Short articles of the, "Yes Jesus" Book on prayer. # 68

 

REPEAT AFTER JESUS,

“FORGIVE US OUR SINS,

AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST US.”

 

The gospel is a gospel of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Forgiveness’ purchase price was the blood and life of Jesus on the Cross.

Jesus bought our forgiveness at a great price.

 

Freely we receive forgiveness and freely we should grant forgiveness to those who are in need of it.

 

Forgiveness brings reconciliation to the broken relationships of man and God and also of man and his fellow man.

 

To this Jesus adds, “For if you forgive others when they sin against you, your Father in Heaven will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive their sins, your Father in Heaven will not forgive your sins. (Matthew 6:14-15)

 

It is inconceivable for a child of God not to forget what God has already forgiven. It is the life of God within the child of God, to be eager to forgive. It is not only for our good, but also for the good of the other. To forgive others is to forgive ourselves by virtue of the fact that a fellow believer is a member of the same body of which we are all members, with Jesus as our head.

 

Forgiveness is for the asking; Jesus has already paid for it in full. Food for the heart, soul, strength, and mind is also for the asking: “Give us our daily bread.”

 

Protection from temptation and deliverance from the evil one is also for the asking. Nothing we bring, nothing we have, and nothing we will take with us, for it all is for God and from God for us who are His own and who pray, “Our Father in Heaven.”

 

Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. # 68. 

 

This is the teaching elder on duty in matters of Prayer.

 

Gerry Gutierrez.