Bible Society of South Africa
Ds Hein Barnard

Forgiveness – Day 15

The Lord’s Prayer can be a very convenient prayer to pray, but we often forget that verse 12 requires a particularly important act from the person who prays this prayer.

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

MATHEU 6

Thuto ya Jesu ka tsa thapelo

5“Hape ha le rapela, le se ke la etsisa baikaketsi, ba ratang ho rapela ba eme matlung a thapelo le mabaleng a motse, hore ba bonahale ho batho; kannete ke a le bolella, ba se ba amohetse moputso wa bona. 6Empa wena ha o rapela, kena ka kamoreng ya hao, o kwale monyako, o rapele Ntatao ya leng teng le sephiring, mme Ntatao ya bonang le sephiring o tla o buseletsa. 7Jwale ha le rapela le se ke la ya lolololo jwaloka bahedene, ba hopolang hore ba tla utluwa ka baka la mantswe a bona a mangata. 8Le se ke la ba etsisa, hobane Ntata lona o sa ntsa tseba tseo le di hlokang, le eso mo kope.

9“Ha ho le jwalo, lona rapelang tjena:

“ ‘Ntata rona ya mahodimong,

lebitso la hao le halaletswe;

10Mmuso wa hao o tle;

thato ya hao e etswe lefatsheng

jwaloka lehodimong.

11O re fe kajeno bohobe ba rona

ba tsatsi le leng le le leng;

12o re tshwarele ditshito tsa rona,

jwalokaha le rona re tshwarela

ba re sitetsweng;

13o re phemise ho kena molekong,

o mpe o re lopolle bobeng,

hobane Mmuso ke wa hao,

le matla, le tlotla,

kamehla le mehla. Amen.’

14“Ha le tshwarela batho diphoso tsa bona, le lona Ntata lona ya mahodimong o tla le tshwarela; 15athe ha le sa tshwarele batho, Ntata lona le yena a ke ke a le tshwarela diphoso tsa lona.”

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Forgiveness in the Gospels – 2

When we take verse 12 as it stands, we ask God to forgive us in the same way as we forgive others who have wronged us.  The explanation of verse 12 can be read in verses 14-15.  When we do not forgive others, we think that we are not sinners and have no need for forgiveness. 

It is imperative that we forgive others, as God has graciously forgiven us for every sin that we have committed.  A spirit of unforgiveness should never be present in the life of a believer or the church.

Forgiveness is the process of the restoration of a broken relationship with God, and with our neighbours and with ourselves.

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