Love does not keep a record of wrongs

1. WHAT MATTERS MOST
SESSION 3: LOVE DOES NOT KEEP A RECORD OF WRONGS

2. LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS
1 CORINTHIANS 13:5B

3. “IT TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF THE EVIL DONE TO IT
[IT PAYS NO ATTENTION TO A SUFFERED
WRONG].”
-- THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE

4. BUT GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE FOR
US IN THIS: WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS,
CHRIST DIED FOR US.
ROMANS 5:8

5. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they
do not know what they are doing.”
Luke 23:34

6. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you
has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord
forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which
binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:13-14

7. The ultimate test of true, godly love is
forgiveness.

9. Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how
often should I forgive someone who sins against
me? Seven times?”
“No, not seven times,” Jesus replied,
“but seventy times seven!”
Matthew 18:21-22

10. THE PARABLE OF THE UNFORGIVING
SERVANT
MATTHEW 18:21-35

11. We are to forgive much because God
has forgiven much.

12. "And be ye kind to one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ’s sake
hath forgiven you."
Ephesians 4:32

13. BASIS FOR FORGIVENESS:
Because God has forgiven us,
we are to forgive each other.

14. "while we were yet sinners
Christ died for us”
Romans 5:8b

15. A child of God by faith through Christ has had
all sins forgiven.
Therefore, when someone offends or sins against us we
should be willing to forgive him from a heart of gratitude
for the grace to which we ourselves are debtors.

16. We must decide to forgive;
the emotions will follow in time
IS FORGIVENESS A CONSCIOUS CHOICE,
OR AN EMOTIONAL STATE?

17. Bear with each other and forgive one
another if any of you has a grievance
against someone.
Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13

18. For if you forgive other people when they sin
against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your
Father will not forgive your sins.
Matthew 6:14-15

19. We forgive by faith out of an obedience
to God’s commands.
HOW DO WE FORGIVE WHEN WE DON’T
FEEL LIKE IT?

20. ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’
says the LORD Almighty.
Zechariah 4:6

21. DOES FORGIVENESS HAPPEN OVER NIGHT?
The decision to forgive can happen in an instance
(because its not dependent on emotion),
but you must continue to walk out that forgiveness
for a lifetime.

22. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE PROCESS
OF FORGIVENESS IS COMPLETE?
When you are able to pray for that person
who has hurt you…it means you have been
freed from the prison of unforgiveness.

23. IS THERE A TIME TO APPROACH THE PERSON
WHO OFFENDED ME?
“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out
their fault, just between the two of you. If they
listen to you, you have won them over.”
Matthew 18:15

24. “Therefore, if you are offering your gift
at the altar and there remember that your brother
or sister has something against you,
leave your gift there in front of the altar.
First, go and be reconciled to them;
then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:23-24

25. HOW DO I KNOW WHEN TO APPROACH
SOMEONE, OR WHEN TO JUST FORGIVE THEM?
The most important guiding factor
should be love for the other person.

26. We love because he first loved us.
Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a
liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom
they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not
seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves
God must also love their brother and sister.
1 John 4:19-21