Our sermon-based small group meets at the church every Wednesday evening at 6:00. Everyone is welcome! Check out the questions below to see what we'll be discussing at small group this week on 10/2:

Never Forget Forgiveness / Shawn Lind / 9-29-24  Click HERE to watch the sermon.

Questions

1. What was Peter's initial question to Jesus regarding forgiveness?

2. Why did Jesus respond with "seventy times seven" when Peter mentioned forgiving up to seven times?  

    In Hebrew, the number 490 is the value of the word "Tamim" which means "complete," "perfect," or "finished". 

3. Based on the parable of the Unforgiving Debtor, (Matthew 18) are there consequences for unforgiveness?  What are they?

4. What other lessons do we discover in the parable?  

5. In the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-15), how do you translate “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors?”. What do the words “AS WE” mean?

6. How does God forgive us?

    Isaiah 43:25 God says, "I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my        own sake, and I will not remember your sins". 

    Jeremiah 31:34 God says, "I will remember [your] sins no more". 

7. Is it hard for you to believe that God forgives us completely?

8. How often do you struggle with forgiving yourself? 

9. Do you find that it is harder to accept forgiveness, or give forgiveness?

10. Can Christian counseling play a role in helping you release the pain caused by others in your life? 

11. Is there any person that you still need to forgive?