Jesus Teaches Forgiveness
The Teachings of Jesus • Sermon • Submitted
0 ratings
· 2 viewsNotes
Transcript
Handout
Handout
Sermon Tone Analysis
A
D
F
J
S
Emotion
A
C
T
Language
O
C
E
A
E
Social
Jesus Teaches on forgiveness.
Jesus Teaches on forgiveness.
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-seven times.
Andrew’s Best Buy Story
Afghanistan Doctor
Main Point: God shows us radical forgiveness by inviting us to live with him in Heaven. We show our revieving of that forgiveness in how we reflect it back.
What are our modern views of forgiveness and revenge?
What kind of grudges do you tend to hold?
Jewish world view on forgivness.
Jewish world view on forgivness.
Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.
Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say:
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for striking me.
If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold,
then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”
Rabbinic Liturature: Forgive three times
Main Point: God shows us radical forgiveness by inviting us to live with him in Heaven. We show our revieving of that forgiveness in how we reflect it back.
What is right amount of revenge for someon who steals from you?
How about kills your pet?
Burns down your house?
Is there a difference between being compensated for these kinds of crimes and exacting revenge?
Peter asks his question
Peter asks his question
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?”
Have you in the past been able to forgive?
Do you have people in your life who make the same mistakes over and over again?
Main Point: God shows us radical forgiveness by inviting us to live with him in Heaven. We show our revieving of that forgiveness in how we reflect it back.
Jesus’ Response
Jesus’ Response
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
How often do you feel obligated to forgive?
What is the difference between foregiving and continuing to allow access into your life?
Literal or Figurative?
Main Point: God shows us radical forgiveness by inviting us to live with him in Heaven. We show our revieving of that forgiveness in how we reflect it back.
Our Response
Our Response
Forgiveness and Community
Forgivness Creates Community
Forgiveness Advances Community
What are ways that unforgivness destroys community?
The Boundries of Forgivness
Setting the hurt free
In Community decide whether to stay vulnerable.
Who are the trusted adults in your life you can talk who about when to remove people from your life?
Your reflection of the forgivness of Jesus.
Your reflection of the forgivness of Jesus.