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To: blue-duncan; Forest Keeper; Kolokotronis; jo kus; Dr. Eckleburg
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).

11,081 posted on 02/24/2007 4:10:20 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Forest Keeper; Kolokotronis; jo kus; Dr. Eckleburg

"Your Bible version is misleading you into false theology"

No, my bible is correct theology. The Lord's Prayer was taught to His disciples later in His ministry when the disciples had been called and again after they had been commissioned and sent out to minister. They were already sons of God so could call God, Father. No one can call God, Father unless given the authority by the Father dependant upon their believing that Jesus is the Christ, not by forgiving some one else.


11,083 posted on 02/24/2007 5:30:10 PM PST by blue-duncan
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