Check cashing policy: To err is human To forgive, $10 1 Peter 1:13-19 Check cashing policy: To err is human To forgive, $10

Why Should We Forgive? Essential to Entering Heaven – Matthew 6:14,15 “Score Keeping” Requires too much of our time- Matthew 18:21,22 Holding Grudge prolongs your own suffering Leviticus 19:18 Unforgiving attitude: Makes you less attractive to others Gives others control over you

Can You Forgive & Forget? Forget Our Own Faults Proverbs 21:2 God says we can Ephesians 4:32 Need a little Help Forgiving? God Commands it Matthew 6:14,15 Romans 12:17-21 Trust God 1 John 5:3

Can You Forgive & Forget? Need a little Help Forgiving? Forgiving Shows Strength of Character Avoids appearance of using double standard: One for You, another for others Your Faults no Different than Others Romans 3:23 Consistent with Practice of Love John 14:15,21, 23,24 1 John 2:4; 4:7-11; 5:2,3

Do You Forgive? Do you rejoice at another’s misfortunes? Do you avoid the “forgiven?” Are you friendly & kind toward the forgiven? 1 Peter 3:8,9 Criteria for Forgiving Ephesians 4:32 Colossians 3:12,13

How has Christ Forgiven Us? Hebrews 8:8-12 “Their sins & their lawless deeds I will remember no more!” IF we would be forgiven (i.e. sins remembered against us no more); we must Forgive (i.e. sins remembered against them no more!).