Forgive And Be Forgiven
“And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.” Luke 11:4 ESV
If you want a life of meaning, purpose, and provision, you must be willing to forgive, even as you have been forgiven!
Why is it so important to forgive?
Because whenever we hurt each other or break trust with each other, we’re not actually sinning against each other but against God who alone has moral authority.
Morality is the standard flowing from the holy character of God. So, when you wrong your neighbor, steal, lie, murder, covet, commit fraud or any other immoral act, you are sinning against God himself.
Consider the experience of King David and Bathsheba (see 2 Samuel 11). David had an affair, then had Bathsheba’s husband killed so he could marry her! But when David repented, he recognized and acknowledged that his sin wasn’t against the woman and her now dead husband, it was against God (see Psalm 51:4).
When someone wrongs you, they are sinning against God. Jesus taught that if all sin is against God, we can’t take the wrong done us personally; we are to forgive others as earnestly as we seek to be forgiven.
Easier said than done?
Yes. But absolutely necessary. Jesus practiced what he preached when he was tortured and hung on a cross for your sins, and mine, he said, “Father, forgive them!” (see Luke 23:34).
Don’t carry a grudge. Forgive and be forgiven! “And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.” Luke 11:4 ESV
. . . “Jesus gave a blueprint for prayer that results in an abundant life . . . it requires you to forgive as you have been forgiven.”
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