AND LOGICAL

I’M NOT TELLING YOU HAVE TO DANCE EVERYDAY FOR

WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU IN YOUR LIFE

BUT IF YOU HAVE NEVER DANCED

I WONDER IF YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU IN YOUR LIFE

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU

BUT SOME SUNDAYS I COME IN

I FEEL LIKE DANCING

OH MY LORD....HELP US

WHEN I THINK ABOUT JESUS

AND WHAT HE’S DONE FOR ME

IT’S MAKES ME WANT TO SHOUT

IT MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE

Matthew 18:28–30 CSB

28 “That servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe!’ 29 “At this, his fellow servant fell down and began begging him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’ 30 But he wasn’t willing. Instead, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.

WHAT???

THIS MAN HAD JUST BEEN FORGIVEN BY THE KING

YOU WOULD THINK THE REASONABLE RESPONSE WOULD BE...

TO GO OUT AND BE A CONDUIT OF GODS LOVE AND MERCY

INSTEAD HE FIND THE FELLOW SERVANT WHO OWED HIM A DEBT

NOT SMALL BUT

INCOMPARABLE TO WHAT HE OWED THE KING

WHEN CONFRONTS HIS FELLOW SERVANT

THE MAN HAD THE EXACT RESPONSE AS HE DID TO THE KING

HE REPENTS AND VOWS TO PAY HIM BACK

HOWEVER THE SERVANTS RESPONSE IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE KINGS

THE SERVANT DEMANDS JUSTICE

HE HAS HIS FELLOW SERVANT THROWN INTO PRISON

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE HUMAN CONDITION IS MARKED BY THIS SENTIMENT

MERCY FOR ME

JUSTICE FOR YOU

MERCY FOR ME

JUSTICE FOR YOU

WHAT HAPPENS TO US ON THE JOURNEY IS

WE GO TO GOD AND REPENT

AND HE FORGIVES US

BUT THEN WE STEP OUT

AND RATHER THAN GOING TO FORGIVE OTHER PEOPLE

WE TRY TO COME UP WITH REASONS

FOR WHY THEY DO NOT DESERVE FORGIVENESS AND MERCY

IT’S IRONIC.....

AS YOU READ THE STORY

THE IRONY OF THE STORY IS

THAT ALL OF US ARE SERVANTS

AND WERE TRYING TO BE KINGS

MERCY FOR ME, JUSTICE FOR YOU

IT’S ROBBING US FROM THE INSIDE

WATCH WHAT JESUS SAYS TO THIS...

Matthew 18:31–34 CSB

31 When the other servants saw what had taken place, they were deeply distressed and went and reported to their master everything that had happened. 32 Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?’ 34 And because he was angry, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

WRITE THIS DOWN BECAUSE I WANT TO UNPACK THIS MORE IN THE WEEKS TO COME

UNFORGIVENESS INDICATES THAT WE UNDERESTIMATE OUR SIN AGAINST GOD AND OVERESTIMATES OTHERS’ SIN AGAINST US.

SOMEHOW....

WHAT I’VE DONE AGAINST GOD

ISN’T AS BAD AS WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE AGAINST ME

CHURCH JESUS IS GIVING US A CLEAR PICTURE

YOU CAN’T PAY BACK THE DEBT THAT YOU OWE

AND HE IS WILLING TO FORGIVE THAT DEBT

BUT IN OUR UNFORGIVENESS

THE PARABLE ENDS WITH

US MAKING A PRISON FOR OURSELVES

HATE IS A GATE

AND IT STARTS WITH TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT

BUT AS IT GROWS

WERE NOT JUST KEEPING PEOPLE OUT

WERE LOCKING OURSELVES IN

WE PREPARE OUR OWN TORTURE CHAMBER

BECAUSE OF THE UNFORGIVENESS IN OUR HEARTS

CHURCH…GOD HAS GIVEN US KEYS TO GET OUT

IT’S FUNNY THIS WORD HATE

I’VE ALWAYS TAUGHT MY KIDS TO LOVE AND THAT IT’S WRONG TO HATE

IT THAT EVEN BIBLICAL???

SHOULD WE HATE ANYTHING???

Proverbs 6:16–19 NIV

16 There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

GOD HATES....SIN

THE IRONY OF THE WHOLE STORY IS...

WERE SERVANTS ACTING LIKE KINGS BUT

THE IRONY OF THE STORY IS THAT....

WHAT SAVED US IS A KING WHO BECAME A SERVANT

I HATE YOU BUT IT’S KILLING ME

AND JESUS SAID

I HATE SIN SO MUCH

THAT I AM WILLING TO GO TO A CROSS AND BE KILLED

SO THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE STRENGTH TO FIND...

THE FORGIVENESS FLOW

HE SAID I’LL DO IT FIRST

ILL PAVE THE WAY

I HAVE TO SHARE THIS LAST VERSE WITH YOU

Matthew 18:35 CSB

35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you unless every one of you forgives his brother or sister from your heart.”

VENGEANCE IS MINE SAYS THE LORD

SOME OF YOU TRYING TO BE VENGEFUL

IS STOPPING THE INTERVENTION OF GOD

GOD SAYS....

IF DON’T FORGIVE

I WON’T FORGIVE

....STAND TO YOUR FEET......

UNFORGIVENESS IS AN INDICATION THAT YOU HAVEN’T REPENTED OF YOUR SIN

THAT YOU HAVEN’T RECOGNIZED THE WEIGHT AND COST OF YOUR SIN

YOU DO NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HURT YOU ON YOUR OWN

HUMAN FORGIVENESS IS DEPENDENT UPON DIVINE FORGIVENESS

ONCE YOU RECEIVE HIS MERCY AND STRENGTH

THEN YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND FORGIVE OTHERS

COME ON JUST BEGIN TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND FOCUS ON HIM RIGHT NOW...

MY GOAL FOR THIS FIRST MESSAGE IS THAT YOU MIGHT

RECEIVE NEW AND FRESH STRENGTH

TO LET FORGIVENESS FLOW IN YOUR LIFE

YOUR HATE IS KILLING YOU

AS THE WORSHIP TEAM COMES..

THESE ALTARS ARE OPEN

LET US PRAY WITH YOU TODAY