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[1634.86 --> 1635.54] I think one of the most |
[1635.54 --> 1636.46] destructive things |
[1636.46 --> 1637.16] and unhealthy things |
[1637.16 --> 1638.10] we can do in conflict |
[1638.10 --> 1639.50] is to isolate |
[1639.50 --> 1641.12] and it's tempting |
[1641.12 --> 1642.00] by the way to isolate. |
[1642.10 --> 1642.62] If you're in community |
[1642.62 --> 1643.16] and there's sin |
[1643.16 --> 1644.02] and you've been hurt, |
[1644.20 --> 1645.20] you want to pull back |
[1645.20 --> 1645.94] because you've been hurt |
[1645.94 --> 1647.14] and then you're stuck |
[1647.14 --> 1647.86] in your own head. |
[1648.56 --> 1649.18] Then you're stuck |
[1649.18 --> 1650.28] rehearsing the same things |
[1650.28 --> 1651.46] over and over and over |
[1651.46 --> 1652.36] thinking about |
[1652.36 --> 1653.26] what you should have said, |
[1653.34 --> 1654.08] thinking about how much |
[1654.08 --> 1655.24] they have sinned against you |
[1655.24 --> 1656.00] and you're just stuck. |
[1656.54 --> 1657.68] You need brothers and sisters |
[1657.68 --> 1659.04] who love you |
[1659.04 --> 1660.68] to encourage you, |
[1660.88 --> 1662.00] to pull you back |
[1662.00 --> 1662.64] into community, |
[1662.92 --> 1664.34] to keep you from bitterness |
[1664.34 --> 1665.74] that will take root |
[1665.74 --> 1666.64] when you're in isolation |
[1666.64 --> 1668.98] and in some cases, |
[1669.54 --> 1670.08] rebuke you. |
[1671.46 --> 1672.56] Rebuke you for thinking |
[1672.56 --> 1673.50] you're judgmental, |
[1673.76 --> 1675.06] for they deserve your vengeance, |
[1675.30 --> 1676.22] for thinking you don't need |
[1676.22 --> 1676.78] to forgive them, |
[1676.84 --> 1677.42] for thinking you're |
[1677.42 --> 1678.70] that much better than you are. |
[1678.70 --> 1679.54] There are times |
[1679.54 --> 1680.10] where you need |
[1680.10 --> 1680.86] brothers and sisters |
[1680.86 --> 1681.96] holding the scriptures |
[1681.96 --> 1682.94] in their hands saying, |
[1683.60 --> 1684.18] this is what Jesus |
[1684.18 --> 1685.12] invites us into. |
[1685.88 --> 1686.42] Are you willing |
[1686.42 --> 1687.32] to walk with us |
[1687.32 --> 1688.52] in the path of forgiveness? |
[1690.92 --> 1691.88] And thirdly, |
[1692.48 --> 1693.72] as I've already mentioned, |
[1693.82 --> 1694.32] I think it needs |
[1694.32 --> 1694.98] to be said again. |
[1695.94 --> 1697.56] Matthew 18 demands forgiveness. |
[1697.94 --> 1698.82] It demands that we |
[1698.82 --> 1700.04] be people who extend |
[1700.04 --> 1701.28] the extravagant grace |
[1701.28 --> 1701.74] of Jesus. |
[1702.68 --> 1704.00] But that doesn't necessarily |
[1704.00 --> 1705.58] make it instant or easy. |
[1705.58 --> 1708.40] And it is okay |
[1708.40 --> 1711.40] if time is needed |
[1711.40 --> 1713.30] for forgiveness. |
[1714.40 --> 1715.80] And I say that specifically |
[1715.80 --> 1716.80] to people who have been |
[1716.80 --> 1718.10] seriously wounded |
[1718.10 --> 1719.00] by others. |
[1719.40 --> 1720.78] And there are many of us. |
[1721.16 --> 1722.02] The wounds run deep. |
[1722.10 --> 1723.10] It's not hard to forgive |
[1723.10 --> 1723.92] small offenses. |
[1724.14 --> 1724.62] You know, you think of |
[1724.62 --> 1725.32] in a family unit |
[1725.32 --> 1726.24] with kids and all the rest. |
[1726.66 --> 1727.54] Sometimes we do things |
[1727.54 --> 1728.60] as, I forgive you, |
[1728.66 --> 1729.38] I love you, it's okay. |
[1729.48 --> 1730.18] There's other times |
[1730.18 --> 1731.66] where you are crushed |
[1731.66 --> 1732.86] to the core. |
[1732.86 --> 1735.16] And you can't even imagine |
[1735.16 --> 1735.90] what it looks like |
[1735.90 --> 1736.68] to forgive someone. |
[1737.66 --> 1738.74] And you hear this passage |
[1738.74 --> 1739.80] and think, oh man. |
[1740.10 --> 1741.10] And what you need to do |
[1741.10 --> 1742.48] perhaps in these circumstances |
[1742.48 --> 1743.58] is say, I know that's |
[1743.58 --> 1744.02] the command, |
[1744.16 --> 1745.10] I know that's the invitation, |
[1745.58 --> 1746.34] and I'm going to take |
[1746.34 --> 1747.20] the baby steps |
[1747.20 --> 1748.96] to get to that place. |
[1749.02 --> 1749.98] I want to get there. |
[1750.38 --> 1751.42] I'm looking forward |
[1751.42 --> 1752.40] to one day getting there. |
[1752.46 --> 1752.94] I'm just going to take |
[1752.94 --> 1754.14] the baby steps of prayer, |
[1754.46 --> 1755.46] of being in the church, |
[1755.72 --> 1756.74] of listening to the scriptures, |
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