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SEEK 39 – Forgiveness

Question: To what extent does God forgive?

 Bible Reading: Luke 23:26-43

Text: “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

To know that you are forgiven is one of the greatest things, perhaps the greatest thing you can know. Imagine that you are in great debt – you owe a lot of money. You are worried about how you can pay it off. You fear that you will lose your home, your friends, perhaps even your liberty. You are then taken to court, only to discover that someone has paid every penny that you owe. You are forgiven, you are free.

Jesus taught us to pray – ‘forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us”. (Matthew 6:12), although I think it is better translated “forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors”. Because sin is a debt against God. But who can pay …