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Session: 5 (Evangelism Session) Date of First Use: November 15, 2026 Title: The Path to Forgiveness The Point: We can be forgiven because of what Jesus has done for us. Life Connection: We expect others to do something to earn our forgiveness, and we project that idea onto God. Religions are built on this belief that there are things we must do to secure our salvation. Jesus changes all that. Since there is nothing we can do to earn our salvation, Jesus did the work we could...
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Session: 4 Date of First Use: November 8, 2026 Title: The Reason for Forgiveness The Point: God loves us and wants to restore us for His glory. Life Connection: Many find it difficult to move beyond their sin because they cannot forgive themselves. Unfortunately, we transfer to God our inability to forgive. We consider what we’ve done and wonder why God would even forgive some of our sins. God’s ability to forgive is not tied to the nature of what we’ve done but to Hi...
Date of First Use: November 1, 2026 Title: The Picture of Forgiveness The Point: God's plan has always included forgiveness for His people. Life Connection: Some people are visual learners. Not only do they need to see it to learn it, but some almost need to see it to believe it! The importance of forgiveness wasn’t a new teaching Jesus brought us. God had been teaching us about forgiveness throughout the Old Testament. The Day of Atonement gives us a vivid picture of just w...
Session: 2 Date of First Use: October 25, 2026 Title: The Source of Forgiveness The Point: Forgiveness reflects the character of God. Life Connection: We don’t always understand the full meaning and scope of forgiveness. Our culture often wants to color forgiveness with conditions, “I’ll forgive if ...” “When he begs, I’ll forgive.” “I’ll forgive, but I definitely won’t forget.”What does forgiveness look like? When we look to God, we get a complete view of true forgive...
Session: 1 Date of First Use: October 18, 2026 Title: The Cry for Forgiveness The Point: When we sin, we sin against God so only He can forgive us. Life Connection: Sometimes we want to downplay our sins as simply failures or mistakes, but we need to see them for what they are: sins. Those sins hang over our heads until we experience forgiveness, but forgiveness will elude us until we acknowledge our sin and look to God. Session Passag...
Session: 6 Date of First Use: October 11, 2026 Title: God Speaks and We Respond The Point: When we discover God’s will, we are to follow it. Life Through a Biblical Lens: We often know what we should do, but we choose not to do it. For example, many of us can talk about the benefits of diet and exercise even though we never exercise nor eat right. Even more tragic is when God’s will is laid out before us, but we choose to do things our way inst...