[blue-duncan]

"God expects us to be able to forgive before we can ask for forgiveness."

God expects us to forgive because we have been forgiven. The Lord's Prayer is for the sons of God, not the world. It is "Our Father" not to "Whomever this may concern".

[Dr. Eckleburg]

God expects us to forgive because we have been forgiven. The Lord's Prayer is for the sons of God, not the world. It is "Our Father" not to "Whomever this may concern".

Amen and bump to the particular, personal, predestined love of God for each of His sheep by name.

"I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them." -- John 17:9-10

[kosta50]

God expects us to forgive because we have been forgiven

No, He expects us to forgive before we ask for forgiveness. Your Bible version is misleading you into false theology. The original (Greek) Lord's Prayer says:

And forgive (afeV)...as we have forgiven (afhkamen)

The merciful (those who have shown mercy and forgiveness) shall receive mercy (the Beatitudes).