FORGIVENESS

SERMON SERIES ON FORGIVENESS

Isa 38:17, 43:25, Jer 31:34, Psalms 103:12, 32:1-2, - first sermon: how God forgives

Luke 7:36-50, - second sermon: what does forgiveness means to you

Luke 17:3-4, Matt 18:21-35, - third sermon: how often shall I forgive

Matt 6:12-15, Mark 11:25-26, fourth sermon: God will treat you how you treat others

2 Cor 2:7-12, - fifth sermon: repentance requires forgiveness, or Satan wins that battle

Eph 4:32, Col 3:13, six sermon: Christ is our example follow him, it will bless you

SERMON 1 HOW GOD FORGIVES

PSALMS 103:12, 32:1-2, ISA 38:17, 43:25, JER 31:34,

Dr E.K. Bailey said: That forgiveness is the hardest thing for men to do. The reason is that is cannot be done by man, it takes a supernatural power to bring about forgiveness. The reason why is we want our Justice, our pound of flesh, our revenge, our retribution payback for what they have done to us.

1. God will not keep looking at our sins - he puts them behind his back

2. God will not keep remembering out sins - he chooses to forget them

3. God will not keep deal with us according to our sins - he removes them as far as the east is from the west

4. God has covered our sins “with the blood of Jesus” and does not count our sins against us