The Offensive End (Part 4 of 5)

Don’t trip when people get offended with you. They were offended by Jesus too...

Just a Carpenter

^1-2 He left there and returned to his hometown. His disciples came along. On the Sabbath, he gave a lecture in the meeting place. He made a real hit, impressing everyone. "We had no idea he was this good!" they said. "How did he get so wise all of a sudden, get such ability?"

³But in the next breath they were cutting him down: "He's just a carpenter—Mary's boy. We've known him since he was a kid. We know his brothers, James, Justus, Jude, and Simon, and his sisters. Who does he think he is?" They tripped over what little they knew about him and fell, sprawling. And they never got any further.

^4-6Jesus told them, "A prophet has little honor in his hometown, among his relatives, on the streets he played in as a child." Jesus wasn't able to do much of anything there—he laid hands on a few sick people and healed them, that's all. He couldn't get over their stubbornness. He left and made a circuit of the other villages, teaching.

Matthew 6:1-6 [MSG]

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The Offensive End (Part 3 of 5)

People can become offended at you because of the blessings that God has given you...

The Offensive End (Part 2 of 5)

Oatmeal isn’t the only right thing to do… forgiveness is the ultimate right thing to do!

"The king summoned the man and said, 'You evil servant! I forgave your entire debt when you begged me for mercy. Shouldn't you be compelled to be merciful to your fellow servant who asked for mercy?' The king was furious and put the screws to the man until he paid back his entire debt. And that's exactly what my Father in heaven is going to do to each one of you who doesn't forgive unconditionally anyone who asks for mercy."

Matthew 18:32-35 [MSG]

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The Offensive End (Part 1 of 5)

On a snowy day, an altrusitic act is appreciated. On a sunny day, a simple greeting is ignored. The temptation comes to get offended. We must not give in to that temptation!

²¹ Then Peter came up to Him and said, Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I forgive him and let it go? [As many as] up to seven times?
²² Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven!
²³ Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a human king who wished to settle accounts with his attendants.
²⁴ When he began the accounting, one was brought to him who owed him 10,000 talents [probably about $10,000,000],
²⁵ And because he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and everything that he possessed, and payment to be made.
²⁶ So the attendant fell on his knees, begging him, Have patience with me and I will pay you everything.
²⁷ And his master's heart was moved with compassion, and he released him and forgave him [cancelling] the debt.
²⁸ But that same attendant, as he went out, found one of his fellow attendants who owed him a hundred denarii [about twenty dollars]; and he caught him by the throat and said, Pay what you owe!
²⁹ So his fellow attendant fell down and begged him earnestly, Give me time, and I will pay you all !
³⁰ But he was unwilling, and he went out and had him put in prison till he should pay the debt.
³¹ When his fellow attendants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and told everything that had taken place to their master.
³² Then his master called him and said to him, You contemptible and wicked attendant! I forgave and cancelled all that [great] debt of yours because you begged me to.
³³ And should you not have had pity and mercy on your fellow attendant, as I had pity and mercy on you?
³⁴ And in wrath his master turned him over to the torturers (the jailers), till he should pay all that he owed.
³⁵ So also My heavenly Father will deal with every one of you if you do not freely forgive your brother from your heart his offenses.

Matthew 18:21-35 [AMP]

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