I was up very early this morning to drive to the train station, so I had the opportunity to hear Alistair Begg's 'Truth for Life' broadcast on WAVA radio
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Well, the series Begg is doing now is all about each line of the Lord's Prayer. And in fact he started out his presentation by talking about the way in which that line is often misinterpreted: which is that if you *don't* have a forgiving spirit, God won't forgive *you*. Which is so not right. :) But it's easy to think that's true if you don't have a good foundation.
I completely support the idea that having a forgiving spirit is merely an outward reflection of the fact that you are walking in the spirit.
When I was singing with a chamber choir, we frequently were booked for church services. At each different church, Sturgis would say "this is a trespasses church" or "this is a debtors church" so that we'd know in advance which wording they would use for the Lord's Prayer. This morning's radio show gave me a lot more insight into why "debtors" might be better. :)
Re: drag us through this messandyharperJanuary 16 2001, 12:11:29 UTC
Forgiveness is so difficult !
I like to regard it as a gift.
There's a guy who writes in the Times (UK) called Matthew Paris who occasionally argues against christianity. Recently he argued that there was no such thing as true forgiveness. I must admit I wonder about that. I can thing of an example amongst my own (dear) christian friends. What do you think ?
Re: drag us through this messkittlesJanuary 16 2001, 12:16:39 UTC
I absolutely believe in true forgiveness. For me, a good example is when I can't forgive someone for doing something to me, and later I do the same thing to someone else. I gain perspective on my enemy's (for lack of a better word) motives, and it helps me to realize I am no better than they are, and forgive them.
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I completely support the idea that having a forgiving spirit is merely an outward reflection of the fact that you are walking in the spirit.
When I was singing with a chamber choir, we frequently were booked for church services. At each different church, Sturgis would say "this is a trespasses church" or "this is a debtors church" so that we'd know in advance which wording they would use for the Lord's Prayer. This morning's radio show gave me a lot more insight into why "debtors" might be better. :)
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I like to regard it as a gift.
There's a guy who writes in the Times (UK) called Matthew Paris who occasionally argues against christianity. Recently he argued that there was no such thing as true forgiveness. I must admit I wonder about that. I can thing of an example amongst my own (dear) christian friends. What do you think ?
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