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Daily Text
Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. —Matt. 6:12, NW.
A sin of transgression against God's law puts us in debt to him. For our sin he could demand and exact our lives; he could banish us from his holy organization and from fellowship and association with it. He could withdraw his peace from us, breaking off all peaceful relations with us. He could make us turn to him all we got from him by his undeserved kindness. We owe him love, expressed in obedience; and when we sin, we fail in paying our debt of love to him, for sin is unloving toward God. This petition would not be authorized unless there was some basis for God's forgiveness of us. The basis for it is not just his love and mercy in an abstract way and without regard to his perfect justice which requires death for sin. The basis for forgiveness is his love and mercy expressed in the human sacrifice of his Son Jesus Christ which completely met all the demands of justice in our behalf. So, to pray this, we must accept Christ's sacrifice. W 8/15
Monthly Theme
THE CONGREGATION OF GOD
MANY are the conflicting claims of numerous religious systems concerning "the church", about which so many good and heartening things are written in the Holy Scriptures . Some contend that their religious organization alone has exclusive right to represent God . They say that the individual seeking God's favor ...
