The Road to Healing

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The Road to Healing

• The road to healing from sin goes beyond the
  initial reception of forgiveness.

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The Road to Healing

• The road to healing from sin goes beyond the
  initial reception of forgiveness.
• It is not uncommon for a person to continue to
  grieve over a sin even after God and
  brethren have forgiven the person.

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The Road to Healing

• The road to healing from sin goes beyond the
  initial reception of forgiveness.
• It is not uncommon for a person to continue to
  grieve over a sin even after God and
  brethren have forgiven the person.
• One woman asked a preacher if she should be
  baptized again because of a sin committed
  years ago!

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The Road to Healing

• Others have concluded that they are "going to
  hell anyway" and lose all interest in spiritual
  matters.

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The Road to Healing

• Others have concluded that they are "going to
  hell anyway" and lose all interest in spiritual
  matters.
• There are things that must be done after
  forgiveness to uplift the one who has
  returned! (Heb 1211-13)

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The Road to Healing

• (Hebrews 1211-13 NKJV) - Now no chastening
  seems to be joyful for the present, but painful
  nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable
  fruit of righteousness to those who have been
  trained by it. 12 Therefore strengthen the
  hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13
  and make straight paths for your feet, so that
  what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be
  healed.

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The Road to Healing

• The path to a healed spirit can take place
  regardless of what men do. (Mt 1315-16)

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The Road to Healing

• (Matthew 1315-16 NKJV) For the hearts of this
  people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of
  hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest
  they should see with their eyes and hear with
  their ears, Lest they should understand with
  their hearts and turn, So that I should heal
  them. 16 But blessed are your eyes for they
  see, and your ears for they hear

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The Road to Healing

• God will aid those who turn to Him.

10
The Road to Healing

• God will aid those who turn to Him.
• Still there is a role for Christians to play. God
  gave the local church for these reasons! (Heb
  1023-25)

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The Road to Healing

• (Hebrews 1023-25 NKJV) Let us hold fast the
  confession of our hope without wavering, for He
  who promised is faithful. 24 And let us
  consider one another in order to stir up love and
  good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of
  ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but
  exhorting one another, and so much the more as
  you see the Day approaching.

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We must seek forgiveness.

• We must meet the conditions of forgiveness!

13
We must seek forgiveness.

• We must meet the conditions of forgiveness!
• God requires repentance for both the Christian
  and the non-Christian. (Acts 238 822)

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We must seek forgiveness.

• (Acts 238 NKJV) Then Peter said to them,
  Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in
  the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
  sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy
  Spirit.

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We must seek forgiveness.

• (Acts 822 NKJV) Repent therefore of this your
  wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought
  of your heart may be forgiven you.

16
We must seek forgiveness.

• The non-Christian is then baptized for
  forgiveness.

17
We must seek forgiveness.

• The non-Christian is then baptized for
  forgiveness.
• The Christian is to pray to God for forgiveness.

18
We must seek forgiveness.

• The non-Christian is then baptized for
  forgiveness.
• The Christian is to pray to God for forgiveness.
• Repentance requires a changed heart. (2 Cor 710)

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We must seek forgiveness.

• (2 Corinthians 710 NKJV) For godly sorrow
  produces repentance leading to salvation, not to
  be regretted but the sorrow of the world
  produces death.

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We must seek forgiveness.

• All genuine repentance must first come towards
  God.

21
We must seek forgiveness.

• All genuine repentance must first come towards
  God.
• If we have sinned against another then we must
  ask their forgiveness as well. (Lk 173-4)

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We must seek forgiveness.

• (Luke 173-4 NKJV) Take heed to yourselves. If
  your brother sins against you, rebuke him and if
  he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins
  against you seven times in a day, and seven times
  in a day returns to you, saying, I repent, you
  shall forgive him.

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We must seek forgiveness.

• If our hearts have changed we will be put into
  action. Public confession is one way of letting
  others know of your change of heart and to ask
  forgiveness of those whom you hurt. This comes
  after finding God's forgiveness.

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We must seek forgiveness.

• If our hearts have changed we will be put into
  action. Public confession is one way of letting
  others know of your change of heart and to ask
  forgiveness of those whom you hurt. This comes
  after finding God's forgiveness.
• It may be possible for men to play games with
  other men.

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We must seek forgiveness.

• Some statements of "repentance" are in effect a
  way of saying "get off my back!

26
We must seek forgiveness.

• Some statements of "repentance" are in effect a
  way of saying "get off my back!
• God knows and we will never fool Him. (Heb 413)

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We must seek forgiveness.

• (Hebrews 413 NKJV) And there is no creature
  hidden from His sight, but all things are naked
  and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give
  account.

