What is the meaning of Matthew 6 14 15

15nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.First, we want people to honor god's name the word hallow means to treat as holy, to hold in reverence, to give a unique place.You are forgiven, saved, forever.Here is a promise, if you forgive, your heavenly father will also forgive.Perhaps he anticipated the thought wouldn't everybody be impressed if i was like that? so here jesus addressed the danger of cultivating an image of righteousness.

See, when we are saved, just as i said, it is once for all.14you are the light of the world.There is a sense in which, the moment you are saved, you are forgiven for every sin, past, present, and future, that you ever commit.15 but if you do not forgive others their sins, your father will not forgive your sins.He is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him. a.

We should be consumed for god's glory.The word debt means a failure to pay that which is due or a failure of duty. 1 all people are in debt to god because he is our ruler, and he has given us many commands and duties to fulfill.The study hints for thinking further, which are also available on the bible lesson forum, will aid.The word holy actually means something like reserved.Not that the forgiveness of others is the procuring cause of forgiveness with god, which is the blood of christ;

Will hear your prayers, and manifest his forgiving love to you:— then there is the forgiveness we experience every day for our daily sins.You can't get forgiveness from god, for instance, without also forgiving others.