What Does "Forgive Us Our Debts" Mean? Matthew 6:12-13 (KJV) | Sermon on the Mount Pt 18

What does "forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" mean? Matthew 6:12-13 (KJV): we ask to be forgiven as we forgive, so faith has to show up in how we live.
Sermon on the Mount Pt 18, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" (Matthew 6:12-13). Matt points out that even in the Lord's Prayer we do not ask for forgiveness on its own. We ask for it "as we forgive." The ball is in your court, and your life is a blank check. "Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another" (Ephesians 4:32), and the servant who was forgiven a huge debt and then choked his fellow servant (Matthew 18) shows what the other road looks like.

The theme is faith without works: faith that produces action. The man sick of the palsy (Mark 2), the woman who said "If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole" (Mark 5), "Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not" (1 John 3), "I am the vine, ye are the branches" (John 15), taking up the cross (Matthew 16:24-27), "created in Christ Jesus unto good works" (Ephesians 2:10), "God hath not given us the spirit of fear" (2 Timothy 1:7), and "by the grace of God I am what I am" (1 Corinthians 15:10).

It ends with the parable of the talents (Matthew 25). The servant who hid his talent said "I was afraid," and "the fearful" head the list in Revelation 21:8. Matt's answer: walk through it afraid.

Questions answered
- What does "forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" mean? (2:01)
- What does "lead us not into temptation" mean? (2:33)
- Why did the unforgiving servant lose his forgiveness? (5:06)
- What does "faith without works is dead" look like in real life? (10:59)
- Were Old Testament saints born again? (31:00)
- Why did the servant hide his talent? (1:11:34)

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Chapters
0:00 Matthew 6, Verses 12-13: Faith Without Works and the Blank Check
2:01 Forgive Us Our Debts (Matthew 6, Verse 12)
2:33 Lead Us Not Into Temptation (Matthew 6, Verse 13)
3:34 Forgiving One Another (Ephesians 4, Verse 32)
5:06 The Unforgiving Servant (Matthew 18)
5:25 The Man Sick of the Palsy (Mark 2)
10:59 Faith Produces Action
11:53 The Woman Who Touched His Clothes (Mark 5)
17:34 Whosoever Abideth in Him Sinneth Not (1 John 3)
21:55 Children of God and Children of the Devil
24:50 Born of God (John 1, Verses 12-13)
27:51 Not as Cain (1 John 3, Verse 12)
31:00 Were Old Testament Saints Born Again?
32:54 A Dream About an Orange Tree
34:46 I Am the Vine (John 15, Verses 1-6)
37:28 Take Up His Cross (Matthew 16, Verses 24-27)
38:57 Dead in Trespasses and Sins (Ephesians 2)
41:07 The God of This World (2 Corinthians 4)
43:35 Created Unto Good Works (Ephesians 2, Verse 10)
44:32 Not the Spirit of Fear (2 Timothy 1, Verses 7-9)
46:04 Predestination or Destiny?
50:42 Every Man's Work Made Manifest (1 Corinthians 3)
59:47 God Worketh in You (Philippians 2, Verse 13)
1:01:53 A Christian Library and a Food Forest
1:03:41 Make You Perfect in Every Good Work (Hebrews 13, Verses 20-21)
1:04:53 Fret Not Thyself (Psalm 37)
1:07:40 By the Grace of God I Am What I Am (1 Corinthians 15)
1:11:34 The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25)
1:19:37 I Was Afraid
1:20:35 But the Fearful (Revelation 21, Verse 8)
1:21:53 Walk Through It Afraid

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