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Week 5 of Year 4 "Forgive Us"

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For adult study: "Forgive Us"

The story summary and questions were written in a way that makes it possible to use a New Testament reference in place of the Urantia reference. A selected chapter from a 1932 book, titled Treasure-House of the Living Religions, supports a spiritual theme that is found within the story. Children will use a one page handout that includes a coloring picture.

Paper 144:3
The Urantia Book

Teach us how to pray

Students may read Paper 144:3.1-12 or entire section

The disciples learned many things about prayer from Jesus. He taught them to pray privately for their own needs. They learned to pray for others, even for their enemies. One day, a disciple said to Jesus, "Master, teach us how to pray,” like John the Baptist taught his disciples. So, Jesus gave them a model prayer that became known as the Lord’s Prayer. Part of the prayer says, “And forgive us every one our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.”

Discussion Questions

What are some different words to substitute for “debts”? We should know that God understands us and readily forgives us. We can learn to understand and forgive our debtors. Why is it important to forgive other people? 


Procedure for using the PDF handouts with children

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Additional reading:

This paragraph is point number 3 in Jesus' discourse at Jotapata. In this paragraph, Jesus explains the "synchrony of divine and human forgiveness."

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Re: Forgiveness

2:4.2 ... Since God knows all about his children, it is easy for him to forgive. The better man understands his neighbor, the easier it will be to forgive him, even to love him.

159:1.3  “The Father in heaven loves his children, and therefore should you learn to love one another; the Father in heaven forgives you your sins; therefore should you learn to forgive one another.

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New Testament reference

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Chapter 43—Forgiveness—p.230

Be ye kind one to another, tender-
Hearted, forgiving one another,
Even as God hath forgiven you.  (Christianity)


God is forgiving, merciful. 

Vie in haste for pardon from your Lord 

And a Paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, 

Prepared for the God-fearing, 

Who give alms alike in prosperity and unsuccess, 

And who master their anger, and forgive others. 

God loveth the doers of good.  (Islam)


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