Matthew 5:21-26

Matthew 5:21-26

Brothers sometimes get angry

Matthew 5:21-26

Brothers sometimes get angry

Raca

Matthew 5:21-26

Brothers sometimes get angry

Raca = empty-headed; good for nothing

Matthew 5:21-26

Brothers sometimes get angry

Raca = empty-headed; good for nothing

Fool

Matthew 5:21-26

Brothers sometimes get angry

Raca = empty-headed; good for nothing

Fool = a person who lacks good sense

Matthew 5:21-26

Brothers sometimes get angry

Raca = empty-headed; good for nothing

Fool = a person who lacks good sense

Brothers are sometimes driven apart

Matthew 5:21-26

Brothers sometimes get angry

Raca = empty-headed; good for nothing

Fool = a person who lacks good sense

Brothers are sometimes driven apart

They need to be reconciled

Acts 7:26

Acts 7:26 Moses tried to “reconcile them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?’”

Acts 7:26 Moses tried to “reconcile them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?’”

KJV: “set them at one again”

Acts 7:26 Moses tried to “reconcile them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?’”

KJV: “set them at one again”

John 17:21 Jesus prayed “that they might all be one.”

Colossians 3:12-13

So as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bearing with one another, and forgiving each other. Whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Colossians 3:12-13

So as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bearing with one another, and forgiving each other. Whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Colossians 3:12-13

So as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bearing with one another, and forgiving each other. Whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Colossians 3:12-13

So as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bearing with one another, and forgiving each other. Whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Colossians 3:12-13

So as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bearing with one another, and forgiving each other. Whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Colossians 3:12-13

So as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bearing with one another, and forgiving each other. Whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Colossians 3:12-13

So as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bearing with one another, and forgiving each other. Whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Colossians 3:12-13

Decide Now

To Forgive

I Will Forgive

What that person (or those people) did was wrong, and it hurt me very much.

I Will Forgive

What that person (or those people) did was wrong, and it hurt me very much.

But I will not hold it against them, I will not try to get back at them, and I will not hate them for it.

I Will Forgive

What that person (or those people) did was wrong, and it hurt me very much.

But I will not hold it against them, I will not try to get back at them, and I will not hate them for it.

I will not demand anything further from them to make up for what was done to me.

I Will Forgive

What that person (or those people) did was wrong, and it hurt me very much.

But I will not hold it against them, I will not try to get back at them, and I will not hate them for it.

I will not demand anything further from them to make up for what was done to me.

I will truly and fully give grace…

I Will Forgive

What that person (or those people) did was wrong, and it hurt me very much.

But I will not hold it against them, I will not try to get back at them, and I will not hate them for it.

I will not demand anything further from them to make up for what was done to me.

I will truly and fully give grace to my loved ones, to my church family, to my friends, and even to my enemies.

I Will Forgive

What that person (or those people) did was wrong, and it hurt me very much.

But I will not hold it against them, I will not try to get back at them, and I will not hate them for it.

I will not demand anything further from them to make up for what was done to me.

I will truly and fully give grace to my loved ones, to my church family, to my friends, and even to my enemies.

I will forgive even as I know that I myself need forgiveness.

I Will Forgive