Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Forgive like we have been forgiven


Our Series on the Lord's prayer is continuing. And Sunday Pastor Bob was right on form. He tied in Daily Bread and forgiveness and it gave me new insight into this very idea. You see to in Eastern culture to share Bread with someone is to accept them, to be right with them. And it says "Give us this day OUR daily Bread. Not MY. That means all of us ... in this together. Including the hungry, including the brother with whom fellowship has been broken all of us.
I was also stuck by A quote Bob used from Dietrich Bonhoffer. from Life together "The pious fellowship permits no one to be a sinner. So everybody must conceal his sin from himself and from the fellowship. We dare not be sinners. Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when a real sinner is suddenly discovered among the righteous. So we remain alone with our sin, living in lies and hypocrisy. The fact is that we ARE sinners!
How right Bonhoffer gets it so often.
I think one thing that can really bog us down in our walk is when we harbour unforgiveness in our heart. We are so offended when others sin against us and become self righteous and judgmental, yet we are also sinners, who sin against God often. And against others. We should not be surprised at how others sin when we consider our own.
I feel very challenged about this especially when I consider how judgmental we become when some well know Christian person has sinned and it becomes public knowledge.

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Anonymous said...

Unforgiveness can be a big problem. It takes grace and love to get beyond our hurts.

You are right though. This can really hold us back

Paul said...

We should not be surprised at how others sin when we consider our own.

Words of wisdom, Phil!

Hope you are OK - it's quiet here (but quiet places are hard to find)