28
We must seek forgiveness.

• God's way will involve humility and honesty.
  There is no other way.

29
We must seek forgiveness.

• God's way will involve humility and honesty.
  There is no other way.
• The alternative to seeking forgiveness involves a
  measure of hiding.

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We must seek forgiveness.

• God's way will involve humility and honesty.
  There is no other way.
• The alternative to seeking forgiveness involves a
  measure of hiding.
• It is not uncommon for one to return to services
  without acknowledging repentance and over time
  to "slide back in" to fellowship with brethren.

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We must seek forgiveness.

• This is one reason we must follow God's way of
  dealing with sin that will include marking one
  who refuses to repent! (Mt 1815-17)

32
We must seek forgiveness.

• (Matthew 1815-17 NKJV) Moreover if your
  brother sins against you, go and tell him his
  fault between you and him alone. If he hears you,
  you have gained your brother. 16 But if he
  will not hear, take with you one or two more,
  that by the mouth of two or three witnesses
  every word may be established.

33
We must seek forgiveness.

• 17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to
  the church. But if he refuses even to hear the
  church, let him be to you like a heathen and a
  tax collector.

34
We must seek forgiveness.

• Because men tend to forget that does not mean God
  will! (Ex 347)

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We must seek forgiveness.

• (Exodus 347 NKJV) keeping mercy for
  thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression
  and sin, by no means clearing the guilty,
  visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
  children and the childrens children to the third
  and the fourth generation.

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We must seek forgiveness.

• Have you sought the forgiveness of God? Of others?

37
We must accept forgiveness.

• There are many who continue to feel the guilt of
  their sin after meeting the conditions of
  forgiveness.

38
We must accept forgiveness.

• There are many who continue to feel the guilt of
  their sin after meeting the conditions of
  forgiveness.
• The example of the woman who though she should be
  baptized again.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• There are many who continue to feel the guilt of
  their sin after meeting the conditions of
  forgiveness.
• The example of the woman who though she should be
  baptized again.
• This is a matter of faith! Do we believe that God
  will do what He said? (Jer 3134 1 Jn 17-9)

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Jeremiah 3134 NKJV) No more shall every man
  teach his neighbor, and every man his brother,
  saying, Know the LORD, for they all shall know
  Me, from the least of them to the greatest of
  them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their
  iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (1 John 17-9 NKJV) But if we walk in the light
  as He is in the light, we have fellowship with
  one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His
  Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that
  we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
  truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins,
  He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
  and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• Here is where we need to take God's promises and
  read them over and over!

43
We must accept forgiveness.

• Here is where we need to take God's promises and
  read them over and over!
• God is not like a man nor does He hold grudges
  like a man. (Num 2319)

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Numbers 2319 NKJV) God is not a man, that He
  should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should
  repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has
  He spoken, and will He not make it good?

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We must accept forgiveness.

• Please study more about the character of God and
  there find the comfort of the scriptures.
  (Rom 154 56-8)

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Romans 154 NKJV) For whatever things were
  written before were written for our learning,
  that we through the patience and comfort of the
  Scriptures might have hope.

47
We must accept forgiveness.

• (Romans 56-8 NKJV) For when we were still
  without strength, in due time Christ died for the
  ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man
  will one die yet perhaps for a good man someone
  would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates
  His own love toward us, in that while we were
  still sinners, Christ died for us.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• You may need to also be praying for a lack of
  faith! Our God knows and understands! (Mk 923-24)

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Mark 923-24 NKJV) Jesus said to him, If you
  can believe, all things are possible to him who
  believes. 24 Immediately the father of the
  child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I
  believe help my unbelief!

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We must accept forgiveness.

• Some common misunderstandings.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• You can only repent sincerely of a sin once.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• You can only repent sincerely of a sin once.
• If you repent you will not go out and do the same
  thing again. (Acts 89-10, 13, 19-20, 22-23)

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Acts 89-10 NKJV) But there was a certain man
  called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in
  the city and astonished the people of Samaria,
  claiming that he was someone great, 10 to whom
  they all gave heed, from the least to the
  greatest, saying, This man is the great power of
  God.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Acts 813 NKJV) Then Simon himself also
  believed and when he was baptized he continued
  with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles
  and signs which were done.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Acts 819-20 NKJV) saying, Give me this power
  also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive
  the Holy Spirit. 20 But Peter said to him,
  Your money perish with you, because you thought
  that the gift of God could be purchased with
  money!

