I hate you but, It's killing me.....Losing Count
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WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT:
UPROOTING YOUR BITTERNESS IN LIFE
LAYING DOWN THE OFFENSES
RELEASING FORGIVENESS IN A RADICAL WAY
AND TRYING TO FIND THE HEALING THAT WE ARE SO DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR
WEEK ONE I PREACHED FROM MATTHEW 18.
BUT I DIDN’T GIVE YOU THE CONTEXT TO THE PARABLE THAT JESUS TAUGHT
21 Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?”
22 “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!
I WANT PREACH TODAY FROM THE TITLE...
LOSING COUNT
.....OPEN IN PRAYER......
ISN’T IT FUNNY HOW,
WE CAN TAKE SOMETHING COMPLETELY INNOCENT AND MAKE IT OFFENSIVE
BASED ON THE WAY THAT ACT OR COMMENT MAKES US FEEL
FOR EXAMPLE:
SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING TO YOU OR TEXT SOMETHING
MAN, TEXTS ARE THE WORST SOMETIMES
(TALK ABOUT TEXTING MY WIFE AND IT SOMETIMES CAN SEEM OFFENSIVE)
SO I JUST CALL HER UP AND SAY
HEY, WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
BECAUSE I FELT LIKE YOU WERE AGGRESSIVE
HAS ANYBODY ELSE EVER BEEN THERE?
LIKE YOU JUST TOTALLY MISREAD THE MOMENT
YOU JUST KNEW WHAT THE INTENTION OR MOTIVATION OF THAT PERSON WAS
BUT IN THE END YOU JUST DISCOVERED THAT YOU WERE COMPLETELY WRONG
THE REALITY IS...
WE DON’T SEE THINGS FOR THE WAY THAT THEY ARE.
WE SEE THINGS THE WAY THAT WE ARE.
IT’S BECAUSE WE ARE ALL LOOKING AT LIFE THROUGH A FILTER
LAST WEEK I TALKED ABOUT HOW..
O-FFENSE IS...
A-FENCE
UNDERSTAND THIS
WHENEVER YOU ARE LIVING LIFE WITH AN OFFENSE
YOUR VISION OF LIFE AND THE LENS OF YOUR LIFE...
IS SKEWED
IT’S NOT 20/20 VISION BEHIND THE OFFENSE
IT’S BLURRED
THERE IS FRAGMENTS AND ISSUES
THERE IS BROKENNESS
I’M NOT LOOKING THROUGH A FILTER
THAT IS GIVING ME COMPLETE CLARITY
WHEN I START THINKING ABOUT BITTERNESS OR OFFENSE
MANY TIMES BITTERNESS ERUPTS IN OUR LIFE
NOT BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD
BUT RATHER BECAUSE OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE EXPERIENCE
OH COME ON....YOU KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT
WE HAVE ALL HAD SITUATIONS WERE...
WE THINK SOMEONE IS OFFENDED AT US
AND IN RETURN WE GET OFFENDED AT THEM
WHEN THE FACT IS…THEY WERE NEVER OFFENDED IN THE FIRST PLACE
IF WE ARE NOT CAREFUL
WE CAN LET A LITTLE OFFENSE
SET A ROOT OF BITTERNESS
AND SKEW MY VISION
___________
YOU SEE...
ALL OF US ARE SEEING LIFE
BUT WE’RE NOT SEEING LIFE THE SAME WAY
WE ARE SEEING LIFE THROUGH OUR EXPERIENCE
WE CAN TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS BUT...
LETS JUST TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT I NOTICE AS A PASTOR
UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NEVER UP HERE TO POINT FINGERS AT YOU
IF I DO, I’M POINTING 3 BACK AT ME
OH COME ON...
I HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE SAME THINGS YOU HAVE TO WORK THROUGH
WE DO IT TOGETHER AND BRING IT INTO THE LIGHT
ONE OF THE FILTERS THAT PEOPLE SEE LIFE THROUGH IS...
