The Secret of Brotherly Love by Andrew Murray

ELEVENTH DAY.
'.BS (.\';O{) j)'Otgt"es.
" And forgive us our sins ; for we also
forgive every one that is indebted to us."­
Lu1rn xi. 4.
THE forgiveness of sins is the great
all-embracing gift by which, in
His mercy, God sets the sinner free, and
receives him back into His love and
favour. The forgiveness of sins gives
us boldness towards God, and is the source
of our salvation. The forgiveness of
sins gives us cause for thankfulness every
day of our lives. It is God's will, and
our souls feel the need of it, that we
should each day walk with Him, as those
whose sins are forgiven, and who are
living in the light of His countenance.
As we walk with God in the full assurance
of sins forgiven, He desires that, in
our intercourse with our fellow-men, too,
we should live as those who have been
freely forgiven. And we can only prove
our sincerity by forgiving those who
have offended us, as freely and as willingly
as God has forgiven us.
How clearly and urgently our Lord
speaks upon this ! In the Lord's Prayer
we are taught to pray each day : " Forgive
us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors," and then at the end: " If ye
forgive not men their trespasses, neither
will your Heavenly Father forgive your
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