Watch the video above and talk about it with a group or mentor. Learn more.
Everyone gets hurt, so everyone needs to understand how forgiveness works.
Key Points:
- Jesus is telling us that we need to plan on being a forgiving person. Even before someone hurts us, we need to choose to be a person who forgives, and not a person who is bitter. Make a decision now, before you’re mad, that you will forgive people when they hurt you. Matthew 18:21-22
- The Bible teaches us that if you really forgive someone, you no longer hold their wrong actions against them. When you forgive someone, you are releasing them from your feelings of anger or blame. Romans 12:19
- God commands Christians to forgive, every time they are sinned against. How can God ask us to do this? It is because he has forgiven us for ALL of our sins. Colossians 3:12-13
Talk About It
- Watch the video together or invite someone to summarize the topic.
- What is your initial reaction to this video? Do you disagree with any of it? What jumped out at you?
- What is harder: forgiving someone who hurt you, or asking for forgiveness? Why?
- Read Matthew 18:21-22. What is the principle that Jesus is teaching about forgiveness in these verses?
- Read Colossians 3:12-13. Why is it important to be ready to forgive people when they hurt you? How did God forgive us?
- How is being an unforgiving person dangerous for you?
- How would you help someone who is struggling to forgive a friend who hurt them?
- Write a personal action step based on this conversation.