THE FILTER OF THEIR....PAST
THEY CAN’T SEEM TO GET OUT OF THE PRISON OF THEIR…PAST
THE REAL FORGIVENESS THAT SOME OF YOU NEED TO UNLEASH TODAY IS...
FORGIVENESS FOR YOURSELF
SOME OF YOU ARE TERRIBLE TO YOURSELVES
IF I’M HONEST IN LIFE....
NO ONE HAS DISAPPOINTED ME
MORE THAT....ME
MANY TIMES NOT FORGIVING YOURSELF
WILL LOCK YOU INTO THE PRISON OF.....
SHAME & CONDEMNATION
AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT...
I’M NOT SEEING THE BRIGHT FUTURE THAT GOD PROMISES ME
I’M LOOKING AT LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF MY PAST
FOR SOME OF YOU....
IT’S NOT JUST YOUR PAST
IT’S THAT YOUR LOOKING THROUGH THE FILTER OF....PAINS
I MEAN REAL THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU…ON THE JOURNEY OF LIFE
THINGS WE DIDN’T CAUSE
THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL
THINGS THAT TRAUMATIZE US
THAT HURT US
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR PARENTS EARLY ON IN LIFE
PAINS LIKE THAT DON’T JUST LEAVE OR GO AWAY
IT BEGINS TO SHAPE YOUR LIFE
AND MANY TIMES THOSE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES
CAN CAUSE US TO SEE THINGS THROUGH THE LENS OF.... OUR PAIN
LISTEN…WE’VE BEEN SAYING THIS....BUT I’LL SAY IT AGAIN
WE CAN’T CONTROL EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENED TO US
BUT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US
IT’S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE HEAL SO THAT....
WE CAN LOOK THROUGH THE RIGHT LENS
MAYBE IT’S YOUR PROBLEMS.....
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF THEIR.....PROBLEMS
LISTEN TO ME ON THIS.....
THE ONLY WAY YOU GET A PROBLEM FREE LIFE.....
HEAVEN
EVERY SEASON COMES WITH...
PROBLEMS & POTENTIAL
GROWING, BECOMING, GETTING STRONGER
NEW LEVELS, NEW DEVILS
NEW AUTHORITY, NEW ADVERSITY
BIGGER VISION, BIGGER OPPOSITION
EVERY SEASON OF LIFE IS RIDDLED WITH..
PROBLEMS
CHALLENGES
LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS
THIS IS WHY IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER AS A CHURCH
WE SPEND MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT....
THE SOLUTION
RATHER THAN THE PROBLEM
OH COME ON...
WE ALL GOT PROBLEMS IN THIS HOUSE
WE ALL GOT PROBLEMS WE’RE TRYING TO SOLVE
WE ALL GOT ISSUES THAT WE’RE TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH
BUT LET ME TELL YOU....FOR EVERY PROBLEM
THERE IS A SOLUTION THAT HAS A NAME
HIS NAME IS JESUS
KING OF KINGS
LORD OF LORDS
WHEN WE COME IN TO THIS HOUSE
I WANT TO MAGNIFY THE SOLUTION
THIS IS WHY WE START EVERY GATHERING WITH WORSHIP
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS.....MAGNIFYING THE NAME OF JESUS
SOME OF US IN OUR PRAYER TIME
WE SPEND ALL OF OUR TIME TELLING GOD ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS
BUT WHEN YOU GET A REVELATION THAT....
YOUR GOD IS BIGGER THAN YOUR PROBLEMS
YOU START TELLING YOUR PROBLEMS ALL ABOUT YOUR GOD
OH COME ON SOMEBODY.....
