WHEN YOU PRAY...REMEMBER, ONLY THE FORGIVING ARE FORGIVEN (2 OF 4)
Scripture: MATTHEW 6:12
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WHEN YOU PRAY ...
RFMFMBFR, ONtY THF FORGIVING
ARE FORGIVEN
MATTHEW 6:12
THE CHANGED LIFE OF A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST IS A
BEAUTIFUL STUDY IN CAUSE AND EFFECT, IN ACTION AND REACTION.
YOU SEE IT CLEARLY SPELLED OUT IN THE FLESH AND BLOOD
EXAMPLE OF EVERY PERSON IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. EACH HAS BEEN
LOVED BY GOD'S GREAT HEART. NOW HE BECOMES LOVING ON BEHALF
OF GOD. EACH HAS BEEN TOLD THE GOOD NEWS. NOW HE IS
TELLING THE GOOD NEWS. EACH HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN SPITE OF
HIS SINFULNESS. NOW ALL PREJUDICE IS SLIPPED AWAY, AND HE
ACCEPTS PEOPLE EQUALLY. EACH HAS BEEN BOUNTIFULLY FORGIVEN,
SO IN SPITE OF WHAT OTHERS DO TO HIM, HE IS TOTALLY
FORGETTING.
A UNIQUE FELLOWSHIP, THIS CHRISTIAN BUNCH OF BELIEVERS,
A FELLOWSHLIP OF THE L&VED AND THE LOV-i-NG, OF THE TOLD AND
THE TELLING, OF THE ACCEPTED AND THE ACCEPTING, OF THE
FORGIVEN AND THE FORGIVING.
SO MANY WAYS DOES OUR LORD TEACH THAT LAST POINT.
"WHEN YOU PRAY," HE SAID, "YOU ASK FORGIVENESS LIKE THIS:
'FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.' " SO
IMPORTANT IS THIS PART OF THE MODEL PRAYER, IN PAINFULLY
2
CLEAR EXPLANATION, HE SPELLS IT OUT: 'FOR IF YOU FORGIVE
MEN WHEN THEY SIN AGAINST YOU, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL
ALSO FORGIVE YOU; BUT IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE MEN THEIR SINS,
YOUR FATHER WILL NOT FORGIVE YOUR SINS., MATTHEW 6: 14, 15.
How CONSISTENTLY JESUS HAMMERED HOME THE HARD FACT THAT
GENUINE FAITH WILL ALWAYS REFLECT ITSELF IN HOW WE TREAT
OTHER PEOPLE. IN THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF l'ATTHEW, HE HAS
BEEN TEACHING HIS FOLLOWERS HOW TO HANDLE HARD FEELINGS WITH
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN, EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. SIMON
PETER WANTED TO CLARIFY THIS A LITTLE, SO VERSE TWENTY-ONE
TELLS US THAT HE CAME TO JESUS AND ASKED, "LORD, HOW MANY
TIMES SHALL I FORGIVE MY BROTHER WHEN HE SINS AGAINST ME?
UNTIL SEVEN TIMES?" AND JESUS ANSWERED, "I TELL YOU NOT
TILL SEVEN TIMES, BUT UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN." THERE IT
IS AGAIN. IF WE WANT OUR HEAVENLY FAT ...
WHEN YOU PRAY ...
RFMFMBFR, ONtY THF FORGIVING
ARE FORGIVEN
MATTHEW 6:12
THE CHANGED LIFE OF A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST IS A
BEAUTIFUL STUDY IN CAUSE AND EFFECT, IN ACTION AND REACTION.
YOU SEE IT CLEARLY SPELLED OUT IN THE FLESH AND BLOOD
EXAMPLE OF EVERY PERSON IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. EACH HAS BEEN
LOVED BY GOD'S GREAT HEART. NOW HE BECOMES LOVING ON BEHALF
OF GOD. EACH HAS BEEN TOLD THE GOOD NEWS. NOW HE IS
TELLING THE GOOD NEWS. EACH HAS BEEN ACCEPTED IN SPITE OF
HIS SINFULNESS. NOW ALL PREJUDICE IS SLIPPED AWAY, AND HE
ACCEPTS PEOPLE EQUALLY. EACH HAS BEEN BOUNTIFULLY FORGIVEN,
SO IN SPITE OF WHAT OTHERS DO TO HIM, HE IS TOTALLY
FORGETTING.
A UNIQUE FELLOWSHIP, THIS CHRISTIAN BUNCH OF BELIEVERS,
A FELLOWSHLIP OF THE L&VED AND THE LOV-i-NG, OF THE TOLD AND
THE TELLING, OF THE ACCEPTED AND THE ACCEPTING, OF THE
FORGIVEN AND THE FORGIVING.
SO MANY WAYS DOES OUR LORD TEACH THAT LAST POINT.
"WHEN YOU PRAY," HE SAID, "YOU ASK FORGIVENESS LIKE THIS:
'FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.' " SO
IMPORTANT IS THIS PART OF THE MODEL PRAYER, IN PAINFULLY
2
CLEAR EXPLANATION, HE SPELLS IT OUT: 'FOR IF YOU FORGIVE
MEN WHEN THEY SIN AGAINST YOU, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL
ALSO FORGIVE YOU; BUT IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE MEN THEIR SINS,
YOUR FATHER WILL NOT FORGIVE YOUR SINS., MATTHEW 6: 14, 15.
How CONSISTENTLY JESUS HAMMERED HOME THE HARD FACT THAT
GENUINE FAITH WILL ALWAYS REFLECT ITSELF IN HOW WE TREAT
OTHER PEOPLE. IN THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF l'ATTHEW, HE HAS
BEEN TEACHING HIS FOLLOWERS HOW TO HANDLE HARD FEELINGS WITH
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN, EVEN WHEN IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT. SIMON
PETER WANTED TO CLARIFY THIS A LITTLE, SO VERSE TWENTY-ONE
TELLS US THAT HE CAME TO JESUS AND ASKED, "LORD, HOW MANY
TIMES SHALL I FORGIVE MY BROTHER WHEN HE SINS AGAINST ME?
UNTIL SEVEN TIMES?" AND JESUS ANSWERED, "I TELL YOU NOT
TILL SEVEN TIMES, BUT UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN." THERE IT
IS AGAIN. IF WE WANT OUR HEAVENLY FAT ...
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