Luke 11:4 “And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.”
Jesus had been asked by one of His disciples to teach them how to pray. He did, of course.
Today, I focused on the word “indebted.” I remembered reading and hearing, from a few Bible scholars, how the word “forgive” comes from the financial world, where a loan, or other type of debt, is dismissed- no longer owed.
So, to forgive someone is to no longer require them to pay you or to make restitution for their “sin” against you. Easy to do if someone steals a small pebble from your driveway, but what about the wife who is beaten by her husband, or the child molested?
It takes a lot of healing, and some time, sometimes a lot of time, but this too can happen. Not for the sake of the offender but for the injured. It's only then that we can release the pain and move on.
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