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TITLE: Who Can Forgive Sins
TEXT: Mark 2:1-12
PROPOSITION: I must learn how to forgive.
QUESTION: Who?
KEY WORD: Types
SCRIPTURE READING: Mark 2:1-7
INTRODUCTION:
- Story of the faith of 4 friends of a paralyzed man.
- Some were critical of Jesus offering forgiveness.
- Who can forgive sins but God alone?
Define - Forgive - forgive vs. forget
Word means = send away, let go, release from debt, turn loose, not hold on to
Types of forgiveness
Total - complete = Only Deity can erase the guilt of sin
Jeremiah 31:34 - Forgive AND forget
Preacher, elders - cannot forgive sins, (priest and confessional)
We pray for forgiveness from God - then inform the church of repentance
I can forgive when someone asks
We MUST forgive - Luke 17:3-5
Church, family, friends, non-Christians
I can forgive when they do not ask
My choice is to confront or forgive (Matthew 18:15-17)
Big issue - can't ignore it - Confront
Little thing - don't make a fuss - let go
I can forgive when they will not ask
Filled with resentment, anger, denial
They feel they have done nothing wrong
Reason for taking others with you (Matthew 18:15-17)
I can forgive myself
Psalm 51:1-15 - my sin is ever before me
Most difficult - let go, learn from
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