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November 6, 2022
Today’s Sermon:
Matthew 18:23–35
The Nature and Necessity of Forgiveness
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Magnificent
Marvelous
Matchless Love
Magnificent marvelous matchless love
Too vast and astounding to tell
Forever existing in worlds above
Now offered and given to all
O fountain of beauty eternal
The Father the Spirit the Son
Sufficient and endlessly generous
Magnificent marvelous matchless love
Creation is brimming with thankfulness
The mountains exultant they stand
The seasons rejoice in your faithfulness
All life is sustained by Your hand
You crown every meadow with color
You paint every shade in the sky
Each day the dawn wakes as an
encore of
Magnificent marvelous matchless love
How great how sure
His love endures forevermore
Magnificent marvelous matchless love
What grace that You entered our
brokenness
You came in the fullness of time
How far we had fallen from
righteousness
But not from the mercies of Christ
Your cross is our door to redemption
Your death is our fullness of life
That day how forgiveness flowed
as a flood
Magnificent marvelous matchless love
How great how sure
His love endures forevermore
Magnificent marvelous matchless love
United in your resurrection
You lift us to infinite heights
Could anything sever or take us from
Magnificent marvelous matchless love
How great how sure
His love endures forevermore
Magnificent marvelous matchless love
There Is Power In The Blood
Would you be free
from the burden of sin?
There’s power in the blood
power in the blood
Would you o’er evil a victory win?
There’s wonderful power in the
blood
There is power power
wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power power
wonder-working power
In the precious blood
of the Lamb
Would you be free from your
passion and pride?
There’s power in the blood
power in the blood
Come for a cleansing to Calvary’s
tide
There’s wonderful power in the
blood
There is power power
wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power power
wonder-working power
In the precious blood
of the Lamb
We give thanks for the blood
And its wonder working power
All our praise goes to the Lamb
And His wonder working power
Would you be whiter
much whiter than snow?
There’s power in the blood
power in the blood
Sin-stains are lost in its
life-giving flow
There’s wonderful power in the
blood
There is power power
wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power power
wonder-working power
In the precious blood
of the Lamb (2x)
Scripture Reading
Matthew 18:21–22
Matthew 18:21–22
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Worship through giving
Prayer
From Everlasting
O God before the mountains
were brought forth
Or days of spring and summer
filled the earth
From everlasting You are God
We dwell beneath the stars
in ancient skies
A thousand years are nothing
in Your sight
From everlasting You are God
And all our days are held
within Your hands
Your perfect love and favor have
no end
We rest within the wisdom of Your
plan
Everlasting God
O God when joy and tragedy
collide
And loss reminds us life
is but a sigh
From everlasting You are God
And all our days are held
within Your hands
Your perfect love and favor have
no end
We rest within the wisdom of Your
plan
Everlasting God
O God of light our ways are
known to You
But by Your grace You’re
making all things new
So satisfy us in our numbered
days
Establish every effort while
we wait
From everlasting You are God
And all our days are held
within Your hands
Your perfect love and favor have
no end
We rest within the wisdom of Your
plan
Everlasting God (2x)
SERMON
The Nature and Necessity of Forgiveness
Matthew 18:23–35
Matthew 18:23–35
The Nature and Necessity of Forgiveness
Forgiveness heals the offender and changes the offended.
Matthew 18:23–35
23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
Matthew 18:23–35
26 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. 28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
Matthew 18:23–35
29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’ 30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
Matthew 18:23–35
32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
Matthew 18:23–35
The Nature and Necessity of Forgiveness
Forgiveness heals the offender and changes the offended.
Matthew 18:23–35
The Nature and Necessity of Forgiveness
Forgiveness heals the offender and changes the offended.
Matthew 18:23–35
35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
Application
Jesus Strong and Kind
Jesus said that if I thirst�I should come to Him�No one else can satisfy�I should come to Him
Jesus said if I am weak�I should come to Him�No one else can be my
strength�I should come to Him
For the Lord is good and
faithful�He will keep us day and night�We can always run to Jesus�Jesus strong and kind
Jesus said that if I fear�I should come to Him�No one else can be my shield�I should come to Him
For the Lord is good and
faithful�He will keep us day and night�We can always run to Jesus�Jesus strong and kind
Jesus said if I am lost�He will come to me�And He showed me on that
cross�He will come to me
For the Lord is good and
faithful�He will keep us day and night�We can always run to Jesus�Jesus strong and kind
For the Lord is good and
faithful�He will keep us day and night�We can always run to Jesus�Jesus strong and kind
Jesus strong and kind
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