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[1756.94 --> 1757.86] of being among friends
[1757.86 --> 1758.52] who follow Jesus,
[1758.68 --> 1759.52] inviting their prayers,
[1759.64 --> 1760.46] so that I can get
[1760.46 --> 1761.20] to the place of saying,
[1761.28 --> 1762.60] I have released you.
[1762.86 --> 1763.86] From my heart,
[1763.98 --> 1765.10] I deep down
[1765.10 --> 1767.36] do not want vengeance anymore.
[1767.60 --> 1768.26] Praise the Lord.
[1769.02 --> 1769.72] He does that work
[1769.72 --> 1771.02] over time in the church.
[1773.74 --> 1774.62] To summarize,
[1776.08 --> 1776.94] Jesus' vision
[1776.94 --> 1778.00] in Matthew 18
[1778.00 --> 1778.74] for the church
[1778.74 --> 1780.52] is a radically
[1780.52 --> 1783.10] forgiving church.
[1783.98 --> 1785.60] A church that receives
[1785.60 --> 1786.82] the unbelievable,
[1787.28 --> 1789.16] undeserved grace of God
[1789.16 --> 1790.08] through Jesus,
[1790.08 --> 1791.74] that sets us free,
[1792.80 --> 1793.90] gives us a new life,
[1794.22 --> 1795.10] and then translates
[1795.10 --> 1795.80] to a community
[1795.80 --> 1796.40] that says,
[1796.74 --> 1798.00] we can mirror that
[1798.00 --> 1799.32] by the power
[1799.32 --> 1800.14] of the Holy Spirit
[1800.14 --> 1801.92] to those who hurt us.
[1802.10 --> 1803.34] Not seven times,
[1803.82 --> 1804.84] not 70 times,
[1805.20 --> 1806.76] not 490 times,
[1807.04 --> 1807.68] but through the course
[1807.68 --> 1808.72] of our entire lives.
[1811.82 --> 1813.00] When I've been reading
[1813.00 --> 1814.30] over the last few weeks
[1814.30 --> 1815.00] for this series,
[1815.48 --> 1815.94] one of the things
[1815.94 --> 1816.80] that struck me,
[1816.92 --> 1817.48] and maybe you've already
[1817.48 --> 1818.10] thought about this,
[1818.18 --> 1820.10] is how the forgiveness
[1820.10 --> 1820.70] of the church
[1820.70 --> 1821.76] has been a defining
[1821.76 --> 1822.86] part of its existence
[1822.86 --> 1823.60] from the beginning.
[1824.88 --> 1825.60] Forgiveness is just
[1825.60 --> 1826.54] part and parcel
[1826.54 --> 1827.22] of what it means
[1827.22 --> 1827.70] to be the church,
[1827.76 --> 1828.48] and there's so many
[1828.48 --> 1829.26] beautiful stories
[1829.26 --> 1830.16] throughout history
[1830.16 --> 1830.62] of forgiveness
[1830.62 --> 1832.12] that confounds
[1832.12 --> 1832.90] the world.
[1833.54 --> 1833.86] It's like,
[1834.00 --> 1835.26] how did they do that,
[1835.32 --> 1835.78] those Christians?
[1835.96 --> 1837.10] How did they find
[1837.10 --> 1837.68] the ability
[1837.68 --> 1839.14] to forgive and release?
[1839.42 --> 1840.34] Over and over again,
[1840.38 --> 1840.74] you have these
[1840.74 --> 1841.50] incredible stories.
[1841.62 --> 1842.20] One that I have
[1842.20 --> 1842.84] always loved,
[1842.90 --> 1843.70] reading as a kid,
[1844.16 --> 1845.18] is Corrie Ten Boom.
[1845.18 --> 1847.28] She is a Dutch woman
[1847.28 --> 1848.78] who went through
[1848.78 --> 1849.90] the concentration camp.
[1849.96 --> 1851.18] Her family suffered greatly.
[1851.32 --> 1852.26] She lost loved ones.
[1852.64 --> 1853.30] Later in her life,
[1853.34 --> 1854.08] she survived.
[1854.48 --> 1855.22] She encounters
[1855.22 --> 1857.00] a Nazi soldier
[1857.00 --> 1858.34] who is part of
[1858.34 --> 1859.24] all these death camps,
[1859.40 --> 1860.32] part of all the suffering,
[1860.58 --> 1861.54] part of all the oppression,
[1861.74 --> 1862.74] and she felt compelled
[1862.74 --> 1863.78] to shake his hand
[1863.78 --> 1864.50] and extend forgiveness,
[1864.64 --> 1865.56] and she did.
[1866.66 --> 1867.66] That's the power
[1867.66 --> 1868.70] of Jesus Christ
[1868.70 --> 1869.40] by his spirit.
[1869.80 --> 1870.58] Martin Luther King,
[1871.00 --> 1871.94] another famous example,
[1872.04 --> 1873.92] and all the racial division,
[1873.92 --> 1875.26] all the segregation
[1875.26 --> 1876.62] that people in power
[1876.62 --> 1877.96] were trying to impose.
[1878.28 --> 1879.30] You have Martin Luther King
[1879.30 --> 1879.94] standing up
[1879.94 --> 1881.18] with a Bible in hand