Out of debt

 

오늘의 묵상 (마6:9~15)

 

 

9. 그러므로 이렇게 기도하여라. '하늘에 계신 우리 아버지, 아버지의 이름이 거룩하게 여김을 받으소서.

 

10. 아버지의 나라가 이루어지게 하소서. 아버지의 뜻이 하늘에서처럼 이 세상에서도 이루어지게 하소서.

 

11. 오늘 우리에게 필요한 양식을 주소서.

 

12. 우리에게 잘못한 사람을 우리가 용서해준 것처럼 우리의 죄를 용서하여 주소서.

 

13. 우리들을 시험에 빠지지 않게 하시고, 악으로부터 구원해 주소서.' (아버지는 나라와 권세와 영광을 가지고 계십니다. 아멘)

 

14. 만일 너희가 다른 사람의 잘못을 용서하면, 하늘에 계신 너희 아버지께서도 너희의 죄를 용서해 주실 것이다.

 

15. 그러나 만일 다른 사람을 용서하지 않는다면, 너희 아버지께서도 너희들의 잘못을 용서하지 않으실 것이다.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT OF DEBT

 

 

Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. (Matt. 6:12)

 

“I need $200 more to buy the Jeep,” our son Jeremy told us.

 

Jeremy had diligently saved for more than two years to buy his “dream car,” and we gladly loaned him the extra money he needed. However, once we did, our seventeen-year-old immediately sensed the burden of being in debt. It was a sensation he did not enjoy. When Jeremy finally paid back that last dollar, he felt a weight lifted from his back.

 

When Jesus instructed the disciples to pray that God would forgive their debts, He referred to something far more important than financial obligations. Sin in our lives plummets us into spiritual debt in God's account of righteousness. The only way to climb out of that debt is to ask for forgiveness. But, according to Jesus, that is not enough to put us into the black.

 

We must also forgive those who have run up a sin debt on our accounts. Jesus restated this command even more strongly in verse 15 when He warned that God would not forgive us unless we forgave others. only when we perform the difficult task of forgiving those who have wronged us can we realize and be truly grateful for the price Christ paid to cancel our sin debt.

 

- Tracy Crump

 

 

Check your spiritual bank account and forgive or ask forgiveness to remain debt free.