Forgiver Actions

 I want to share the sermon I preached last Sunday at my church.

YouTube Link -  https://youtu.be/PONXAa7jDGg

Main Points from the messages.

Main Verse:-  Philemon 1:11   

Onesimus hasn’t been of much use to you in the past, but now he is very useful to both of us.

Introduction

• “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”

― C.S. Lewis

• Forgiveness is not a matter of the heart but also requires actions

Actions needed with Forgiveness 

1. Receive (12) 
2. Restoration(15)
3. Restitution (18)

Conclusion

• “Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.” ― Corrie Ten Boom

• I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. - Henry Ward Beecher