chapel 9/18

forgiveness

New Living Translation Chapter 18

Parable of the Unforgiving Debtor

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!

23 “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. 24 In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars. 25 He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.

26 “But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’ 27 Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.

28 “But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.

29 “His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he pleaded. 30 But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full.

31 “When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him everything that had happened. 32 Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me. 33 Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ 34 Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.

35 “That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.”

Have you ever deserved a punishment, and gotten out of it? How did you feel?

How many times? When Jesus told Peter to forgive “70 x 7 times”, he was indicating an infinite number. How big is that number?.

Grudges are heavy burdens has anyone here ran a race before who here is really fast ? how would it be if we said everyone line up to race but hey bill you need to put this heavy pack on because it is the burden you are carrying It’s much easier to go without a heavy load!Erase it!

Talk about how forgiveness erases sins…

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2,610 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Mark 11:25 ESV / 2,497 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2,312 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 1,966 helpful votes

But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 1,856 helpful votes

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 1,705 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Luke 6:37 ESV / 1,460 helpful votes

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 1,345 helpful votes

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

James 5:16 ESV / 1,112 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Luke 6:27 ESV / 962 helpful votes

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Psalm 103:10-14 ESV / 735 helpful votes

He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 715 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 620 helpful votes

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 617 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 6:14 ESV / 602 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,

Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 600 helpful votes

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 585 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Luke 17:3-4 ESV / 555 helpful votes

Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 519 helpful votes

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 497 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 470 helpful votes

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Psalm 32:5 ESV / 467 helpful votes

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 417 helpful votes

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 397 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

New Living Translation Chapter 15

3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said

New Living Translation Chapter 5

8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 9

New Living Translation Chapter 3

16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

look at several sizes and types of erasers, and review how they can take away marks on paper or white board.

Look at pictures of infamous “villains”, whether fictional or from history. What would it be like if they were let off without punishment? This may seem bizarre or unfair, but it’s what happens when God grants us mercy!

In this Bible passage, Peter asks Jesus if there is a forgiveness “quota” or a limit to how many times we are required to forgive others. Maybe he was trying to get out of forgiving someone, or he was hoping if he forgave just a few times, he could justify revenge or writing someone off. The number seven was seen as whole or complete…Jesus surprises Peter by telling him that he should actually forgive someone seventy times (or 77 times) seven…this did not limit the forgiveness to 490, though, but was representing an infinite amount of forgiveness offerings.

Ask: Have you ever had to forgive someone? Was it challenging? Why? 

New Living Translation Chapter 6

Our Father in heaven,

may your name be kept holy.

10 May your Kingdom come soon.

May your will be done on earth,

as it is in heaven.

11 Give us today the food we need,

12 and forgive us our sins,

as we have forgiven those who sin against us.

13 And don’t let us yield to temptation,

but rescue us from the evil one.

New Living Translation Chapter 6

14 “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15 But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.