I SAID YOUR GOD
IS BIGGER THAN YOUR PROBLEMS
THE PSALMIST....DAVID SAID
OH MAGNIFY THE LORD WITH ME
LET US EXHALT HIS HOLY NAME
WHATEVER YOU MAGNIFY…CHURCH
WILL BE BIGGER IN YOUR LIFE
>>>>>>>>>>>
IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T HAVE PROBLEMS
I JUST WANNA SPEND MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE SOLUTION
THAN I DO MY PROBLEM
I WANNA STOP LOOKING AT MY LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF MY PROBLEMS
AND START LOOKING THROUGH THE LENS OF JESUS
HE IS BIGGER
TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR....
HE IS BIGGER
MAGNIFY HIM IN THIS PLACE TODAY
I LOVE THAT SONG
GOOD MORNING MERCY BY JASON CRABB
While I was sleeping
Lord You were working
On a mess I made like only I can do
When I start thinking I'm so far from You
I wake up to hear You whisper
That's not true
Good morning mercy
You call me worthy
Feels like the sun shining on my face
Living's good this side of grace
I feel it working
Goodbye to the hurting
You woke me up put me on my way
Hallelujah it's a brand new day
Good morning mercy
HE IS BIGGER
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
WE’RE ALL SEEING SOMETHING...
WE ARE JUST NOT SEEING THE SAME THING
SOME OF US ARE SEEING IT THROUGH THE PROBLEM
SOME OF US ARE SEEING THROUGH
THE PAST
SOME THROUGH THE PAIN
AND SOME THROUGH THE PROBLEM
BUT MANY TIMES THE WAY WE ARE SEEING THINGS IS
THROUGH PEOPLE
THIS IS WHERE WE’VE KIND OF BEEN CAMPING OUT AT
FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS
THERE REALLY IS NO PAIN...
LIKE PEOPLE PAIN
PEOPLE PAIN IS THE HARDEST
MANY OF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH OR A BLESSING
BUT I THINK THE MOST FREQUENT WAY GOD BLESSES US
IS THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE
SO PEOPLE, HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL TO BE...
THE BIGGEST BLESSING IN OUR LEFT
BUT IN THE SAME BREATH
PEOPLE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BEING THE MOST DAMAGE IN OUR LIFE
SO MANY OF US ARE GOING THROUGH LIFE
AND SOMEBODY HURT US
SOMEBODY DROPPED US
SOMEBODY LET US DOWN
SOMEBODY BETRAYED US
AND IT’S SKEWING THE WAY WE SEE THINGS
UN-DEALT WITH HURT TURNS TO HATE
AND EVENTUALLY YOU BECOME JUST LIKE THE PERSON WHO HURT YOU
IT’S LIKE THE PERSON WHO IS FIGHTING THERE HARDEST
NOT TO BE LIKE THEIR DAD
ALL THE WHILE, THEY BECOME LIKE THE ONE WHO CREATED THEIR DAD
OH COME ON SOMEBODY.....
JESUS CAN BE IN YOUR HEART BUT....
GRANDPA....HE IS IN YOUR BONES
THERE IS A DNA BEING PASSED DOWN
MANY TIME WE THINK THAT RESISTANCE IS
THE WAY THAT WE DON’T BECOME LIKE THE PERSON WHO ATTACKED US
I’M TELLING YOU TODAY...
IT’S OPENING OUR HEART AND ALLOWING GOD TO HEAL IT
TO PULL OUT THE HURT SO THAT WE CAN HEAL
AND AS WE ARE HEALED
WE CAN BE A BLESSING TO THOSE AROUND US
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WE STRUGGLE IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE IS....
BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING WITH A “SCORE BOARD” MENTALITY
OH COME ON...
WE’RE GONNA HELP SOME MARRIAGES TODAY…LOL
(ILLUSTRATION)
SCORE BOARD MENTALITY
KINDA LIKE THIS
YOU EVER NOTICE WHEN YOU START KEEPING SCORE
YOUR REAL GOOD TO ....YOU
BUT HARD ON THEM?
