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  (CLIP) GOD COMMANDS CHRISTIANS TO FORGIVE
  by Glenn Meldrum
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Summary: God commands us to forgive others as He forgives us, and our
failure to do so can create bitterness and affect our hearts.

Duration: 2:47 Topics: "Forgiveness", "Reconciliation"
Scripture References: Matthew 6:14-15, Ephesians 4:31-32, Colossians 3:13

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This sermon emphasizes God's command for Christians to forgive others as
they have been forgiven by God. It highlights the importance of letting
go of bitterness and anger, and instead, seeking forgiveness for
ourselves so we can extend that forgiveness to those who have hurt us,
even in the face of extreme pain and suffering caused by various
atrocities and traumas.

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CONTENT
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God forbids the Christian to be bitter. God has forgiven the Christian
of a horrendous amount of sin, of debt that they owe God, in essence, a
debt that they could not pay. He washed it away, so what does He tell us
to do? As I've forgiven you, so you forgive others.

God forbids the Christian to be bitter, forbids the Christian to harbor
anger in their hearts. He commands us to pray that we would find
forgiveness for ourselves and as a result, have power to forgive others
that hurt us. You know, when we're hurt, it really does affect us.

God doesn't downplay that. Even the horrors and atrocities that can
happen through rape and incest, that can happen through murder and all
the other things, and divorces that can cause such pain and misery upon
children and parents and all the nightmares. We can create nightmares in
our life and we're commanded to forgive those.

We also need to understand that we are in desperate need of forgiveness
ourselves.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/DDHIk2DjRy8.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/glenn-meldrum/clip-god-commands-christians-to-forgive/
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