First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes

APRIL 12TH, 2009

First Baptist Church

28 Moccasin Lane
Email: FirstBaptistPV@yahoo.com

Sunday
Mornings at
11:00AM

The heart of

is love...

through
this year!!

His life in terms of the cross. The central meaning of the life of Jesus is not
found in the living of his life but in the giving of it! We received a costly
forgiveness. Isaiah 52.13 – 53.12

April 19 – Wiping the Slate Clean
We cannot deny our sins; to redefine them as something else; to rationalize
them; shifting blame to others; to repress them, drowning the accusing
voice of conscience in busyness, distractions, or even chemicals. Scripture
takes forgiveness seriously. Or God is a forgiving God, and we can live in
the freedom of full, final and finished forgiveness. Romans 3.23

April 26 – Moving from Guilt to Gratitude
Forgiveness is not a commodity, something we receive in some kind of
religious transaction in exchange for our merit or our penance. It is a free
gift of a gracious God that we receive through our relationship with the Lord
Jesus Christ. One way to measure whether we have understood and
received forgiveness is to observe the depth of our response to the Savior.
Great forgiveness inspires great love. Luke 7.36-50

May 3 – Living in Forgiveness
We do not often enough talk about spiritual intelligence, the consistent
application of basic God-revealed spiritual principles to our lives. One of
those key ideas is how people forgiven by the grace of the Lord Jesus live
as forgiven people, experiencing the privilege of continuing fellowship with
the Godhead! 1 John 1.5 – 2.2

May 10 – From Forgiven to Forgiving
‘Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely word until they have something to
forgive.’ C. S. Lewis. Jesus obviously believed that forgiveness, both from
God and from other people, is one of them most significant issues in human
life. He talked about it directly and often, gave His life to make it possible,
and taught His people that they were not only forgiven, they were also to be
forgiving. Matthew 18.21-35

May 17 – Learning to Forgive
What does forgiveness look like? Perhaps the most compressed, succinct
statement about forgiveness found on the lips of Jesus is recorded in Luke
17.3-4. His words deserve careful attention and need to be read in the
larger context of verses 1-10. Luke 17.1-10

May 24 – Forgiving or Forbearing?
The Lord Jesus calls us to an entirely different way of relating to people,
including those who annoy and harm us. One of the best passages to
discover what this means deals with the concept of ‘the well-dressed
Christian.’ Colossians 3.12-14

May 30 – When There’s No “I’m Sorry”
We are all called and commanded to be forgiving people. That is hard
under any conditions. But what if the offender does not, will not, or cannot
repent? Matthew 18.15-20

June 7 – Rescued from Revenge
It is easy to condemn revenge in the abstract. It is quite another matter to
resist it in the real world. Often-times, the impulse to get even is
overwhelmingly strong, usually cloaking itself as a desire for justice. But, as
tempting as revenge is, our Savior calls His people to a lifestyle of
forgiveness. 1 Samuel 25.1-13

June 14 – Bridge Under Repair
Joseph was despised by his brothers, sold into slavery by them and lived a
painful life because of their maliciousness toward him. Yet, he found in God’
s character the ability to forgive and love them again. Discover what Joseph
learned about forgiveness, as well how to rebuild relationships that seemed
hopelessly broken. Genesis 30 -50

June 21 – Good Grief
Up till now we have focused on the forgiving side of the equation. Now we
need to probe the nature of repentance and struggle with what it really
involves. We will look at an intensely personal interaction of the apostle
Paul with his friends in the church with which his relationship had proven to
be most difficult. 2 Corinthians 7.8-13

June 28 – The Gift of Forgiveness
Throughout this series we have celebrated one of the great truths of the
Christian gospel: Our God is a forgiving God, who freely forgives those who
trust in His Son. His forgiveness is a costly forgiveness, grounded in the
death, burial and resurrection of His Son. Our goal in this final message is
to review a second closely allied truth: As followers of Christ, forgiven
people must be forgiving people. Ephesians 4.32 – 5.2

liberation and
transformation that
forgiveness brings!