The High Cost of Forgiveness

The High Cost of Forgiveness: http://www.northridgerochester.com/Sermons/Details/54

• What you promise when you forgive:
• You will not bring it up to the person
• You will not bring it up to others
• You will not bring it up to yourself
• Judicial vs Relational
• judicial - you give to everyone (Mark)
• relational - you only give when asked for (Luke)
•  You've forgiven them, but you keep thinking about/feel the hurt.  What to do?
• Remind yourself you've forgiven them
• Their debt is indeed cancelled because you've already decided that before and declared it.
• Get busy, so you don't just sit and dwell on it
• A good way is doing good for others
• Ask God for help
• "It is for that very sin Christ died."
• Live like you've forgiven them.  Declare and live out the gospel.
• Forgiveness is an event and a process (the declaration of forgiveness and living out the forgiveness)