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[307.26 --> 311.84] This is how my heavenly father will treat each of us |
[311.84 --> 316.24] unless you forgive a brother or sister from your heart. |
[318.94 --> 320.20] It's a heavy teaching, hey? |
[322.76 --> 325.90] Right now I'm reading through a book by Ronald Ruhlheiser |
[325.90 --> 328.42] on spiritual growth, spiritual formation. |
[329.08 --> 330.80] He writes quite extensively on the topic. |
[330.94 --> 333.00] And in this book, he makes this comment |
[333.00 --> 335.06] about spirituality and stages of life |
[335.06 --> 336.58] that just kind of caught me off guard. |
[336.58 --> 338.34] He says, and this is a generalization, |
[339.16 --> 340.64] that in the first half of life, |
[340.94 --> 343.64] most of us struggle with the seventh command, |
[343.76 --> 345.10] which is do not commit adultery. |
[345.92 --> 347.60] In the second half of life, |
[348.06 --> 350.02] most of us struggle with the sixth command, |
[350.12 --> 351.96] which is you shall not murder. |
[353.48 --> 355.20] And that's a huge generalization. |
[355.36 --> 356.86] But what he's getting at behind this |
[356.86 --> 358.08] is that when we are young, |
[358.16 --> 359.94] we have very strong, youthful passions, |
[359.94 --> 361.92] which are a gift and also need to be curbed. |
[362.32 --> 363.42] And yet as we get older, |
[363.42 --> 365.34] those passions subside usually. |
[365.98 --> 367.68] And then a whole new set of concerns |
[367.68 --> 369.08] comes into our lives. |
[369.76 --> 371.24] The burdens of life, |
[371.34 --> 374.28] the heaviness and the unfairness of life, |
[374.76 --> 377.90] the wounds of people who betray us |
[377.90 --> 380.86] and attack us and are unkind to us. |
[381.80 --> 382.90] And generally, he says, |
[382.96 --> 384.62] there's two trajectories as you get older. |
[384.74 --> 386.38] It says you go in the way of bitterness |
[386.38 --> 390.16] and resentment and hurt and grudge, |
[390.16 --> 392.04] or you learn the path of forgiveness |
[392.04 --> 393.48] and you finish life well. |
[395.24 --> 397.06] I have a feeling that even as we preach |
[397.06 --> 397.84] through this series, |
[398.58 --> 401.24] some of the heaviness of your own life, |
[401.64 --> 402.76] the broken relationships, |
[403.06 --> 404.36] that argument you regret, |
[404.74 --> 406.72] those words you wish you could unsay, |
[407.28 --> 408.48] they come to the surface, |
[409.20 --> 409.94] and they should. |
[411.06 --> 413.18] Forgiveness is hard. |
[413.98 --> 415.70] We want to underscore in this series |
[415.70 --> 417.26] that forgiveness is not some simple thing. |
[417.34 --> 418.18] It's a hard thing. |
[418.28 --> 419.20] And the deeper the wound, |
[419.50 --> 421.34] the deeper the process of forgiveness. |
[422.26 --> 424.26] But let me just name that it is easier |
[424.26 --> 426.92] to hold grudges than it is to forgive. |
[427.82 --> 430.12] It's easier to passively, aggressively |
[430.12 --> 433.16] dig at your loved one or friend or co-worker |
[433.16 --> 434.08] than it is to forgive. |
[434.40 --> 437.10] It is easier to sabotage them on social media |
[437.10 --> 438.54] than it is to forgive. |
[439.08 --> 441.04] It's easier to retaliate |
[441.04 --> 443.86] and seek vengeance than it is to forgive. |
[444.40 --> 445.74] And it shouldn't surprise any of us, |
[445.80 --> 446.24] by the way, |
[446.30 --> 448.48] that there's so much teaching |
[448.48 --> 450.26] in the Scripture on forgiveness. |
[451.10 --> 452.16] In fact, when we were preaching |
[452.16 --> 452.90] through Galatians, |
[453.02 --> 454.30] I still remember when Pastor Sid |
[454.30 --> 455.66] was preaching on Galatians 5, |
[455.98 --> 456.76] where Paul says, |
[456.98 --> 458.46] put away all these old parts |
[458.46 --> 460.12] of your old life before you knew Jesus |
[460.12 --> 461.86] and put on the fruits of the Spirit. |
[462.36 --> 463.96] And listen to the list he adds |
[463.96 --> 465.82] when he says what we need to put away. |
[465.82 --> 469.94] Okay, bitterness, anger, fits of rage, |
[470.64 --> 474.60] malice, envy, hate, discord. |
[474.84 --> 475.80] You getting a theme here? |
[476.38 --> 478.10] All these things divide. |
[478.98 --> 480.72] All these things represent broken, |
[481.00 --> 482.08] fractured relationships. |
[482.30 --> 482.68] And then he says, |
[482.76 --> 483.76] put on the fruit of the Spirit |
[483.76 --> 485.56] because that's going to lead to healing. |
[487.36 --> 490.32] Jesus teaches a lot on forgiveness |
[490.32 --> 492.34] because it was just as much of a problem then |
[492.34 --> 493.52] as it is today. |
[493.52 --> 494.50] And today we're going to look at |
[494.50 --> 495.62] what Jesus says to Peter |
[495.62 --> 497.34] in Matthew chapter 18. |
[497.48 --> 498.22] So let's take a look. |
[499.50 --> 502.52] Peter asks a really good question to Jesus. |
[502.72 --> 504.78] And I bet you maybe in your own life |
[504.78 --> 505.80] you've asked this question. |
[506.36 --> 506.82] It's like, |
[507.32 --> 509.18] how much do I have to forgive? |
[510.44 --> 512.56] How much am I required to give |
[512.56 --> 513.50] my brother or sister? |
[513.64 --> 514.70] And then Peter adds at the end, |
[515.02 --> 517.26] up to seven times? |
[518.00 --> 518.84] And you should know |
[518.84 --> 520.36] there's good teaching background |
[520.36 --> 521.34] for why he says this. |
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