Summer Stories: Jesus' Parables | The Freedom of Forgiveness | Dr. Jonathan Spencer

30/06/2025 32 min
Summer Stories: Jesus' Parables | The Freedom of Forgiveness | Dr. Jonathan Spencer

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Matthew 18:21-351. The King forgave a debt we could never pay2. Those who RECEIVE grace are expected to GIVE it3. Why Forgive?     -Forgiveness PRESERVES unity     -Forgiveness PREACHES the Gospel     -Forgiveness PROTECTS our heartsJohn Stott, “This certainly does not mean that our forgiveness of others earns us the right to be forgiven.  It is rather that God forgives only the penitent and that one of the chief evidences of true penitence is a forgiving spirit.  Once our eyes have been opened to see the enormity of our offense against God, the injuries which others have done to us appear by comparison extremely trifling.”4. A FORGIVING heart is evidence of a FORGIVEN heart