17 August 2012
Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors;
There is almost no sin that we will not be tempted to commit, there is that temptation which exists in and around us that makes it very hard to resist, especially if we had to sin with no chance of us being caught out. This must cause us to all think and ask ourselves should we have been in that situation what would we have done? So it is better to find a path of reconciliation rather than that of judgement, for we never know when those we judge may be the ones that judge us.
Everyday we give thanks for Jesus Christ who was tempted to sin in everyway, yet was without sin, and because of that He was the perfect sacrifice, without blemish of sin. The difference between Jesus and us is that we have sinned and we will continue to sin. When we come across the horrors of the consequence of sin, murder, rape, sexual abuse, robbery, we find ourselves filled with abhorrence for the deeds and anger against the perpetrators, in our minds we have judged and vengeance must happen. Yet we do not know, we do not often even want to understand, we just want our justice at all costs.
The hardest thing to do is to forgive those that have sinned against you and have killed those you love, yet Jesus Himself cried out: ‘Father forgive them, they know not what they do’.
Be encouraged today to know that we forgive for God has forgiven us.
David
Point to ponder: We are forgiven because we have forgiven others.
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