What is a debt?

After Matthew 6:12

What is a debt, to be

forgiven? A momentary

transaction, to be sure,

but the implication is

larger, something owed.

It might be monetary; but

the idea of debt suggests

something owed. Gossip

is a debt; a damaged

reputation is a debt. Fraud

is a debt. Substitution

is a debt. Life is a debt.

More.

To repay the debt, we are

to forgive as we are

forgiven, to live a life

of honor and service,

a life of atonement,

of mercy given freely,

of good bestowed widely,

as it has been given to us.

as it has been atoned

for us. 

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