Sermon Luke 11:1-4 Forgive Us Our Debts Introduction

If you could lick my heart, it would poison you” snarled a Jewish holocaust survivor in Claude Lanzmann’s film Shoah

UNIMAGINABLE Forgiveness runs counter to the inclination of our hearts. True gospel forgiveness is something that can only be explained by the Holy Spirit.

Forgiveness runs counter to the inclination of our hearts Forgiveness runs counter to the inclination of our hearts. True gospel forgiveness is something that can only be explained by the Holy Spirit.

Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” And he said to them, “When you pray, say:

“Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.” (Luke 11:1-4 ESV)

This prayer shows us that we need…. Roots in God and his kingdom Branches Fruit

In this prayer we see two crucial truths: If is proper for the believer to acknowledge his or her sin and experience forgiveness. There is a connection between the forgiveness we get from God and the forgiveness we grant to others.

The Christian is one who lives on the basis of forgiveness. It is proper for the believer to acknowledge his or her sin and experience forgiveness. The Christian is one who lives on the basis of forgiveness.

Forgiveness means that God ate the debt. God's forgiveness takes sin seriously and so should ours. God's forgiveness reckons with a real settling of accounts and so should ours.

God's forgiveness was costly and so is ours. It cost God his Son. God's forgiveness is real and ours should be too.

CALL IT SIN, CALL IT FORGIVEN, AND CALL ON GOD. When we confess: CALL IT SIN, CALL IT FORGIVEN, AND CALL ON GOD. We should approach God with a sense of joy and confidence that he has forgiven us in Christ, but the experience of it is rarely ours until we come to confess

“AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS” Big sinners with a Big Savior are Big Forgivers.

“ The unforgiving Christian brands himself a hypocrite.” J.I. Packer It may be that if we really want to know what we worship, then we should ask ourselves, “What can I not forgive?”

Resolved, to act, in all respects, both speaking and doing, as if nobody had been so vile as I, and as if I had committed the same sins, or had the same infirmities or failings as others; and that I will let the knowledge of their failings promote nothing but shame in myself, and prove only an occasion of my confessing my own sins and misery to God.

“Forgive our sins as we forgive,” —you taught us, Lord, to pray; But you alone can grant us grace To live the words we say.

How can your pardon reach and bless The unforgiving heart That broods on wrongs, and will not let Old bitterness depart?

In blazing light your Cross reveals The truth we dimly knew, How small the debts men owe to us, How great our debt to you.

Lord, cleanse the depths within our souls, And bid resentment cease; Then, reconciled to God and man, Our lives will spread your peace. Rosamond Herklots

The ABC’s of coming to faith – A - Admit that you’re weak and need grace and strength – That means there is GOOD NEWS FOR YOU   B- Believe that Jesus is the only savior who can heal your heart. C- confess to God that you want to trust Jesus as your savior and Lord.  

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come.  Thy will be done on earth,  As it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.  And lead us not into temptation,  But deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom,  The power, and the glory,  For ever and ever.  Amen.