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When every time you see that person,

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it just hurts inside of you?

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Cindy, all I can really do is give you

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the example of Christ.

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They hurt Christ.

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They pressed thorns on His brow.

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They scourged Him.

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They put spikes through His hands and His feet.

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They hung Him on a cross. They crucified Him.

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And in the midst of all that,

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He said, "Father, forgive them.

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They know not what they do."

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He wept over the very city

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that would call for His crucifixion.

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Those who would spit on Him.

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Those who would smite Him and strike Him.

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And I always think of Mark 10:21.

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You've got the rich, young ruler.

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He rejected Christ.

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It says, "Jesus, looking at him, loved him."

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Incredible words.

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Jesus loved Him.

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You say, well yeah, Jesus loves His children.

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Jesus loves those that believe in Him.

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This guy rejected Him.

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It says He loved him.

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Cindy, the greatest thing you can do

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is just contemplate Christ.

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Not just how other people wronged Christ

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and He had compassion on them,

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but Cindy, how you have wronged Christ.

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The fact is that no matter what anybody has done to you,

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what you have done to God

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and what you have done to Christ

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is far worse.

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We need to remember the parable.

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Do you guys remember the parable that deals with this?

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What is it? Matthew 18?

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The unmerciful servant.

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If Christ has forgiven you this massive,

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untold debt,

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and you cannot forgive your fellow man,

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some small thing that he has done to you,

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then you'll not be forgiven.

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That's what Scripture says.

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And that's how it's likened.

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God forgives us a massive debt.

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And what others have done to us is but a small one.

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Are we going to stiffen up

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and refuse to forgive others

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when God has forgiven us so much?