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Christmas: Love RevealedGod\u2019s Forgiveness: Matthew 1:18-23December 20, 2015Please turn to Matthew 1:18-23Michael\u2019s Personal Goal: To properly respond to forgiveness offered through ChristJesus: The Lord saves or Jehovah is SalvationChristmas and Forgiveness 1.Forgiveness executed in love will blend both judgment and empathyApp: \u201cI\u2019m sorry; will you please forgive me?\u201d 2.Forgiveness executed in love creates vulnerability (v. 18) App: Would you be so vulnerable as to forgive, or ask to be forgiven? 3. Forgiveness executed in love makes relationships possible (v. 22-23)17Anyone who is joined to Christ is a new being; the old is gone, the new has come. 18 All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into His friends and gave us the task of making others His friends also. 19 Our message is that God was making all human beings His friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and He has given us the message which tells how He makes them His friends. 2Corinthians 5:17-19So what do we do with this?\u2022Receive forgiveness: Have you received Christ\u2019s offering?\u2022Give forgiveness: What is the specific sin and person that needs your forgiveness?What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?