TIM-FORGIVE
Good morning - I’m Tim Wise, Sanctuary Choir Director at Central. I’m sure that many of you watching these devotions put on by Central are already familiar with The Lord’s Prayer. I want to focus on one very important line.
“Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.”
The word “as” in that line of the prayer implies that we cannot be forgiven until we offer that very same forgiveness to others around us. Jesus makes it clear in the following verses that Your Father in Heaven will not forgive your sins if you do not forgive men of their sins.
Forgiving someone who has sinned against you is not easy. It takes divine assistance to offer true forgiveness to someone who has caused you pain. But God commands us to do it.
As you go on throughout your day, while you take note of those sins committed against you, learn to accept your own sins and forgive those around you. Offer forgiveness, receive forgiveness.
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