The Lord’s Prayer: God May Withdraw All His Forgiveness Lacking Strict Forgiveness of Others at the Final Judgment

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     Strictly Required and ever mindful, whether currently affected, you may attempt to save someone’s life by its brief mention.                   

     I had this wrong for over 60 years. It is not a mere subtly to what most already know and may appear incredible now. You can also become more convinced by the full support in the complete article. If there is a current need to forgive someone, this may promptly relieve you within.   

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 Summary 

     The fifth petition of the Lord’s Prayer, also known as the Our Father, provides (one tradition, selected from Wikipedia, generally suitable for the public) “and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; [an italic and underscore emphasis added.]. ”      

     By itself, the wording and structure of the Lord’s Prayer confirm that our forgiveness of others is a strict requirement, or there will be a withdrawal of the Lord Jesus’ forgiveness at the final judgment. As incredible as it may seem, absent strict compliance, there will be a withdrawal of the forgiveness already bestowed by the Lord Jesus’ dying sacrifice for us.                  

     By far, most are unaware that the Lord Jesus intends forgiveness of others to be our first concern before God’s forgiveness of us, requiring strict compliance, or losing the forgiveness He has already bestowed. Forgiveness must be total and complete, not the fair measure type of thinking mentioned in the full article.        

     This strict requirement should already be in the back of our minds Before considering God’s forgiveness of us, yet a large portion of the world’s population is unaware of it! It is all for real.      

     Immediately after providing the Lord’s Prayer, Lord Jesus returned to the fifth petition’s forgiveness, including the forgiveness of others. We must observe this, the only part of the Lord’s Prayer He developed explicitly in the Sermon on the Mount. We must take full notice of its importance to Him by including it within the prayer as our constant reminder ¹·.    

¹· Furthermore and beyond, it is far more than our constant reminder. Through this alone (supported by the withdrawal in the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, Matthew 18:21-35, NABRE, Matthew NABRE note 18:35), the Lord required strict forgiveness of others at the final judgment (fully explained in the full article).          

     It overrides anything and everything. Most respectfully, it overrides anything heard or perceived in any way to the contrary in having sins forgiven from a priest or anyone else, past or future. The prudent and proper assumption is being responsible for an entire lifetime of sins over perhaps a few forgiveness challenges (We cannot rule out even one.).       

     Within the full article, you will see how this part of the prayer’s structure and wording are enough to shake the Universe (the only hyperbolē in this summary). Merely to be noted, Lord Jesus made clear it is a strict requirement within His unique manner of expression, perhaps somewhat demanding in tone (The as in italics and underscored in the fifth petition above, explained in the full article.). Also, the doctrine of sola fide, justification by faith alone, does not apply when already bestowed forgiveness, whether through faith alone, will be withdrawn.     

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