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This unit is designed to help students understand forgiveness by 1) exploring the freedom that comes with being forgiven and our responsibility to forgive; 2) looking at God as a forgiving Father; and 3) exploring our longing and need to forgive ourselves.
Lesson 1: The Forgiving Father--This lesson gives biblical evidence of God's attitude toward forgiveness. The approach is two-fold. First, four characteristics of the word "forgive" are examined and then God's forgiveness is looked at by studying the study of Hosea and the prodigal son. (1 Kings 8:33-50; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Hosea [especially chap. 11]; Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26, 15:11-32; 2 Corinthians 2:2-10; Colossians 2:13-15)
Lesson 2: Forgiving Others--This lesson uses Jesus' and Paul's teaching to discover the four-stage process of forgiveness. (Psalm 136; Matthew 6:12-15, 18:21-35; Ephesians 4:32)
Lesson 3: Forgiving Myself--This lesson explains what it means to forgive ourselves. It looks at the consequences of not doing so and examines the steps toward self-forgiveness. (2 Samuel 11-12; Psalm 51; Matthew 6:12) |
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Topics: Forgive, Forgiveness, Forgiving Self, Freedom, Responsibility |
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