The Impossibility of Forgiveness
Psalm 130:1-4 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
Kallistos Ware points out that while the psalms frequently talk about forgiveness, they do not very clearly talk about the fact that we are called to forgive one another. Jesus teaches us to forgive one another. He teaches us to pray, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” And he tells Peter that he must…
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