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There is absolutely no reason to feel self-righteous about living a selfless life.
As the Lord's prayer stipulates, we forgive our debtors because we are forgiven. And our debt to God, payed by his only Son, is far greater than the debts that anybody owes us. Remember the parable of the selfish man who owed the king money, but was ruthless when his own debtor failed to pay. The result? He ended up obliged to pay his own debt, and was forced into prison, subjected to a lower level than even his debtor.
We must remember that we are forever in His debt. We can never repay him, but thank God, we don't have to. The least we can do is to obey Him in forgiving those who wrong us.
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