TurningPoint Community Church

• Sinners are NOT repulsive to Jesus; sin IS.

• Forgiveness is the free gift of God’s grace in Jesus.

• The sense of having our sins forgiven is the foundation of our love for Christ!

• Great forgiveness produces much love.

• Only those who know their need for God’s forgiving mercy receive God’s forgiving mercy.

• The recognition of forgiveness is beautifully life-altering!

“Those who love Christ most are those who have received most benefit from Him.”

— Bishop J.C. Ryle

• The depth of our sacrifice is directly related to our grasp of Christ’s forgiveness.

• Repentance is to give up our own agenda and shift our trust onto Jesus.

• Love is the power behind our worshipful service!

• The secret of being holy ourselves is to know and
— Bishop J.C. Ryle

• YES—we need to know we are loved, but we also need to FEEL loved.

• God created us to KNOW His love, and to feel loved.

• Having an affair with the world is only a fleeting whirl with its false values.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. Describe how, for the woman of Luke 7, the forgiveness of Jesus changed her life according to the text (Luke 7:36-50).

2. Why is forgiveness our greatest need?

3. Discuss what it feels like to FEEL loved by Jesus?

4. How do those we love FEEL loved by us?

NEXT STEP:

• I will read Romans 8 this week for assurance of the love of God.