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The Upside Down World, Week 4, Day 5

by David Joynt on October 05, 2017


 

GENESIS 33:1-4

 

What if the forgiven debtor had responded differently? To truly understand an action, it is important to imagine the impact of other possible responses. Imagine if the debtor, released from his unpayable debt, had joyfully forgiven the small debt owed to him. What if the chain of grace had not been broken? The one owing him would be released and given an opportunity to release others himself. Forgiveness alters the way others feel about themselves and the world. 

 

 

Read the scripture. How did things change for these two brothers when Esau forgave Jacob?

 

 

Have you ever been Esau to a Jacob?

 

FAMILY TIME—

Why is it hardest to forgive brothers and sisters and family members? 

 

 

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About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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