(GREAT HUSBAND, DEMINISH MARIA’S GREATNESS,
NO OIL IN CAR,
BUSINESS MEETING,
THEY DON’T SAY SORRY,
THEY GHOSTED ME
TOOK SOMEONE FORM CHURCH TO LUNCH
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
DON’T GET ME WRONG...
I’M A GOOD GUY
I COULD DO BETTER BUT....
I’M A GOOD GUY
AND WHAT STARTS TO HAPPEN IS
WE KEEP THIS SCORE CARD
WHAT’S REALLY DANGEROUS ABOUT THIS IS...
IS WHENEVER YOU BEGIN TO TREAT RELATIONSHIPS...
WITH A TRANSACTIONAL MODEL OR IMAGE
MORE THAN LIKELY YOU WILL TAKE THIS SAME APPROACH
TO YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
AND THE FACT IS....
SOME OF YOU ALREADY LIVE THERE
SOME OF YOU CAME TO CHURCH TODAY
TO MAKE SURE YOU GET A MARK TO YOUR FAVOR
“I’M NOT PERFECT BUT I’M AT CHURCH”
“I’M NOT SURE WHAT THAT DOES BUT,
I’M HOPING IT KEEPS ME AWAY FORM…HELL”
WHAT IS RELIGION???
IT’S TREATING GOD LIKE A SCORE BOARD....
FOR EXAMPLE....WHEN I DO BAD
I OWE GOD
WATCH THIS.....
BUT WHEN I DO GOOD....
GOD OWES ME
BOTH ARE A LIE.....
IF GOOD SCORE KEEPING COULD HAVE SAVED US
ALL WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED IS MOSES
THE LAW WAS.....AN EYE FOR EYE
A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH
OUR LIFE CAN NOT BE REDUCED TO TALLY MARKS
GRACE IS MORE THAN TALLY MARKS
MOSES COULDN’T GET THE JOB DONE
THATS WHY GOD SENT JESUS
TO FORM A RELATIONSHIP WITH US
AND HE USHER IN SALVATION THROUGH THE ACT OF.....WATCH THIS
FORGIVENESS
OH COME ON…IS ANYONE GRATEFUL FOR A GOD WHO FORGIVES
ME VERSUS THEM
I ALWAYS SEE THE BAD IN THEM AND THE GOOD IN ME
THIS BRINGS ME BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SERMON
PETER ASKS JESUS A QUESTION
PETER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT MOST OF US ARE NOT BRAVE ENOUGH TO ASK
WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR RELATIONSHIP
OUR EXPERIENCE (ME VERSUS THEM)
AND WE HAVE THIS SCORE CARD
PETER -
“HEY JESUS, HOW MANY TIME DO I ACTUALLY HAVE TO FORGIVE PEOPLE?”
AND PETER WITH HIS AMBITIOUS ANSWER
HE SAYS......SEVEN
LIKE... IS THAT GOOD
NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THE TALMUD WHICH IS THE JEWISH LAW BOOK
ONLY REQUIRED YOU TO FORGIVE 3 TIMES
SO PETER IS LIKE.....
“I’M ABOUT TO IMPRESS JESUS WITH THIS ONE”
JESUS’S MATH IS ALWAYS FUNNY
DO YOU NOTICE THAT?
FOR EXAMPLE....
1 CAN PUT 1,000 TO FLIGHT
2 CAN PUT 10,000 TO FLIGHT
LIKE THAT’S NOT GOOD MATH…LOL
WHAT ABOUT THIS....
5,000 PEOPLE HUNGRY
JESUS IS LIKE…HEY GUYS WHAT DO WE HAVE?
“5 LOAVES AND 2 FISH”
HE SAID....THAT WILL WORK
BRING THEM TO ME....LOL
LIKE…BUT JESUS THAT’S NOT HOW MATH WORKS…LOL
IT’S NOT ENOUGH
PETER SAYS…TALMUD TELLS ME 3 TIMES
I’M GONNA HIT JESUS WITH 7 TIMES
AND SEE IF I CAN IMPRESS GOD
BUT HERE COMES JESUS..WITH FUNNY MATH AGAIN...
