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Explore the significance of forgiveness and restoration as highlighted in various Biblical verses. Learn how to confront sin with love, honesty, and sincerity, and embrace the path to forgiveness and restoration. Discover the transformative power of forgiveness and the importance of confronting wrongdoing. Take cues from biblical teachings on handling conflicts and seeking reconciliation.
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PROVERBS 24:17-18 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;18 Or the Lord will see it and be displeased, And turn His anger away from him.
A STUDY OF CONFRONTING AND FORGIVENESS
PROVERBS 4:13 13Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life.
JOSHUA 24:15 15 If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
IT’S IMPORTANT: The importance of forgiveness and restoration.
JOHN 8:34 34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
JOHN 8:36 36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
Forgiveness starts: • Confronting sin is a sign of a Christ follower.
Proverbs 21:15 15 The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous, But is terror to the workers of iniquity.
Three ways: 1. Confront with love.
PROVERBS 27:9 9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
Three ways: 2. Confront with honesty.
PROVERBS 28:23 23 He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favorThan he who flatters with the tongue.
Three ways: • Confront with sincerity.
PROVERBS 27:6 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
Forgiveness starts: What’s next?
What’s next? 1. Pray.
PROVERBS 24:17-18 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;18 Or the Lord will see it and be displeased, And turn His anger away from him.
What’s next? 2. Forgiveness.
PROVERBS 19:11 11 A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook a transgression.
What’s next? 3. Restore.
II CORINTHIANS 2:6-8 6 Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority, 7 so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8 Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
A STUDY OF CONFRONTING AND FORGIVENESS