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Please be praying for the Turner family and
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the ordeal that they are going through. Also, pray
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for the Harmon family at the tragic loss of Scott’s
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brother.
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I would like to thank Larry Hamby for
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sharing an article with me on forgiveness. The
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article is entitled, The Heart of Forgiveness. In
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this article, Steven S. Lemley gives some valuable
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insights and interesting illustrations. One point
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brought out in the article was that when Jesus gave
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the “Lord’s Prayer” the only thing in the prayer
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that Jesus commented on was forgiveness. "But if
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you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will
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not forgive your sins." (Matthew 6:15, NIV)
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I was joking with Larry when he gave me the
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article that I didn’t like to study forgiveness,
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because Jesus said that I have to forgive if I want
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to be forgiven. Actually, because of the
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forgiveness that Jesus has offered me, I can
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forgive. It isn’t fair what some people have done
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to me. They don’t deserve my forgiveness. The
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fact is, I don’t deserve the Lord’s forgiveness.
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Yet, I have received it. If God has forgiven me,
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even though it wasn’t just or fair, how can I not
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forgive others?
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One other thing about forgiveness is that it
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frees me. I may forgive someone else and they
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never feel any differently about me. But, I feel
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different if I truly forgive. A quote of unknown
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origin found in this article stated, “Harboring
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unforgiveness is like drinking poison and waiting
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for the other person to die!” That is a powerfully
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true statement. The resentment that I carry doesn’t
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hurt the other person a bit. It will however, destroy
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me.
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Let me see do I understand this correctly? If
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I refuse to forgive others, God won’t forgive me?
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If I harbor unforgiveness, I only hurt myself?
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Maybe I should give careful consideration about
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forgiving anyone whom I have not yet forgiven,
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If not for their sake, for mine.
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One last thought, we are commanded to
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forgive. "Be kind and compassionate to one
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another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ
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God forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32, NIV)
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The standard of forgiveness that we have been
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commanded to keep is the standard that God has
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used toward us. We must forgive others as He
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has forgiven us.
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Russell
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REMEMBER!
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Dec.
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5 Adult One Christmas Party
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Dec.
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6 Ladies Holiday Brunch.
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Dec.
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9 Deliver Cheer Baskets
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Dec.
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13 Cactus Family Christmas Celebration
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Dec.
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14 Special Offering
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Dec.
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19 2nd Annual Feast of Joy
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GLAD TO SEE JESUS
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—When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad (em p hasis m ine), for he had
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long desired to see him , b ec ause he had heard ab out him , and he was hop ing to see
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som e sig n done b y him “ (L u k e 2 3 :8 R S V ). T h e N ew In tern a tio n a l V ers io n tells u s th a t
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H ero d —w a s g re a tly p le a s e d “ to s ee J es u s , w h ile M o ffa tt s a y s th a t —H a ro d w a s g re a tly
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d e lig h te d to s ee J es u s “.
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H ero d is lik e a c h ild in a c a n d y s to re. H e h a s h ea rd a b o u t th is c eleb rity n a m ed
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J es u s , a n d h e is g o in g to g et to s ee h im ! Y o u c a n a lm o s t en v is io n h im ju m p in g u p a n d
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d o w n a n d c la p p in g h is h a n d s to g eth er w ith ex c item en t. W h en J es u s a rriv es in h is
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p res en c e, H ero d is —v ery g la d ...g rea tly p lea s ed ...g rea tly d elig h ted to s ee J es u s .“
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D o n ‘t b e d ec eiv ed ! T h is is a v ery s u p erfic ia l th in g . T o H ero d it‘s lik e g o in g to s ee
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S ieg fried a n d R o y . —S h o w m e s o m e m a g ic !“ —I w a n t a s ig n !“ J o h n M a s efield in h is p la y ,
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—T h e T ria l o f J es u s ,“ s eem s to b e rig h t o n ta rg et w h en h e s h o w s H ero d a s a s u p erfic ia l
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c h a tterer, c u rio u s o v er th e la tes t s en s a tio n .
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P o o r H ero d , H e h a s b efo re h im th e W o rd m a d e fles h , th e b elo v ed S o n o f G o d ,
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th e lig h t o f th e w o rld , th e b rea d o f life, th e S a v io r, th e C h ris t a n d a ll H ero d c a n th in k o f
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is —J es u s th e en terta in er.“ H ero d b ec a m e q u ite irrita ted th a t J es u s w o u ld n o t a n s w er h is
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s illy q u es tio n s , o r w o rk a m ira c le to s a tis fy h is c u rio s ity , s o H ero d trea ted J es u s —w ith
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c o n tem p t a n d m o c k ed h im .“
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It‘s in c red ib le th a t H ero d c o u ld lo o k J es u s in th e fa c e a n d n ev er g et a n y
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c o n c ep tio n o f J es u s ‘ g rea tn es s . W h a t a ju d g m en t th is w a s o n H ero d (a n d p erh a p s
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o n m a n y o f u s ). O n o n e o c c a s io n J es u s s a id , F o r ju d g m en t I c a m e in to th is w o rld ,
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th a t th o s e w h o d o n o t s ee m a y s ee, a n d th a t th o s e w h o s ee m a y b ec o m e b lin d “
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(J o h n 9 :3 9 ). H ero d ‘s rea c tio n to J es u s s h o w s h o w s p iritu a lly b lin d h e rea lly w a s .
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Q u es tio n . A re w e a ls o b lin d ?
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J o h n G ip s o n
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W in d s o n g C h u rc h o f C h ris t
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