GRACE TO FORGIVE What’s Amazing About Grace – Part 4 of 6

FORGIVENESS QUIZ

A person should not be forgiven until he asks for it.  T F

Forgiving includes minimizing the offense & pain caused.  T F

Forgiveness includes restoring trust & reuniting a relationship. T F

You haven’t really forgiven until you’ve forgotten the offense.  T F

When I see someone hurt, it is my duty to forgive the offender. T F

1. What forgiveness 

• It isn’t
• It isn’t the seriousness of the offense.
• It isn’t a relationship without changes.
• It isn’t what happened.
• It isn’t when I wasn’t the one who was hurt.

2. WHAT IS REAL FORGIVENESS?

• REMEMBERING I’VE BEEN FORGIVEN.

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.” 

Ephesians 4:32

• RELINQUISHING MY RIGHT

“Never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God, for He has said that He will repay those who deserve it.”

Romans 12:19 (LB)

• RESPONDING TO EVIL

“When someone curses you, bless that person in return. When you are mistreated and harassed by others, accept it as your mission to pray for them.” Luke 6:28 (TPT)

“Love keeps no record of wrongs.”  1 Cor. 13:5 (NIV)

• REPEATING THE PROCESS AS

“Peter asked, ‘Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?’ ‘No.’ Jesus replied, ‘seventy times seven!’”  Matt 18:21-22 (NLT)

3. WHY OFFER GRACE TO OTHERS?

• GOD HAS BEEN TO ME.

“But Christ proved God’s passionate love for us by dying in our place while we were still lost and ungodly! And there is still much more to say of his unfailing love for us!”  Romans 5:8-9 (TPT)

• THE ALTERNATIVE IS

“Be careful that none of you fails to respond to the grace which God gives, for if he does there can very easily spring up in him a bitter spirit which is not only bad in itself but can also poison the lives of many others.”

  Hebrews 12:15 (Phil)

• GOD TO DO IT.

“For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”  Matthew 6:15 (NIV)

All Scripture verses in New International unless otherwise noted.