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Classical Conversations! - Teach Us to Pray - A Classical ConversationFather: “Debts are often referred to as sins. It is important to understand that Jesus is teachingus to not be hypocrites. For example, think of the hypocrites in the story of the harlot who wasgoing to be stoned (John 8). Can you tell me how this verse is teaching us to avoid hypocrisy?”Child [may require some prompting, but answers should be along these lines]: “Because Godforgives us our sins. For us to refuse to forgive those who sin against us is to behavehypocritically.”Father: “Right. There is also another way to look at this verse: it compares action with apromise. God has promised to forgive us, and we should take action to make sure we do thesame for others. There are many other promises God has given us. Can you think of some?”Child [various possible answers; child may need prompting]: “God promises to help us.”8 / 14
Classical Conversations! - Teach Us to Pray - A Classical ConversationFather: “Yes, He does! So you could substitute ‘help’ here for ‘forgive us our debts’ and ‘as wealso have forgiven our debtors.’ How would that go?”Child: “And help us, as we have helped others.”Father: “So this would be praying for help, but also it would be reminding us of something thatwe should do. What is this other thing we should remember to do?”Child: “We should help others.”Father: “What else could we substitute here? What other promises has God made us?”Child [answers will vary, but here is one possible answer]: “God promises to bless us.”9 / 14
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