Stop Blaming and Start Forgiving

By

From: £2.50

Matthew 5:23–24; 18:21–35

Blaming others is the longest-standing and the most common reaction to our own wrongdoing. It’s our favourite game to play—in fact, it’s a habit that humans have cultivated since life began. As we will see today, it was the reaction of the first man and woman when they were faced with their own failure in the Garden of Eden. Immediately, both played the blame game!

The alternative is an honest, up-front confession, which is neither complicated nor difficult…unless, of course, we allow pride to get in the way. When that happens, we resist confessing with everything in us. Having formed the habit of blaming others regarding our own sinfulness, we naturally turn to it when others do wrong. We are quick to point the finger of blame rather than respond with genuine forgiveness. Not only are we to forgive ourselves, our unwillingness to forgive others follows close behind. It’s time to stop that timeworn cycle.

Product Code: TSSD04 / TSSM04

Series Resources

Free Download
Download the Searching the Scriptures study for this message.

Additional Products
See all products for the series: Things to Stop and Start

Copyright © 2014 ℗ 2017 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. This Insight for Living Ministries production is for your personal use only. Civil and criminal copyright infringement occurs when this production is uploaded to the internet, publicly performed, copied, or placed on any information storage and retrieval system now known or yet to be invented, without prior written permission from Insight for Living Ministries. ALL SERMON CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHTS AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE OWNER, CHARLES R. SWINDOLL, INC. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED WORLDWIDE.