Renew Your Mind: Forgiveness

1 John 1:9; Psalm 103:11-12

1) What are all of the main ideas/concepts/points in each of these passages?

If … conditional

context verses 8 & 10, look back at last week, we are all depraved, we all have sinned and fallen short

he is faithful & just - what does this mean

start with larger context beginning with verse 5, God is light, no darkness in him at all, add chapter 2:1-2

our sin and all unrighteousness, parallelism? or two different ideas

a renewed understanding of what forgiveness is

what is included in God’s forgiveness, the magnitude of God’s forgiveness

in order to confess, it must be reviled by God, the light

Psalm 103

the Hebrew word for love,

what forgiveness is

removing our transgressions from us

who took them? why are they not ours any longer?

2) How do the passages contribute to an overall treatment of the main topic of this particular message?

3) Are there important points that need to be made that can NOT be anchored in one of these primary texts? Will addition references be needed?

4) What background will be needed to make sense of these passages (historical or textual)

4) What are questions or issues that we face today that this message (these passages) are addressing? (Uncovered Tension)

5) What is the ONE main point we should be highlighting and applying?

a) What do we want them to know, and why do we want them to know it?

b) What do we want them to do, and why do we want them to do it?

verse 15 keep my commands, in order to keep his commands I need a renewing of my mind

the Holy Spirit is working through God’s word

*** set up tying knots as a skill I have, show an example, is that all I have to do? watch videos, practice, and we can change