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Acts 822-23 NKJV) Repent therefore of this
  your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the
  thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 23
  For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness
  and bound by iniquity.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• "I have committed the unpardonable sin." (Mt
  1231 Heb 64-6 1026-30)

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Matthew 1231 NKJV) Therefore I say to you,
  every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but
  the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be
  forgiven men.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Hebrews 64-6 NKJV) For it is impossible for
  those who were once enlightened, and have tasted
  the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of
  the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good
  word of God and the powers of the age to come,
  6 if they fall away, to renew them again to
  repentance, since they crucify again for
  themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open
  shame.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• (Hebrews 1026-30 NKJV) For if we sin willfully
  after we have received the knowledge of the
  truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for
  sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of
  judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour
  the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected
  Moses law dies without mercy on the testimony of
  two or three witnesses.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you
  suppose, will he be thought worthy who has
  trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the
  blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified
  a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
  30 For we know Him who said, Vengeance is
  Mine, I will repay, says the Lord. And again,
  The LORD will judge His people.

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We must accept forgiveness.

• If brethren will not accept me then God must not
  as well.

63
We must encourage and uphold each other.

• We need to draw closer to those who have been
  forgiven.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• We need to draw closer to those who have been
  forgiven.
• Imagine the guilt the one publicly marked felt!
  (1 Cor 51-4)

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• (1 Corinthians 51-4 NKJV) It is actually
  reported that there is sexual immorality among
  you, and such sexual immorality as is not even
  named among the Gentiles that a man has his
  fathers wife! 2 And you are puffed up, and
  have not rather mourned, that he who has done
  this deed might be taken away from among you.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• 3 For I indeed, as absent in body but present
  in spirit, have already judged (as though I were
  present) him who has so done this deed. 4 In
  the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are
  gathered together, along with my spirit, with the
  power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• It was this very guilt that drove him to
  repentance. (2 Cor 25-8)

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• (2 Corinthians 25-8 NKJV) But if anyone has
  caused grief, he has not grieved me, but all of
  you to some extent not to be too severe. 6
  This punishment which was inflicted by the
  majority is sufficient for such a man, 7 so
  that, on the contrary, you ought rather to
  forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one
  be swallowed up with too much sorrow. 8
  Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to
  him.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• Now comes the time to "reaffirm your love to him.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• Now comes the time to "reaffirm your love to
  him.
• Here is where Satan wins battles because of our
  negligence! (2 Cor 210-11)

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• (2 Corinthians 210-11 NKJV) Now whom you
  forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I
  have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one
  for your sakes in the presence of Christ, 11
  lest Satan should take advantage of us for we
  are not ignorant of his devices.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• The one who has been forgiven needs to seek out
  the company and association of faithful
  Christians.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• Often it is this lack of association that helped
  sin to have a opportunity. (1 Cor 1533)

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• (1 Corinthians 1533 NKJV) Do not be deceived
  Evil company corrupts good habits.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• Many times one stops attending or runs out after
  services! It may be difficult to face others but
  this is a must to find the healing you need!

76
We must encourage and uphold each other.

• You will find in faithful Christians an
  understanding because they have also have
  been where you are! (2 Cor 13-4)

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• (2 Corinthians 13-4 NKJV) Blessed be the God
  and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
  of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who
  comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may
  be able to comfort those who are in any trouble,
  with the comfort with which we ourselves are
  comforted by God.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• There are some Christians who will not encourage
  you.

79
We must encourage and uphold each other.

• Hopefully that will not happen to you. If it does
  do not let what a few do speak for the others and
  especially not for God! (Rom 34)

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• (Romans 34 NKJV) Certainly not! Indeed, let
  God be true but every man a liar. As it is
  written That You may be justified in Your
  words, And may overcome when You are judged.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• I have seen some Christians

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• I have seen some Christians
• Look indifferently upon one's response.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• I have seen some Christians
• Look indifferently upon one's response.
• Openly say "They will not make it!

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• I have seen some Christians
• Look indifferently upon one's response.
• Openly say "They will not make it!
• Refuse to have much to do with you because of
  what you did.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• I have seen some Christians
• Look indifferently upon one's response.
• Openly say "They will not make it!
• Refuse to have much to do with you because of
  what you did.
• Some will try to enslave you by continuing to
  bring you sin up.

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• These people are not serving God! They will
  receive from God as they have treated others!
  They need to repent. (Jas 213)

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• (James 213 NKJV) For judgment is without mercy
  to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs
  over judgment.

88
We must encourage and uphold each other.

• Let us show mercy too and not try to read minds
  and be sensitive.
• Are you willing to receive God's forgiveness?

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We must encourage and uphold each other.

• Are you willing to receive God's forgiveness?