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Why don’t we forgive? –Luke 17:1-3 & Col.3:12-14
Introduction
1.Why don’t we forgive?
2.What is forgiveness?
?
a.God’s forgiveness is gracious but never free
b.God’s forgiveness is always conditional
c.God’s forgiveness always seeks after reconciliation
d.God’s forgiveness never means there are no consequences.
Bible Passage
Luke 17:1–3 (Listen)
Temptations to Sin
17:1 And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin1 are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.2 3 Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,
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