Forgiveness is a challenge for most today because we've been falsely taught that reconciliation must always follow. Jesus taught in Matthew 18 that this simply isn't true. Forgiveness and reconciliation are separate things, they are not the same.









SESSION NOTES



I. Forgiveness & Reconciliation Are Separate Things; They Are Not The Same.

A. An Example Of Biblically Justified Unreconciliation:

1. Matthew 18:15-17

2. 1st Corinthians 5:1-11

3. 2nd Corinthians 2:4-11

4. 2nd Corinthians 7:8-12

B. Forgiveness Is A Command, But Doesn't Always Include Reconciliation:

1. Matthew 6:12

2. 1st John 2:2

3. John 3:36

II. Do Christians Have The Right To Judge Each Other?

A. 1st Corinthians 2:15

B. 1st Corinthians 15:33

C. 1st John 1:6-7



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