Wrongs (Part 1)
2. Records of
Wrong. (Part 2)
31 Get rid of ALL bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
1 Cor. 13:7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Written by Apostle Paul to the Corinthian Church
Church with a lot of problems.
- Unresolved Records of Wrongs
Def:
1.To think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit,
place confidence in
2.Used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which
a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher
prerogative and law of soul
Own brothers wanted to murder him- Gen 37:4; 8, 18, 20
Sold to slavery- Gen 37:28
Falsely accused of a crime - Gen 39:19
Thrown into prison - Gen 39:20
Forgotten after doing a good deed- Gen 40:23
“Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” - Genesis 50:19-20
Creates a culture where people are inspired to live up to higher ideals that Christ calls us to.
• Is only possible when we see ourselves as we truly are.
– Created in the image of God
– Equally Humbled before a Holy God
– Grace and Mercy
and, Seeks To Remember Others With Grace.”
When we love as Christ loved, we trust and believe more in what God can do in the life of someone than what that person has done with themselves.
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
19-21 Saul spent a few days getting acquainted with the Damascus
disciples, but then went right to work, wasting no time,
preaching in the meeting places that this Jesus was the Son of
God. They were caught off guard by this and, not at all sure they
could trust him, they kept saying, “Isn’t this the man who
wreaked havoc in Jerusalem among the believers? And didn’t he
come here to do the same thing—arrest us and drag us off to jail
in Jerusalem for sentencing by the high priests?”
22 But their suspicions didn’t slow Saul down for
even a minute. His momentum was up now and he
plowed straight into the opposition, disarming the
Damascus Jews and trying to show them that this
Jesus was the Messiah.
long time, some Jews conspired to kill
him, but Saul got wind of it. They were
watching the city gates around the
clock so they could kill him. Then one
night the disciples engineered his
escape by lowering him over the wall
in a basket.
26-27 Back in Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but
they were all afraid of him. They didn’t trust him one bit.
Then Barnabas took him under his wing. He introduced
him to the apostles and stood up for him, told them how
Saul had seen and spoken to the Master on the
Damascus Road and how in Damascus itself he had laid
his life on the line with his bold preaching in Jesus’
name.
28-30 After that he was accepted as one of them, going in
and out of Jerusalem with no questions asked,
uninhibited as he preached in the Master’s name. But
then he ran afoul of a group called Hellenists—he had
been engaged in a running argument with them—who
plotted his murder. When his friends learned of the plot,
they got him out of town, took him to Caesarea, and then
shipped him off to Tarsus.
Decided that “Past behavior WAS NOT the best indicator of future behavior.” Trusted what God was doing in and with the life of Paul was the best indicator of the future. Took Paul under his wing and was accepted by others
Trust love when it seems like love won’t work.
Trust love when we want to reach for condemnation.
Trust love when we are inclined to hate.
Not quitting on love when it feels like love has quit on you.
Being the example of love to others even when they have not.
The woman at the well John 4 Matthew and Zacchaeus Luke 19 The woman caught in adultery John 8 The Prodigal Son Luke 15
3-6 How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
7-10 Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
“love never tires of