Forgive us our debts....

Thanks for a great discussion last night!  For those that might have missed, we talked about the nature of forgiveness.  At first it seems like forgiveness is conditional upon our ability to forgive others.  We looked at the Lord's Prayer, Matthew 6:14-15 & Matthew 18:23-35.  None of us were very comfortable with a conditional forgiveness, so we ultimately landed on accepting forgiveness from God should form us in a forgiving heart.

We recognized, however, that forgiveness isn't always easy.  My particular argument was that while our forgiveness may not always come easy, for the Christian, it should be consistent.  We can be a forgiving people!  

One of the questions we asked that was never really answered was how to understand these passages in light of their direct language that points to a conditional forgiveness.  Use this space to react to that question, and share other thoughts / insights regarding this weeks study.  I look forward to hearing your comments!