By Bob Barney
This is a study on forgiveness using The Plain Truth's very own Bible. This is God's Holy Word that has been put in chronological order and has Jesus' words in Red Letter in the Old Testament and the New Testament.
Matthew 6:9-13
Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy.
10 May your Kingdom come soon.
May your will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today the food we need,
12 and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
13 And don’t let us yield to temptation,
but rescue us from the evil one.
This is the second installment on an article I wrote about the misconception that many have about forgiving others. It seems that most think that Christ told us to forgive what evil things people do to OTHER PEOPLE. He did not. Check the Lord's Prayer above and notice the reference to that big "US" in it. He did not say, 'others'! Jesus did not say, "as we have forgiven those who sin against them, or him, or her".
The Plain Truth is, we are to forgive those who sin against us!
Consider the following examples: