Gateway Church
Sunday Service June 15, 2025
Can you forgive others? Does it really matter anyway? Find out what Jesus taught about the necessity of forgiveness as Pastor Bruce Mayhew continues his series, "Next Steps," with "The Freedom of Forgiveness: Part Two." Worship with us Sundays at 10 a.m. at 701 Formosa Avenue in Winter Park, FL or through our livestream at www.entertolive.org/gateway-live. Life Groups for all ages follow the service.
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Gateway Church
701 Formosa Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
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1. Water Baptism
2. A Heart for God
3. The Lord's Supper: Unite, Remember, Look Forward
4. Guided by the Word
5. Life of Prayer and Praise
6. Living Together in Christ
7. The Freedom of Forgiveness Part One (Forgiven)
8. The Freedom of Forgiveness Part Two (Forgive Others)
1. Water Baptism
2. A Heart for God
3. The Lord's Supper: Unite, Remember, Look Forward
4. Guided by the Word
5. Life of Prayer and Praise
6. Living Together in Christ
7. The Freedom of Forgiveness Part One (Forgiven)
8. The Freedom of Forgiveness Part Two (Forgive Others)
To walk in the freedom of forgiveness day by day, you must forgive others as you have been forgiven.
A person’s unwillingness to forgive, can be an indication that they have never truly received God’s forgiveness.
Matthew 6:9 (CSB)
“Therefore, you should pray like this:
“Therefore, you should pray like this:
To walk in the freedom of forgiveness day by day, you must forgive others as you have been forgiven.
A person’s unwillingness to forgive, can be an indication that they have never truly received God’s forgiveness.
THIS IS A HARD SAYING
THREE SCENARIOS
1. Someone sins against you and repents.
2. Someone sins against you and does not repent.
3. Someone didn’t actually sin against you, you’re just offended.
1. Someone sins against you and repents.
2. Someone sins against you and does not repent.
3. Someone didn’t actually sin against you, you’re just offended.
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Matthew 18:21–35
Matthew 18:21–35
You have been forgiven of a debt you could never repay, and now you are unwilling to forgive of a debt that is owed to you that cannot compare to what you have been forgiven.
TWO SITUATIONS
1. Broken fellowship in your relationship with God.
2. You have never truly repented of your sins and received God’s forgiveness.
1. Broken fellowship in your relationship with God.
2. You have never truly repented of your sins and received God’s forgiveness.
You have a friend who sins against you and asks for your forgiveness. You reuse to forgive.
You then come to God and ask him to forgive you of your sin, but you will not forgive your friend of their sin.
You then come to God and ask him to forgive you of your sin, but you will not forgive your friend of their sin.
The attitude is: “I’m entitled to forgiveness from God, but my friend does not deserve forgiveness from me.”
The attitude is:
“I am sorry for my sin.”
“It was a mistake.”
“Someone else was to blame.”
“I made up for it.”
The heart says: “I want them to hurt. I want them to suffer. I want them to be condemned.”
The attitude is:
“I am sorry for my sin.”
“It was a mistake.”
“Someone else was to blame.”
“I made up for it.”
The heart says: “I want them to hurt. I want them to suffer. I want them to be condemned.”
God forgives those who do not deserve to be forgiven. He forgives because he loves and seeks reconciliation and restoration.
To walk in the freedom of forgiveness day by day, you must forgive others as you have been forgiven.
A person’s unwillingness to forgive, can be an indication that they have never truly received God’s forgiveness.
God forgives those who do not deserve to be forgiven.
Having a heart that forgives, shows that we understand and received God's forgiveness.
A person’s unwillingness to forgive, can be an indication that they have never truly received God’s forgiveness.
God forgives those who do not deserve to be forgiven.
Having a heart that forgives, shows that we understand and received God's forgiveness.
1 John 4:7–10 (CSB)
7Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
10Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
7Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
10Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
THIS IS A HARD SAYING
Forgiveness is not denial of sin; it is not condoning of sin; it does not imply that the sin was good.
Forgiveness recognizes the reality and consequence of sin yet motivated by love and compassion provides forgiveness for the opportunity for reconciliation and restoration to take place.
Forgiveness is not denial of sin; it is not condoning of sin; it does not imply that the sin was good.
Forgiveness recognizes the reality and consequence of sin yet motivated by love and compassion provides forgiveness for the opportunity for reconciliation and restoration to take place.
THREE SCENARIOS
1. Someone sins against you and repents.
2. Someone sins against you and does not repent.
3. Someone didn’t actually sin against you, you’re just offended.
1. Someone sins against you and repents.
2. Someone sins against you and does not repent.
3. Someone didn’t actually sin against you, you’re just offended.