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May 16, 2021
“…And When You Pray”
And Forgive Us As We Forgive
Matthew 6:14 & 15
Matthew 6:9-13
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In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
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Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily bread.
12
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the
power and the glory forever.
Amen.
Matthew 6:14 & 15
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you.
15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses,
neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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GM GP
This morning we’re resuming our Prayer Series entitled “…And When
You Pray” – a verse by verse walk through of the Lord’s Prayer in
Matthew 6.
Our focus is on verse 12:
12
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
Today’s installment is entitled: “And Forgive Us As We Forgive”
The title Today’s message is entitled:
“ . . .
And Forgive Us As We Forgive”
My desire is to use this morning’s message as “heart tenderizer” for
what will be a deeper dive into forgiveness in the coming weeks.
So,
today, I’ll address a few practical perspectives from verse 12 in order to
ready us for some mature learning on Excuse Proof Forgiveness.
Let’s begin today’s lesson . . .
Of the three petitions in this prayer that are geared to our human
interests, this petition requires more of us – than the other two.
Keep in mind, in total, there are SIX petitions addressed in the Lord’s
Prayer.
Three that are geared to God and three that are geared to man.
The three that are geared to God are:
• God’s Name be Hallowed
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• God’s Kingdom Come
• God’s Will be Done.
The three that are geared to us, our human interests are:
[SLIDE]
[Three Petitions Geared to Man’s Interests:]
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Give us this day our daily bread.
12
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13
And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
In petitions 4 and 6, respectively: Give us this day, Our daily bread,
and “lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from the evil”, -- in
both these petitions, God is either giving us something, or making a way.
In petition 5, which says, And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our
debtors -- Jesus places a condition in the mix which demands that In
order for Believers to be forgiven or receive forgiveness, they first
have to forgive!
While we let that sink in, let me define “forgiveness” and give some
clarification as to the type of forgiveness Jesus is talking about in verse
5.
[SLIDE]
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Forgiveness is defined as the act of setting someone free from and
obligation to you that is a result of a wrong done against you.
Psychologists generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate
decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person
or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they actually
deserve your forgiveness.
Forgiveness does not mean forgetting, nor
does it mean condoning or excusing offenses.
[More on that later].
[SLIDE]
Forgiveness involves three elements:
1.
An injury.
(A wrong is committed.
Pain, hurt, suffering, or guilt
is experienced (consciously or subconsciously).
2. A debt resulting from the injury.
(There is a consequence that is
always detrimental and puts someone into a deficit state of some
kind.
3. A cancellation of the debt.
All three elements are involved in forgiveness of all types – forgiveness
by God, forgiveness of others, and forgiveness of self.
Given that, I now need to clarify the type of forgiveness Our Lord is
talking about in the Model Prayer.
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In talking about “forgiving our debts as we forgive our debtors”, the
Lord is not referring to the forgiveness we received when we repented at
the point of being born again.
That type of forgiveness is known as
“Judicial Forgiveness”.
[SLIDE]
Judicial Forgiveness ~ When God judicially forgives us of our sin and
the penalty of sin by justifying us making us new creations on the basis
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