Transform or Transmit | Forgiving As We Have Been Forgiven E2 (From the Archive)
4/27/202642 min
How do we truly forgive from the heart? John Mark unpacks Jesus' radical call to forgive without limit and shows us how to absorb evil into ourselves with God's help, becoming agents of healing instead of remaining victims.
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 18:21-35; Luke 23:32-34; Ephesians 4:30-5:2
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First 90 secondsYinka Dawson· Host0:00
[gentle music] Hello and welcome to the John Mark Comer's Teachings podcast. My name is Yinka Dawson, and I'm your host. Each week, we feature teachings by John Mark or other voices in the formation space, and it's great to have you with us. We're continuing our series on forgiveness this week with a teaching from John Mark. John Mark talks about how once we release someone, we actually need to release our own heart from anger, exploring how we can transform our pain rather than transmit it to become agents of healing in our broken world. Here's John Mark.
John Mark Comer· Guest0:34
Hey, um, if you have a Bible, please turn to Matthew chapter 18. Last week, we kicked off a brand-new practice on forgiving as we have been forgiven. If you were not here, please go back and listen to the podcast. A lot of myths and misconceptions around this idea of forgiving, and it was Bethany Allen at her best. So please catch up on that. For tonight, let's, uh, start off in Matthew 18. I'm having ... Just FYI, I'm having some kind of an allergic reaction to an allergy medicine, which is kinda counterintuitive. [laughs] So I feel like I've had about 35 cups of coffee and not slept in days, so we'll see how this goes. All right? [laughs] No promises at all. Matthew chapter 18. He lied to me straight to my face, went behind my back, and