The sternest, most dramatic warnings against sin by Jesus are in Matthew 6 & 18. It is the sins of unforgiveness! Protect yourself and your loved ones from this toxic sin! Learn about the dangers of unforgiveness now. The world is turning against Christians more and more. Be prepared to be offended. Be ready to forgive and to return good for evil. We must! Jesus demands it. It's for our protection. Unforgiveness is a great danger.

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2. Our Father Loves Us!
He:
•Chose us before time
began: Eph. 1:3-5
•Sent Jesus to save us: John
3:16
•Drew us to Jesus: John
6:44, 65
•Adopted us as His child:
John 1:12
•Sent His Spirit into us:
Rom. 8
•Answers prayers from
Jesus & the Spirit for us
•Delights to give us His
Kingdom
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3. • “MY SON, DO NOT REGARD
LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF
THE LORD,
• NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE
REPROVED BY HIM;
• FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD
LOVES HE DISCIPLINES,
• AND HE SCOURGES EVERY
SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.”
Discipline is Part
of His Love
HEBREWS 12: 5-6
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4. Heb 12: 5-6
The Living Bible
“My son, don’t be angry when the Lord punishes you.
Don’t be discouraged when He has to show you where you are
wrong.
For when He punishes you, it proves that He loves you.
When He whips you, it proves you are really His child.”
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5. How Should a Loving Father Respond?
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6. Unforgiveness
One of the most dangerous sins a Christian can commit!
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7. Matthew 6: 12, 14-15
• ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also
have forgiven our debtors.”
• For if you forgive others for their
transgressions, your heavenly Father
will also forgive you.
• But if you do not forgive others, then
your Father will not forgive your
transgressions.
• Quid pro quo!
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8. Matthew 18: 23-35
• A slave owed a king $10 million. The
slave could not pay and begged for
mercy from the king.
• The king forgave the slave’s huge
debt
• The slave met a friend who owed him
$100
• The slave choked his friend and
demanded the $100.
• His friend begged for mercy—for more
time to repay the debt.
• Instead, the slave had his friend put in
prison until he paid the $100
• The king called the slave back to him:
“You wicked slave, I forgave you all
that debt because you pleaded with
me. Should you not also have had
mercy on your fellow slave, in the
same way that I had mercy on you?’
• “And his lord [king], moved with
anger, handed him over to the
torturers until he should repay all that
was owed him.
• “My heavenly Father will also do the
same to you, if each of you does not
forgive his brother from your heart.”
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9. • “In your anger do not sin.
Do not let the sun go down
while you are still
angry, and do not give the
devil a foothold.” Eph.
4:26
Opening the Door
to the “Torturers”
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10. GOD IS VERY TOUGH ON
UNFORGIVENESS
Forgive to be
forgiven: Matthew 6 &
Mark 11:25-26
Good will discipline us
if we do not forgive:
Matthew 18:34-35
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12. HOWTO HEED
THE WARNINGS OF JESUS
Sincerely forgive the same day you
are offended.This satisfies the legal
requirement of God to forgive others.
Obey the commands of Jesus: return
good for evil
Pray for the offender, do something
nice for them— a card, a gift, a kind
word
Do it to obey God, not because you
feel like it.
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13. DOES IT FEEL TRUE THAT YOU NEED
YOUR ANGER TOWARD THEM TO:
Protect yourself?
Empower yourself
Verify that you were
wronged
Use as revenge against
them?
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