Meat and Potatoes Pt 4

Speaker: Rev Patrick Kelley

Originally Recorded 24 Jan 2016

Matthew 6:14-15 MSG

"In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can't get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others. If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God's part. If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God's part.

Acts 10:43 NIV

All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.

1 John 1:9 NIV

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Contradictory?

Jesus says that one must forgive if one wants forgiveness. Luke says that all one needs to do to receive forgiveness is just believe on Christ Paul says that we’re saved or one receives forgiveness by faith in Christ Jesus and His grace. John says simply If we confess our sins, God will forgive us and purify us.

Psalm 66:18 NIV

If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened

1 Peter 3:7 NIV

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

Matthew 22:37-40 NIV

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Using the Correct Lense

Everything we read in scripture needs to be viewed through the context of the Greatest Commandment and the Love of God for us.

Big Idea

Forgiveness is non-negotiable

C. S. Lewis Quote

“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. -CS Lewis

Steps to Forgiveness

Change your mindset: (Romans 12:2) Come to Jesus: (Philippians 4:13) Assume the best in people Pray for those that you are needing to forge. (Matthew 5:44)

Closing Thought

Living in unforgiveness is like living in a building that should be condemned. It’s unsafe, unclean, unhealthy.

Hebrews 12:15 NIV

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.