The
world says your past is a debt to pay back.
READ SLOWLY
AND STRATEGICALLY
Since
God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with
tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make
allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you.
Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which
binds us all together in perfect harmony. And let the peace that comes from
Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live
in peace. And always be thankful. Let the message about Christ, in all its
richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he
gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. And
whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks through him to God the Father. Colossians
3:12-17 NLT
EXTRACT
GOD’S MAIN THOUGHT OR POINT
In
Christ you are chosen, loved and holy.
God
modeled forgiveness by forgetting my past and buying my future.
Make
allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you.
Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Colossians 3:13 NLT
APPLY IT
TO MY LIFE
To
forgive I must release the past.
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that
no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become
defiled.
Hebrews 12:15 ESV
You
must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility,
gentleness, and patience. Colossians 3:12 NLT
To
forgive I must remember God’s grace.
Remember,
the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Colossians 3:13 NLT
“And
shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?” Matthew
18:23-35 ESV
But
he who is forgiven little, loves little. Luke 7:47 ESV
True
forgiveness makes allowance for the future.
Make
allowance for each other’s faults… Colossians 3:13 NLT
Then
Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me,
and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to
you seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
Matthew
18:21-22 ESV
LET IT
OUT