The Dangers of Unforgiveness

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• Matthew 1821-35

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• The Question How Many Times Should I Forgive
  (21)?
• The Answer Forgive As Often As You Are Wronged
  (22).

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• If your brother sins, go and show him his fault
  in private if he listens to you, you have won
  your brother. But if he does not listen to you,
  take one or two more with you, so that by the
  mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be
  confirmed. If he refuses to listen to them, tell
  it to the church and if he refuses to listen
  even to the church, let him be to you as a
  Gentile and a tax collector.
• Matthew 1815-17

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• Forgiveness Releasing a person from any
  expectations of repayment or guilt stemming from
  their sins against you.

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• The Question How Many Times Should I Forgive
  (21)?
• The Answer Forgive As Often As You Are Wronged
  (22).
• The Illustration The Unforgiving Servant (23-35).

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• The Illustration The Unforgiving Servant
  (23-35).
• A. We Have Been Forgiven An Infinite Debt
  (23-27).

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• 1 talent 15 years labor 154,500
• 10,000 talents 150,000 years labor
• 1.54 billion dollars!

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness
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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• The Illustration The Unforgiving Servant
  (23-35).
• A. We Have Been Forgiven An Infinite Debt
  (23-27).
• B. Refusal to Forgive Others is Ugly (28-30).

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• 1 denarius 1 days wages 41.20
• 100 denarii 100 days wages 4120.00

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• The Illustration The Unforgiving Servant
  (23-35).
• A. We Have Been Forgiven An Infinite Debt
  (23-27).
• B. Refusal to Forgive Others is Ugly (28-30).
• C. We Will Be Judged For Unforgiveness
  (31-35).

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• Therefore if you are presenting your offering at
  the altar, and there remember that your brother
  has something against you, leave your offering
  there before the altar and go first be
  reconciled to your brother, and then come and
  present your offering.
• Matthew 523-24

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The Dangers of Unforgiveness

• Whom do you need to forgive?
• What relationships do you need to restore?

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