Genesis 33:1-20
1. Jacob’s bowing reveals genuine remorse
2. Esau’s embrace reveals a genuine heart forgiveness
3. Mutual tears reveals genuine reconciliation
4. Mutual loving conversation reveals genuine rebuilding
5. Jacob’s distance reveals the limitations of forgiveness
Excerpted from “Total Forgiveness” by R.T. Kendall
What Total Forgiveness is Not:
1. Approval of what they did
2. Excusing what they did
3. Justifying what they did
4. Pardoning what they did
5. Reconciliation
6. Denying what they did
7. Blindness to what happened
8. Forgetting
9. Refusing to take the wrong seriously
10. Pretending we’re not hurt
What Total Forgiveness is:
1. Being aware of what someone has done and still forgiving
2. Choosing to keep no record of wrongs
3. Refusing to punish
4. Not telling what they did
5. Being merciful
6. Graciousness
7. A heart thing
8. The absence of bitterness
9. Forgiving God
10. Forgiving ourselves
