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September 2, 2007
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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• 517-18 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he
  is a new creation the old has gone, the new has
  come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to
  himself through Christ and gave us the ministry
  of reconciliation that God was reconciling the
  world to himself, not counting mens sins against
  them.

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• Ephesians 432-51 Be kind and compassionate to
  one another, forgiving each other, just as in
  Christ God forgave you. Be imitators of God,
  therefore, as dearly loved children

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• Ephesians 432-51 Be kind and compassionate to
  one another, forgiving each other, just as in
  Christ God forgave you. Be imitators of God,
  therefore, as dearly loved children

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• Ephesians 432-51 Be kind and compassionate to
  one another, forgiving each other, just as in
  Christ God forgave you. Be imitators of God,
  therefore, as dearly loved children

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• Ephesians 432-51 Be kind and compassionate to
  one another, forgiving each other, just as in
  Christ God forgave you. Be imitators of God,
  therefore, as dearly loved children
• not counting mens sins against them

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• slate wiped clean
• Col. 213-14 God made you alive with Christ.
  He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the
  written code, with it s regulations, that was
  against us and that stood opposed to us he took
  it away, nailing it to the cross.

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• slate wiped clean
• pebble tossed in the ocean
• Micah 718-19 Who is a God like you, who
  pardons sin and forgives the transgression of
  the remnant of his inheritance?You do not stay
  angry forever but delight to show mercy.You
  will again have compassion on us you will
  tread our sins underfoot and hurl our iniquities
  into the depths of the sea.

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• slate wiped clean
• pebble tossed in the ocean
• debt cancelled
• Matthew 18 Parable of Unforgiving Servant

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• slate wiped clean
• pebble tossed in the ocean
• debt cancelled
• running Father
• Luke 15 Parable of Prodigal Son

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• Ephesians 432-51 Be kind and compassionate to
  one another, forgiving each other, just as in
  Christ God forgave you. Be imitators of God,
  therefore, as dearly loved children

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• Ephesians 432-51 Be kind and compassionate to
  one another, forgiving each other, just as in
  Christ God forgave you. Be imitators of God,
  therefore, as dearly loved children

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• bitterness poisons our lives
• we give the devil a foothold
• Eph. 426-27 Do not let the sun go down while
  you are still angry, and do not give the devil a
  foothold.

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• bitterness poisons our lives
• we give the devil a foothold
• Matt. 615 if you do not forgive men their
  sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

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Reconciliation Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 511-62

• deciding it wasnt really that bad
• the same as feelings
• the same as forgetting