HE’S LIKE....NO NOT 7 TIMES
SEVEN TIMES SEVENTY
OK SO....490 TIMES???
NOPE, YOU MISSED AGAIN...
YOUR STILL USING THE SAME FILTER
YOUR STILL LOOKING THROUGH THE SAME LENS
SEVEN IS THE NUMBER OF COMPLETION IN THE BIBLE
JESUS IS MAKING AN OBVIOUS EXPRESSION BY SAYING TO YOU
IF YOUR STILL COUNTING, YOUR NOT FORGIVING
BECAUSE....
FORGIVENESS IS NOT ABOUT KEEPING SCORE, FORGIVENESS IS LEARNING TO LOSE COUNT
I IDENTIFY WITH PETER SOMETIMES
PETER DOESN’T THINK VERY WELL...
HE ACTS QUICK AND DOESN’T THINK
AND MY WIFE SAYS....AMEN....LOL
BUT REMEMBER HE CHOPS THE DUDE EAR OFF?
JESUS IS LIKE....WHOA PETER....CALM DOWN
HE PICK HIS EAR UP AND HEALS THE DUDE
AT ONE POINT JESUS IS TALKING TO PETER
AND HE’S TELLING HIM THAT HE HAS TO GO AND BE CRUCIFIED
AND PETER IS LIKE....NO WAY JESUS
THAT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN
AND JESUS LOOKS AT PETER AND SAYS.....GET BEHIND ME SATAN
LIKE PETER EVEN AFTER 3 YEARS OF FOLLOWING JESUS
HE STILL JUST DOESN’T GET IT
HE IS STILL SEEING THROUGH THE WRONG LENS
HE’S STILL VIEWING HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE
WITH A SCORE CARD MENTALITY
HE’S STILL LOOKING AT THE LAW
HE IS STILL THINKING....AN EYE FOR AN EYE
A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH
AND HE COMPLETELY MISSES WHY JESUS IS THERE
TO HIS QUESTION...
JESUS SAYS NO YOU GOTTA STOP KEEPING SCORE
THEN JESUS GOES ON TO TELL THE PARABLE WE STARTED WITH A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
REMEMBER???
ABOUT A KING WHO FORGIVES A MASSIVE DEBT
AND AS THE SERVANT LEAVES HE FINDS SOMEONE WHO OWES HIM MONEY
AND HE HAS THE GUY THROWN INTO PRISON UNTIL HE CAN PAY
WHEN YOU HAVE UNFORGIVNESS IN YOUR HEART
YOU WILL BE LOCKED IN A MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PRISON
UNTIL YOU FORGIVE
GOD SAYS…UNTIL YOU FORGIVE OTHERS…I WILL NOT FORGIVE YOU
DAVID IS ANOTHER MAN I CAN IDENTIFY WITH ON MANY LEVELS...
BUT THERE IS THE STORY OF DAVID AS KING....
HIS ARMY GOES OFF TO BATTLE IN THE SPRING TIME
AND THE BIBLE SAYS.....HE STAYS BEHIND
AND ONE EVENING HE IS ON THE BALCONY AND SEE A WOMAN (EXPOUND)
DAVID HAD THE COMMANDER SENT TO THE FRONT LINES TO BE KILLED
HE DID THIS TO HIDE HIS SIN
KNOW THIS....GOD KNOWS YOUR SIN
GOD SENDS NATHAN..... A PROPHET
NATHAN COMES WITH A WORD TO DAVID
AND THIS REMINDS ME OF THE PARABLE IN MATTHEW
BECAUSE WHEN HE COMES TO CONFRONT DAVID…
WATCH HOW HE CONVICTS DAVID OF HIS SIN
IT’S NOT BY POINTING IT OUT IN DAVID
IT’S BY SHOWCASING IT IN SOMEONE ELSE
....WORSHIP TEAM COME.......
