"Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sins against us." - Luke  11: 4  

The forgiveness we are called to exhibit as Christ's disciples is  radical. It’s the kind of forgiveness that people don’t understand. It  baffles them. It doesn’t make sense to them to forgive the unforgivable.  Our default position is to be self-righteous, to seek revenge, and to  harbor resentments; but that’s not the way of Jesus.   

Like our own justification before God, the forgiveness we are called to  live out isn’t based on merit, and it isn’t based on what we think one  deserves or doesn’t deserve. It is based on grace and grace alone.  

This is the upside-down way of the Kingdom of God that we are called  into as residents of that kingdom on Earth. It is precisely this kind of  forgiveness that has brought about true healing and true change  throughout history time and time again.

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