"WHEN FORGIVENESS IS TOUGH" Matthew 18:21-35

 I.  The Crisis of Forgiveness  

       

       1. The Trauma

 

 

       2.  The Trial

 

 

       3. The Treatment

 

 

       4. The Takeover

 

 

 II.  The Command to Forgive 

 

       1.  Explicit in Scripture (Matt 18:35; Matt 5:23-24; Eph 4:32; 1 John 2:9-11; 1 John 4:20-21)

 

 

       2.  Examples in Scripture   (Lk 23:34; Acts 7: 60; Gen 50:17)

 

 

III.  The Commitment to Forgive

 

       1.  Forgiveness is an Act of the Will

 

 

       2. Forgiveness is an Act of Grace