Slides for sermon - Forgiving Each Other

2. “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against
me, and I forgive him?” Matt 18:21
Learning to Forgive

3. As Christians (New Men)
We must put on “tender Mercies” v12
Because there will be someone that needs our mercy
We must bear “with one another” v13
Because there will be someone to bear
We will sometimes have complaints about each
other v13
Because there will someone to complain about
We must forgive “one another” v13
Because there will be someone to forgive
Colossians 3:12-17

4. As Christians (New Men)
You must put on “tender Mercies” v12
Because I might need your mercy
You must bear “with one another” v13
Because I might be someone to bear
You will sometimes have complaints about each
other v13
Because I might be someone to complain about
You must forgive “one another” v13
Because I might be someone that needs to be forgiven
Put on Humility

5. The effects of Hate
The effects of Forgiveness
Learning to forgive

6. Dulls my senses
It blinds my eyes – 1st John 2:11
It stops up my ears – Acts 8
Makes me a liar – 1st John 4:20
Makes me a murder – 1st John 3:15
Just stirs up Strife – Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.
Makes me forget what God has done for me –
Matthew 18:21
Hating my Brother

7. Freedom
Freedom from sorrow – 2nd Corinthians 2:5-8
Freedom from weight and sin – Hebrews 12:1-2
Brings Victory over our Common Enemy
2nd Corinthians 2:9-11
“A House Divided against itself cannot stand” Mark 3:25
A better appreciation for God’s Love for me
Forgiving my Brother brings

8. 1 John 4:8 – He who does not love does not know
God, for God is love.
Eph. 4:32 – Forgiving one another, even as God in
Christ forgave you
Col. 3:13 – As Christ forgave you, so you also must
do
Luke 6:37 – Forgive, and you will be forgiven
Mark 11:25 – Forgive him, that your Father in Heaven
may also forgive you
Matt. 6:12 – And forgive us our debts, As we forgive
our debtors
A Better Appreciation