How to You: Finding Forgiveness

by Rev. Grant Armstrong
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Luke 7:36-50 
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SERMON NOTES:
I. Forgiveness failures result in a bitter poison.
II. We’re sometimes blind to our own debts and deficits.
III. Forgiveness is an act and process of restorative mercy.
IV. Jesus is our power and freedom to forgive.

FOR DISCUSSION AND REFLECTION
- What's the nicest party you've ever attended?
- How do we see the bitterness of the Pharisee in this passage? How else can the bitterness of unforgiveness find expression?
- How is our act of forgiveness like cancelling a debt? How is being forgiven like having a debt cancelled?
- What can a forgiven person do as part of the process of restoration?
- Why is it important to acknowledge Jesus' authority to forgive sins?
- What is God saying to you through today's scripture?