Praying as Christ Taught Us: Forgive Our Debtors

One of the hardest commands in the Christian life is found in the next petition of the Lord’s Prayer: forgive those who sin against us. Not once. Not when it’s easy. Not when the other person deserves it, but again and again and again. In other words, Jesus says we should stop counting. Forgiveness in the kingdom of God is not about keeping score, but about having a transformed heart. To make that clear, Jesus tells a parable that expands the command in the Lord’s Prayer—exposing not just how often we forgive, but whether we truly understand grace at all.