church-notes/references/Heidelberg/LD51.md

Lord’s Day 51

126. Q. What does the fifth petition mean?

A. “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” means: Because of Christ’s blood, do not impute to us, poor sinners that we are, any of the transgressions we do or the evil that constantly clings to us.¹ Forgive us just as we are fully determined, as evidence of your grace in us, wholeheartedly to forgive our neighbors.²

¹ Ps. 51:1–7; 143:2; Rom. 8:1; 1 John 2:1–2 ² Matt. 6:14–15; 18:21–35