Introduction: Have you really FORGIVEN the person that has hurt you or is hurting you? Do you still harbor bad thoughts about someone? Are you kind of ANGRY? How can you MOVE ON? If you will Climb this Mountain of Forgiveness, then you will be able to MOVE ON.
1. Understand Jesus Forgave!
“4Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34)
If Jesus was God in the flesh, and He was, yet He forgave. How much more should we forgive?
2. Understand Jesus Forgives!
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” (Eph 1:7)
Where sin abounds, grace super Abounds! Praise the Lord!!
3. Understand Jesus gives GRACE to Forgive!
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” (Eph 4:32)
In ourselves, we do not have the capacity to forgive consistently. That is where the power of the Holy Spirit comes in… with God’s GRACE!
4. Understand Jesus wants you to MOVE ON!
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 3:10-14)
Paul was forgiven, yet he needed to forgive himself. After all, he participated in CHRISTians being persecuted and even martyred. This means we can forgive ourselves since Christ Jesus has forgiven us through His redeeming blood.
Conclusion: How can we MOVE ON? By receiving God’s forgiveness, and forgiving others. There is no plan B! Have you? Will you? Can you MOVE ON? Because Jesus Christ has forgiven us and gives GRACE to forgive others including ourselves, we can MOVE ON. Will you today?
Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese
