FORGIVENESS &

Readings Mathew 5:21 -26

Genesis 50:15 – 21

Reconciliation By Charles G. Kamau

Mathew 5:21 - 22• If you murder – You face judgment • If you are angry – you still face judgment • If you hold your brother in contempt/ Disrespect – You face judgment

• In the eyes of God there is no small sin & no big sin • If you commit these sins and any other that will lead you to judgment – Its safer not offer sacrifice • (1 Samuel 15: 22) – God does not delight in offerings {obedience}

For you to offer acceptable sacrifice, first reconcile with your brother - Verse 23 & 24

Forgiving and seeking forgiveness is one way of reconciliation

Mathew 5:25 – 26

•Settle matters with your adversary before he takes to court • If you have a debt – Pay • If you have wronged some one– Ask for forgiveness• If you have been wronged - Forgive

Genesis 50: 21 - 25•Before Jacob died he gave

instruction that Joseph forgives his brothers • John 1:12 – those who

believed in him, he gave them right to become sons of God – God is their father

• Likewise God (our father) is commanding us to forgive our brothers just as Jacob commanded his son Joseph • Ephesians 4:32 Forgive for•Colossians 3: 13 you were•Mathew 6:14 forgiven

• Forgiveness enhances our relationship with God and with men • Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world.• There are those who wake up in the morning and say, “Good morning, Lord”, • and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, “Good Lord, it’s morning!”

Our duty as Christians to forgive