A Lifestyle of Continual Forgiveness
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🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In the middle of this week on forgiveness, we’re taking time today to look at what it means to live a lifestyle of continual forgiveness. Over time, as we open our hearts and allow God to do a continued work in us, we’re equipped to develop a new normal, a new way of living. So today we’re looking at how we can live with a constant openness towards forgiveness, equipped to both receive it and offer it, that unforgiveness would no longer have space in our hearts.
Our Scripture for today comes from Ephesians 4:26-27, and today's worship is Where Forgiveness Is by Sidewalk Prophets.
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Thanks so much for listening to today’s podcast on living a lifestyle of forgiveness.
Every command God gives you, is for your benefit as well as the benefit of others. You and I are not meant to live with the weight of unforgiveness. As soon as you sense the need to ask for forgiveness, or offer forgiveness, do it. God has a lifestyle of continual forgiveness for you, that you might live a weightfree, abundant life in him.
Thanks again for listening. Have a wonderful rest of your day, and may God bless you as you seek him.
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| 0:00.0 | In the middle of this week on forgiveness, we're taking time to look at what it means to live a lifestyle of continual forgiveness. |
| 0:13.1 | Over time, as we open our hearts and allow God to do a continued work in us, we're equipped to develop a new normal, a new way of living. So today, we're |
| 0:23.6 | looking at how we can live with a constant openness towards forgiveness, equipped to both receive it |
| 0:29.3 | and offer it, that unforgiveness would no longer have space in our hearts. May God encourage |
| 0:35.7 | and equip you in our time today. Welcome to the First 15 podcast. |
| 0:41.3 | Ephesians 4, 26, and 27 offers revelation on an important and often unknown spiritual principle. |
| 0:49.3 | Scripture says, be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger and give no opportunity to the devil. |
| 0:58.2 | When we allow anger to fester within us for days, weeks, months, and sometimes years, |
| 1:04.2 | we allow the enemy to gain a foothold in our lives that robs us of the abundant life provided in Christ. |
| 1:12.0 | In Ephesians, Paul is clear that anger in itself is not a sin. |
| 1:17.3 | It's when we allow anger to remain instead of choosing grace and forgiveness that we break |
| 1:22.4 | God's command. |
| 1:24.1 | When people wrong us, the natural response is to be angry. |
| 1:28.6 | And that's all right. |
| 1:31.0 | Jesus himself was often angry. |
| 1:33.5 | Matthew 2112 tells us, |
| 1:38.0 | and Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple. |
| 1:40.9 | And he overturned the tables of money changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. |
| 1:46.9 | Jesus was consistently angry with those who claimed to know God and took advantage of others. Nothing made him more angry than |
| 1:52.9 | phariseical people. But Jesus also modeled forgiveness of the highest form. Rather than being |
| 1:59.7 | filled with anger and allowing it to fester |
| 2:01.9 | inside of him, he offered his life out of his love for the very people who shouted, |
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