When You Pray, Say: Forgive Us Our Sins! Luke 11:4
Luke 11:1-4 – Teach Us to Pray!
I. Two Words!
Forgive: To Send Away! To let Go! To Remit! To Give up a debt!
Sins: To miss the mark, to err, to violate God’s Law in thought and/or deed!
II. The Nature of Sin: It’s Selfish, Disobedient, Always Against God!
III. The Problem With Sin:
A. It Separates:
Isaiah 59:1-2 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull that it cannot hear. 2. But your iniquities of made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face form you so that He does not hear!
B. Sin Dominates: The Heart and Mind of Mankind
Romans 3:23 All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God.
Romans 3:10 There is none Righteous, no not one!
C. Sin Devastates:
Jeremiah 5:25 Your iniquities have turned these away and your sins have held good from you!
James 1:15 When Sin is Accomplished it brings forth death!
Romans 6:23 For the wages of Sin is Death!
Galatians 6:8 Those who sow to the flesh reap corruption!
D. Sin Emanates! vFrom One Man, Adam, all sin!
IV. The Remedy for sin! God’s Forgiveness!
1 Peter 2:24 – He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross that we might die to sin and live to righteousness for by His stripes we are healed.
Romans 5:6-10
We Say: You Are Our Savior!
We Say: We Are the Saved! The Redeemed! Forgiven!
Since I am forgiven, Once and for all, why do I pray this?
A. Because Christ told Us to Pray this!
B. Because We still fall into sin and there are still consequences to sin.
C. Because in our full Cleansing, we still get dirty!
John 13:5-11
D. We Still require forgiveness from God, not as Judge but as Our Father!
E. Asking daily for forgiveness, clears our conscience, and reminds us of our Justification!
1 John 1:8-10 and 2:1-2
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Questions: For Family Time or Small Groups
- What is Your biggest take away from this morning’s message?
- What Did you learn about God’s Forgiveness?
- How do you see sin separating and devastating lives?
- How do you think this Praying, Forgive Us Our sins will make a difference in your life? The Life of Our Church?
- Spend some time praying “Forgive Us Our Sins” filling up your prayer with what you have learned about God the Savior and you as the Saved.
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