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FORGIVE YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER FROM YOUR HEART

Matthew 18: 15 - 35

02 Jul 2023

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FORGIVE YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER FROM YOUR HEART

Matthew 18:15-35

Key Verse: 18:35

“‘This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.’”

1. Read verses 15-17. What steps should one take to resolve a sin problem between fellow believers? What must be avoided when doing this? What should be our aim and goal? What do you think it means to treat a person as a pagan or a tax collector? What should be the ultimate purpose for the discipline? (Refer to 1 Corinthians 5:4,5)

2. Read verses 17-20. What authority did Jesus give the church? (17-18; 16:19) Why is agreeing, praying, and gathering in Jesus’ name important? (19-20) What blessings does Jesus promise to those who do so?

3. Read verses 21-22. What question did Peter ask and why? What answer did Jesus give? Why is this challenging to Peter and to us?

4. Read verses 23-27. What is Jesus’ parable about? Who does the king represent? What was the situation of one servant? What did the king first decide to do? When the servant pled for mercy, what did the king do? How does this illustrate the grace of God to sinners?

5. Read verses 28-34. Later, what outrageous thing did this servant do and why? (28-30) When the master (king) heard about this, what did he do? (31-34)

6. Read verse 35. What is the point that Jesus makes? How is this connected to Jesus’ teachings in verses 15-34? What did it cost God to forgive us? How can we practice forgiveness and mercy?

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