Forgiveness

At the time of this posting the National Debt was $14, 698,142,844,866. Which breaks down to a debt of $47,084 per citizen and a Debt of $131,144 per taxpayer. What would happen if tomorrow we woke up and had to each pay our share of America's national debt? I don't know about you, but there is no way I could pay my share of the national debt. It is just too great. 

Now what would happen if tomorrow morning we each stood before the Lord and we told to give account of all the sins we have committed throughout our lives. What would the numbers look like for our own Spiritual Debt towards God. Could you pay off what you owe to God for all the sins you have committed? The answer is of course, no. According to Scripture just one sin is too great a debt for any mortal to repay.

Yet, this Sunday Jesus tells us something about God the Father. In the parable of the ungrateful servant we see a glimpse of the Father's Divine compassion on sinners. We see God's justice upon both sin and sinners. Yet, we also see how God's compassion for sinners is greater than all our sins. It is finished... one of the last words spoken by Jesus from the cross. Literally paid in full, debt cancel, sins forgiven. 

What does this mean for us today? It means that yes we can forgive our neighbor when they sin against us. How, because we ourselves have been forgiven. Thus we pray... Our Father forgive us our debt as we forgive those are indebted to us.