So this Wednesday I was at my youth group and one of the leaders Josiah gave a very good sermon. The sermon was about forgiveness. This sermon made everyone there have a different point of view on forgiveness. His sermon gave me a different point of view on forgiveness because it is personally hard for me to forgive. Say if you trusted someone with something that is not able to be shared with others and they went behind your back and told people. Then those people told their friends and eventually the whole school knew. It would be hard to forgive them afterwards because you trusted them and they broke your trust. So this sermon made me realize that it will be hard to forgive, but it is the right thing to do because Jesus died on the cross to show us that he forgave us of all our sins. Jesus went through a violent death all to show how much he loves us and that he forgives us. Forgiving is going to be a struggle for everyone no matter what the situation is. I do think that his sermon was reasonable because he gave a good amount of examples. The examples he gave were relatable to everyone, but it personally related more to me. It made sense because he used points that came from both sides of a situation where someone needed to be forgiven and where someone had to forgive someone else. It also made sense because when he used both point of views it showed me how it is hard being on both sides. When he used both point of views it gave me a bigger perspective on forgiveness. I do think that this sermon was persuasive because before it was hard for me to forgive someone after they did something to lose my trust. After hearing this sermon it made me realize that it will still be hard to forgive, but if Jesus is willing to carry his own cross and get beaten all just to forgive us from our sins, then I should be able to forgive people. In the end I do think that it is the right thing. Also that Jesus did all of this because he believed that everyone deserved a second chance. So forgiving someone is their second chance.
In Mr. Cline's class a few weeks ago. We took the day off in a way from our normal classes. Instead of continuing to read the books we were assigned and discussing them, he read us the sermon by C.S Lewis "The Weight of Glory." Its a long sermon, but one worth reading. It is about the confusion many people have on the topic of what we desire the most. He explains after much background information, that we all desire true happiness. And through that happiness, we long for heaven, our true home that we were designed for. He explains that glory is not what many people think of as being "famous" in heaven. But more that we are honored by our Lord and Father. For it to be like the scripture passage "Well done, good and faithful servant." C.S Lewis does a fantastic job at being persuasive here, and if read by the right person aloud, can have an excellent effect. He clears up lots of points that people bring up that are not true. Such as the point of glory...
Good example with Jesus dying on the cross. This essay thoroughly described the sermon and was written very well.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree that sometimes forgiveness does seem like a daunting task. I think that a good thing to keep in mind for it is that sometimes, people are also mad at themselves for doing what they did wrong. Also, it was nice to hear your perspective on the matter!
ReplyDeleteI too have the same struggle of forgiving others, though forgiveness is a lifelong lesson we each would learn. Even though this sermon did not have a persuasive reasoning, but it definitely remind us other stories of forgiveness and Jesus' forgiveness for the human beings.
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