罪债得赦免
在这个信用卡时代，人们很容易陷入债务，利率会使我们的债务像滚雪球般增加。如果我们遇到这样的麻烦，就可能需要一位信贷顾问来帮我们谋划一条出路。
在摩西的律法中，神命令以色列人每逢七年末要豁免债务。豁免债务体现了摩西律法仁慈的特点，它要求对穷人采取大方、慷慨的态度。吝啬和缺乏关怀与律法的核心是不相符的，如耶稣所说，律法的根基是爱神，像关心自己一样关心邻舍（参太 22:37-40）。
在全社会范围内豁免债务，就是以宽恕的态度来回应。使徒保罗在以弗所书 4:32中说得很美：“并要以恩慈相待，存怜悯的心，彼此饶恕，正如神在基督里饶恕了你们一样。”
你有没有意识到罪就像负债一样？如果你是某一种罪的奴隶，那就像为自己挖一个越来越深的坑，越挖就越难爬出来。不要放纵自己，要向神呼求，求神赦免你的罪债，并寻求祂的力量，使你顺服地生活。
主啊，感谢祢对我们罪人心存柔和。求祢赦免我们，教导我们更像耶稣，并且爱他人，宽恕他人。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
申命记 15:1-11
1 “每逢七年末一年，你要施行豁免。
2 豁免的定例乃是这样：凡债主要把所借给邻舍的豁免了，不可向邻舍和弟兄追讨，因为耶和华的豁免年已经宣告了。
3 若借给外邦人，你可以向他追讨；但借给你弟兄，无论是什么，你要松手豁免了。
5 你若留意听从耶和华你神的话，谨守遵行我今日所吩咐你这一切的命令，就必在你们中间没有穷人了。在耶和华你神所赐你为业的地上，耶和华必大大赐福于你。
6 因为耶和华你的神必照他所应许你的赐福于你，你必借给许多国民，却不致向他们借贷；你必管辖许多国民，他们却不能管辖你。
7 “在耶和华你神所赐你的地上，无论哪一座城里，你弟兄中若有一个穷人，你不可忍着心，攥着手不帮补你穷乏的弟兄，
8 总要向他松开手，照他所缺乏的借给他，补他的不足。
9 你要谨慎，不可心里起恶念，说：‘第七年的豁免年快到了’，你便恶眼看你穷乏的弟兄，什么都不给他，以致他因你求告耶和华，罪便归于你了。
10 你总要给他，给他的时候心里不可愁烦，因耶和华你的神必在你这一切所行的，并你手里所办的事上，赐福于你。
11 原来那地上的穷人永不断绝，所以我吩咐你说：总要向你地上困苦穷乏的弟兄松开手。
Debts Forgiven
“Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” — Matthew 6:12
In this day of credit cards, it’s easy to get deep into debt, and the interest rate can make our debt snowball. If we get into that kind of trouble, we may need to visit a credit counselor to help us plan a way out.
In the Law of Moses, God commanded the Israelites to cancel debts at the end of every seven years. The cancellation of debts was a merciful feature of the Law of Moses, and it called for an openhanded, generous attitude toward the poor. Stinginess and lack of concern was inconsistent with the heart of the Law, which, as Jesus said, was based on loving God and caring about your neighbor as much as you care about yourself (see Matthew 22:37-40).
Canceling debts on a society-wide level was to be echoed by a forgiving attitude. The apostle Paul expresses this beautifully when he says in Ephesians 4:32: “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Have you ever thought of sin as like getting into debt? If you’re a slave to some particular sin, it’s like digging yourself into a hole, deeper and deeper, making it harder and harder to climb out. Don’t indulge yourself, but cry out to God for the forgiveness of your debts, and seek his strength to live an obedient life.
Lord, thank you for your tenderheartedness to us sinners. Forgive us and teach us to be like Jesus, loving and forgiving toward others. In his name, Amen.
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