Part 11 | The Forgiven Learning to Forgive

Introduction

If I were to list all the things God has forgiven me of, not only would it be a long volume with many parts, but you would soon tire of reading of sin number umpteen coming up over and over again.  You’d begin to wonder was I that slow of a learner, or why didn’t I learn and get my act together?  And you’d be right.  But at the end, wherever that might be, Jesus Christ would pen one simple sentence: “Father, put all this on My account.”  It would all be marked “Forgiven!”

You would think that with such a record, there would not be a single offense of a single person who had offended me that I would even think twice about forgiving them.  It should arise spontaneously.  After all, look what I have done to God, and all of it has been forgiven by Him.  But you and I both know this is not how human nature works.  It is only grace that can operate at such a high level.  And that is the level to which Jesus Christ calls each of us.  “To forgive those who sin against us just as He has forgiven us for sinning against Him.”  This is what the Lord’s Prayer is all about, is it not? (more…)