Forgiven

Dealing with Offence 

Last week we discussed the following 

1. Satan’s is a influencer but does not have authority over us as believers 

2. We have power over the influence of this World 

3. Unforgiveness is a powerful opposition to the believer 

This week lets unpack things little.

What does the word offence mean to you?

Dictionary.com 

noun

1.

a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.

2.

a transgression of the law; misdemeanor.

3.

a cause of transgression or wrong.

4.

something that offends or displeases.

5.

the act of offending or displeasing.

6.

the feeling of resentful displeasure caused:

to give offense.

7.

the act of attacking; attack or assault:

Introspective look at yourself 

Who has offended you in your life 

What did they do to offend you?

How have you dealt with it?

Have you done things in your own life that you have not addressed or forgiven yourself for.

Matthew 18:7

7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! 

skandalŏn, skan´-dal-on (“scandal”); prob. from a der. of 2578; a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. snare (fig. cause of displeasure or sin):—occasion to fall (of stumbling), offence, thing that offends, stumblingblock. 

Matthew 24:10-11

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold  13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come 

What do you think are the dangers of a Minister that has been hurt or rejected by his leader and or pastor starting a Ministry of their own , if they have not dealt with past hurts?

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How do your past hurts affect your witnessing to others?

What does the following Scripture mean to you?

1 John 4:4