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In this service, Pastor Julie takes a focused look at what forgiveness actually is, and what it isn't, and who, in the end, forgiveness is mostly for. Jesus said it plainly in the Lord's Prayer: forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. It may be the hardest thing he ever asked.
The sermon text is Matthew 6:5–15: the Lord's Prayer in its original context, tucked inside the Sermon on the Mount. Paul's words in Romans 5 add unexpected company: while we were still sinners. Forgiveness rarely waits for the other person to deserve it—which is what makes it so costly, and so freeing. Accompanying scriptures are Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19 and Romans 5:1-8.