A SERMON

“She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”

John 8:11

King James Version

Many years ago when I lived in Texas, the pastor of the church where I was a member preached a sermon that was on forgiveness. One of the things the pastor said in the sermon was that it takes two to argue and it takes two to make up.  I think if we will be honest, all of us will have to admit that there have been times when we hurt someone even if we didn’t mean to hurt the person.  

If we tell the person we’re sorry for hurting them and really mean it from our heart, then we are in right standing with God.  If we didn’t mean that we were sorry, we are not in right standing with God and we are hurting Him and breaking His heart.  God loves us so much that He gave His Son to die on the cross for our sins so we can be saved.  How can we not forgive the ones who hurt us after God forgave us for our sins?  I believe we hurt God many times and break His heart because we don’t forgive as He has forgiven us.

Joanne Lowe

September 28, 2019