1 The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.
4 “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”
5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”
7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
WE HAVE NO PROBLEM SEEING THE JUSTICE THAT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED FOR THEM
NATHAN KNEW IF HE SHOWED THE SIN IN SOMEONE ELSE
IT WOULD ELICIT THE PROPER RESPONSE IN DAVID.....HIMSELF
WE HAVE NO PROBLEM SEEING THE SIN AND WRONG DOING IN SOMEONE ELSE
IT’S CLEAR TO US THAT THEY ARE IN THE WRONG
THIS MAN DESERVES DEATH HE SAID
HE NEEDS TO PAY BACK FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT
WE ARE SO GOOD IN SEEING THE TRUTH IN THEM
WE’RE SO GOOD AT KEEPING SCORE ON THEM
BUT WE’RE BLIND TO OUR OWN SIN
MERCY FOR ME, JUSTICE FOR THEM
IF WE’RE GONNA BE BRUTALLY HONEST
MY UNFORGIVENESS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ME
THE REASON WHY I AM UN-FORGIVING IS BECAUSE....
I DO NOT RECOGNIZE THAT....
I AM THE MAN!
HE TURNS THE MIRROR ON DAVID
WE LIVE LIFE SAYING...
IT’S ME VERSUS THEM
ME VERSUS THEM
AND NATHAN TURNS THE MIRROR ON DAVID AND SAYS
IT’S…NOT ME VS. THEM
IT’S ME VERSUS......EM(ME)
IT’S ME THAT NEEDS GOD’S FORGIVENESS
IT’S ME THAT NEEDS GOD’S MERCY
IT’S ME THAT HAS THE TALLY MARKS
I’VE REPENTED A WHOLE LOT MORE TIMES THAN 490 TIMES
I AM SOOOO GRATEFUL GOD IS NOT UP THERE
KEEPING SCORE
HE DOESN’T KEEP SCORE CHURCH
HE ERASES THE SCORE
AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST
MICAH SAYS...”YOUR SINS ARE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN FLOOR”
SOME OF YOU WILL NEVER GET PAST PEOPLE PAIN
LOOKING THROUGH A LENS OF ME vs. THEM
NO SIR…NO MAAM
YOU ARE THE MAN
YOU ARE THE SINNER
THE BATTLE IS....ME vs. ME
THE PROBLEM IS WITH......ME
CHURCH I AM NOT A PSYCHOLOGIST
I AM NOT A THERAPIST
I AM A PREACHER
MY JOB IS HERALDING THE TRUTH
THE REASON WHY MOST OF YOU CAN’T EXPRESS FORGIVENESS
IS BECAUSE YOU DON’T REALIZE THAT YOUR THE ONE ON TRIAL
YOUR NOT THE JUDGE
I AM THE MAN!
NATHAN TOLD DAVID...
YOU ARE THE MAN
WHAT DOES DAVID DO???
HE REPENTS
HE FINALLY SEES....I AM THE MAN
.....STAND TO YOUR FEET......
FRIENDS EVEN IF THEY DON’T APOLOGIZE
YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE
I DON’T CARE IF THEY DON’T APOLOGIZE
YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE
BECAUSE YOU NEED FORGIVENESS
13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
WE HAVE TO LOSE COUNT....
I DON’T WANT GOD TO DEAL WITH ME TRANSACTIONALY
SO I WILL KEEP ON FORGIVING
FORGIVENESS IS NOT ABOUT KEEPING SCORE
IT’S ABOUT LOSING COUNT
EVERY HEAD BOWED ALL OVER THIS PLACE....
TODAY IS THE DAY TO RELEASE IT JESUS
TODAY IS THE DAY
YOU DECIDE TO FORGIVE AND RECEIVE HIS FORGIVENESS
IF THATS YOU…JUST LIFT YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW.....
......ALTARS ARE OPEN......