Sermon: Matthew 18:21-35
September 16th, 2008 · Posted in SERMONS · 2 CommentsI have finally posted my sermon from last Sunday on my sermon blog. It’s based on Matthew 18:21-35 — and entitled: “Forgiving Others”.
Here’s a portion of it:
If I were to ask you to think of someone you’ve had to forgive recently, or someone you need to forgive, it probably wouldn’t take very long for you to come up with a name. It’s a fact of life – as we live we have many opportunities to forgive others. If you’re married, if you have a job, if you have neighbors, if you go to Church, if you ever eat out, if you have in-laws—many opportunities to forgive others will come your way. And – guess what – you will give many people – your spouse – your co-workers – your neighbors – fellow Church members – your in laws – people you meet every day – many opportunities to forgive – you.
Opportunities to forgive are a part of life.
So the question is: how do you do it? How do you forgive others as God wants you to forgive?
September 17th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Forgiveness is a powerful thing. I have forgiven some pretty rotten stuff. But I have trouble forgiving one person that continues to hurt my family, and me, I know its bad but I can’t get past the hurt yet.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Than ks for the comment Linda.
I understand — and know it is never easy!