Photos more Primary The Forgiveness Cycle Solid Joys to me 4 days ago Details The Forgiveness Cycle By John Piper “ And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.” (Luke 11:4) Who forgives whom first? On the one hand, Jesus says, “Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.” (Luke 11:4) On the other hand, Paul says, “As the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” (Colossians 3:13) When Jesus teaches us to pray that God would forgive us, “for we ourselves forgive,” he is not saying that the first move in forgiveness was our move. Rather, it goes like this: God forgave us when we believed in Christ (Acts 10:43). Then, from this broken, joyful, grateful, hopeful experience of being forgiven, we offer forgiveness to others. This forgiving spirit signifies that we have been savingly forgiven. That is, our forgiving others shows that we have faith; we are u
