Sermon Tone Analysis

Question 126.

What is the fifth petition?

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

That is: For the sake of Christ’s blood, do not impute to us, wretched sinners, any of our transgressions, nor the evil which still clings to us, as we also find this evidence of your grace in us that we are fully determined wholeheartedly to forgive our neighbor.

Kevin DeYoung: “We need daily bread that we might live.

We need daily forgiveness that we might not die.”

Tanong 126.

Ano ang ikalimang pagsamo?

At patawarin Mo kami sa aming mga utang, tulad ng pagpapatawad namin sa mga may utang sa amin, na ang ibig sabihin ay: Alang-alang sa dugo ni Cristo, huwag Mong ibilang sa aming mga hamak na makasalanan ang anumang pagsalansang o kasamaang nananatili pa sa amin, kung papaanong nakikita namin ang patotoong ito ng Iyong biyaya sa aming sarili kung kaya kami ay puspusang nagpapasiya na taos-pusong magpatawad sa aming kapwa.

Kevin DeYoung: “On our best days, our perfect God gets only imperfect obedience and imperfect worship from us.

We are hopeless debtors.”

Question 56.

What do you believe concerning the forgiveness of sins?

I believe that God, because of Christ’s atonement, will no more remember my sins, nor my sinful nature, against which I have to struggle all my life, but will graciously grant me the righteousness of Christ, that I may never come into condemnation.

Kevin DeYoung: “The unforgiving heart is the unforgiven heart.”

God does not only grant forgiveness, he also grants a forgiving heart.

A forgiven sinner has a forgiving heart.

God’s grace to forgive is also his grace to give us the heart to forgive.

So, ask for forgiveness, and it will be given to you.

Ask for a forgiving heart and it will also be given to you.