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1. Full forgiveness is God’s choice for me.

1. Full forgiveness is God’s choice for me. Luke 23:32-33 (NIV) Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.  When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.

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1. Full forgiveness is God’s choice for me.

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  1. 1. Full forgiveness is God’s choicefor me.

  2. Luke 23:32-33 (NIV) Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left.

  3. Luke 23:34 (NIV) Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

  4. Isaiah 53:12a (NIV) Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,    and he will divide the spoils with the strong,because he poured out his life unto death,    and was numbered with the transgressors.

  5. Isaiah 53:12b (NIV) For he bore the sin of many,    and made intercession for the transgressors.

  6. 1. Full forgiveness is God’s choicefor me. 2. Forgiveness is always centralto the heart of God.

  7. Luke 23:35 (NIV) The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

  8. 2. Forgiveness is always centralto the heart of God. 3. Forgiveness is extended to those who are emotionally hostiletoward me.

  9. Luke 23:36-38 (NIV) The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.” There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the Jews.

  10. 3. Forgiveness is extended to those who are emotionally hostiletoward me. 4. Forgiveness is extended to those who are aggressively demeaningme.

  11. Luke 23:39 (NIV) One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

  12. Luke 23:40-41 (NIV) But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

  13. 4. Forgiveness is extended to those who are aggressively demeaningme. 5. We are all born with denying genes, and we are really good at it.

  14. Luke 23:42 (NIV) Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

  15. 5. We are all born with denying genes, and we are really good at it. 6. Forgiveness isn’t about a perfect prayer. It’s about a broken heart.

  16. Luke 23:43 (NIV) Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

  17. 6. Forgiveness isn’t about a perfect prayer. It’s about a broken heart. 7. Jesus demonstrates the heart of the Father when I have nothing to offer.

  18. Why I need to get in on forgiveness a. sinning b. straying c. stubbornness d. rebellion

  19. 7. Jesus demonstrates the heart of the Father when I have nothing to offer. 8. What I have received from Dad is always designed to give away.

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