Forgiving God
David Ireland
Habakkuk 1:2-3
1.0 Forgiveness is tough (Habakkuk 1:2-3)!
1.1 We've spent four weeks studying forgiveness.
A) The Great Forgiveness
B) Forgiving Others
C) Forgiving Yourself; and today we're looking at: Forgiving God.
1.2 The subject of forgiving God is crucial because many people struggle with the idea:
A) God has let me down.
B) God has betrayed me by allowing pain and suffering to come my way.
Ed Stetzer, President of LifeWay Research shared how his twelve-year old sister struggled with a rare form of skin cancer. After a long battle, lots of prayer, she died a few years later. His mother, angry with God because of this, put her faith on hold, dropped out of church and stayed away from Christians for seven years. Through the love of a particular family his mother finally was able to let go of her anger toward God. In essence she had to forgive God. Pg. xv Forgiving God. RT Kendall.
1.3 The prophet charges God with wronging him in four ways.
A) God ignores his prayers: ''How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?''
B) God ignores violence: ''Or cry out to you, 'Violence!' but you do not save?''
C) God makes him endure injustice: ''Why do you make me look at injustice?''
D) God tolerates wrong: ''Why do you tolerate wrong?''
Simplifying the 4 Wrongs:
''God, why do You allow suffering?''
The word forgive means: 1) To set free; to let go; to release; and, 2) to grant pardon (to a person).
Forgiving God is a complicated topic so let's establish four ground rules.
4 Ground Rules:
(1) Whenever I speak of God, I am referring to God as revealed only in the Bible.
i. The God referred to, revealed in, and talked about in the Bible is the one and true God.
ii. This God who is the uncreated Creator who always was, is, and shall ever be.
(2) If you're to forgive God of anything, it means that you must first be convinced that He has somehow wronged you either willfu ...
David Ireland
Habakkuk 1:2-3
1.0 Forgiveness is tough (Habakkuk 1:2-3)!
1.1 We've spent four weeks studying forgiveness.
A) The Great Forgiveness
B) Forgiving Others
C) Forgiving Yourself; and today we're looking at: Forgiving God.
1.2 The subject of forgiving God is crucial because many people struggle with the idea:
A) God has let me down.
B) God has betrayed me by allowing pain and suffering to come my way.
Ed Stetzer, President of LifeWay Research shared how his twelve-year old sister struggled with a rare form of skin cancer. After a long battle, lots of prayer, she died a few years later. His mother, angry with God because of this, put her faith on hold, dropped out of church and stayed away from Christians for seven years. Through the love of a particular family his mother finally was able to let go of her anger toward God. In essence she had to forgive God. Pg. xv Forgiving God. RT Kendall.
1.3 The prophet charges God with wronging him in four ways.
A) God ignores his prayers: ''How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?''
B) God ignores violence: ''Or cry out to you, 'Violence!' but you do not save?''
C) God makes him endure injustice: ''Why do you make me look at injustice?''
D) God tolerates wrong: ''Why do you tolerate wrong?''
Simplifying the 4 Wrongs:
''God, why do You allow suffering?''
The word forgive means: 1) To set free; to let go; to release; and, 2) to grant pardon (to a person).
Forgiving God is a complicated topic so let's establish four ground rules.
4 Ground Rules:
(1) Whenever I speak of God, I am referring to God as revealed only in the Bible.
i. The God referred to, revealed in, and talked about in the Bible is the one and true God.
ii. This God who is the uncreated Creator who always was, is, and shall ever be.
(2) If you're to forgive God of anything, it means that you must first be convinced that He has somehow wronged you either willfu ...
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