Michael Kouroupis

It’s easy for me to recognize that a ‘sin’ can be considered a debt that we have both the capacity to abide by and can be directly defined by the ‘law’ that’s impartial and defined adequately.

So we can ask ourselves, “is it a sin not to be nice to everyone”? I guess it all depends on what ‘nice’ means (to both you and another), and just because someone else thinks YOU owe them this debt, doesn’t mean that YOU think you owe them this in the same way they define it.

Therefore, it’s not a ‘law’ of a sort of contractually, mutually understood agreement that can be violated (aka: sinned).

Now if someone speaks up and says that YOU offended them, then would you be apologizing (as in ‘confessing your sins’ to them), then you’re admitting you were ignorant of what the law between you and them actually was, and you’re guilty of violating a law (of conduct) that they alone were uniquely aware of.

Yet it’s a go-to inclination of most to just apologize (confess a sin) of “sorry for getting you upset… sorry if (you think) I offended you.” Hardly what I’d call true Biblical interpretation of what the Bible would say is a real, mutually agreed on law we know we owe to one another.

While it’s a foundation of Biblical doctrine to know that Jesus paid our debt that we could never pay to God ourselves, the question can be posed, “do we forgive other’s debts where they could pay, should pay, and yet just don’t want to?”.

Dare we recognize that forgiving them of their trespasses (debts) they owe, is denying them the opportunity (and responsibility) to get right with others and God Himself?

April 27 2018 • Report