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The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland Moderator of Synod: Rev D Campbell MA, F P Manse, North Tolsta, HS2 0NH. Clerk of Synod: Rev J MacLeod MA, 6 Church Avenue, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6BU; tel: 0208 309 1623, e-mail: JMacL265@aol.com. Assistant Clerk: Rev J R Tallach MB ChB, 2 Fleming Place, Stornoway, HS1 2NH; tel: 01851 702501. General Treasurer: Mr W Campbell, 133 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6LE; tel: 0141 332 9283, fax 0141 332 4271, e-mail: wc.fpchurch@btconnect.com. Law Agents: Brodies LLP, 15 Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 8AH; tel: 0131 228 3777. Clerks to Presbyteries: Northern: Rev G G Hutton BA, 11 Auldcastle Road, Inverness, IV2 3PZ; tel: 01463 712872. Southern: Rev R MacLeod BA, 4 Laurel Park Close, Glasgow, G13 1RD; tel: 0141 954 3759. Western: Rev A E W MacDonald MA, F P Manse, Gairloch, Ross-shire, IV21 2BS; tel: 01445 712247. Outer lsles: Rev K D Macleod BSc, F P Manse, Ferry Road, Leverburgh, Isle of Harris, HS5 3UA; tel: 01859 520271. Australia and New Zealand: Rev G B Macdonald BSc, 60 Hamilton St, Riverstone, NSW 2765; tel. 02 9627 3408. Zimbabwe: Rev S Khumalo, Stand No 56004, Mazwi Road, Lobengula, PO Magwegwe, Bulawayo; tel: 00263 9407131. Zimbabwe Mission Office: 9 Robertson Street, Parkview, Bulawayo; tel: 002639 62636, fax: 002639 61902, e-mail: fpchurch@gmail.com. Residential Care Homes: Ballifeary House, 14 Ness Walk, Inverness, IV3 5SQ; tel: 01463 234679. Leverburgh Residential Care Home, Ferry Road, Leverburgh, Isle of Harris, HS5 3UA; tel: 01859 520296. Website of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland: www.fpchurch.org.uk. The Free Presbyterian Magazine Published by The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland (Scottish Charity Number SC003545). Subscriptions and changes of address to be sent to the General Treasurer, Mr W Campbell, 133 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6LE; tel: 0141 332 9283. The subscription year begins in January. Prices are on back cover. One month’s notice is required for change of address. Queries about delivery of the magazines should be sent to the General Treasurer, not the printer. Editor: Rev K D Macleod BSc, F P Manse, Ferry Road, Leverburgh, Isle of Harris, HS5 3UA. Tel: 01859 520271; e-mail: kdmacleod@gmail.com. Unsigned articles are by the Editor. Editorial Board: The Editor, Rev N M Ross, Rev D W B Somerset, Mr K H Munro. Deadline for sending material to the Editor: The beginning of the month previous to publication. The Gaelic Supplement (quarterly): Editor: Rev A W MacColl MA PhD, F P Manse, Swainbost, Isle of Lewis, HS2 0TA. Available free on request. Youth Magazine: The Young People's Magazine. Editor: Rev K D Macleod BSc. Communions January: First Sabbath: Nkayi; Fourth: Auckland, Inverness, New Canaan. February: First Sabbath: Broadstairs; Second: Dingwall; Third: Stornoway; Fourth: North Uist, Zenka. March: First Sabbath: Larne, Sydney, Ullapool; Second: Ness, Portree, Tarbert; Third: Halkirk, Kyle of Lochalsh; Fourth: Barnoldswick; Fifth: Gisborne, Ingwenya, North Tolsta. April: Second Sabbath: Leverburgh, Staffin; Third: Chesley, Laide; Fourth: Glasgow; Mbuma. May: First Sabbath: Aberdeen, Grafton, London; Second: Achmore, Donsa, Fort William, New Canaan, Scourie; Third: Edinburgh; Fourth: Chiedza. June: First Sabbath: Auckland, Farr, Perth; Second: Nkayi, Santa Fe, Shieldaig; Third: Lochcarron, Uig; Fourth: Gairloch, Raasay; Fifth: Bulawayo, Inverness. July: First Sabbath: Beauly; Second: Bonar Bridge, Staffin; Third: Applecross; Fourth: Cameron, Struan. August: First Sabbath: Dingwall; Second: Leverburgh, New Canaan, Somakantana; Third: Laide; Fourth: Stornoway, Tomatin, Vatten, Zenka. September: First Sabbath: Chesley, Larne, Sydney, Ullapool; Second: Halkirk, Mnaka, Portree; Third: Tarbert; Fourth: Aberdeen, Barnoldswick, North Uist; Fifth: Ingwenya. October: First Sabbath: Dornoch, Grafton, Lochcarron, North Tolsta; Second: Gairloch, Ness; Third: Gisborne, London; Fourth: Edinburgh, Uig, Mbuma. November: Second Sabbath: Glasgow; Third: Wellington; Fourth: Chiedza. December: First Sabbath: Singapore; Third: Bulawayo, Santa Fe, Tauranga.
The Free Presbyterian Magazine Vol 118 February 2013 No 2 The Full Price Paid Peter once asked his Master how often he could be expected to forgive his brother: “Till seven times?” To Peter this must have seemed the limit of what was reasonable, but Jesus made clear that he must be prepared to forgive much oftener. He told a parable about a King who examined the accounts of his servants and found one who was in debt to the tune of 10 000 talents, a vast amount of money. Out of compassion, the King cancelled the debt. Yet that servant later demanded repayment from a fellow servant who owed him a mere 100 pence and refused to show the least compassion when the other man was unable to pay. The parable was intended to illustrate the reasonableness of forgiven sinners forgiving their fellows and indeed, before God, their obligation to do so. Peter, having been forgiven by God, must be willing to forgive his brother, no matter how often his brother wronged him. Clearly the parable implies also the vast extent to which sinners are in debt to the great King whose subjects we all are. When a sinner is brought to feel his guilt before God, he must realise that he cannot repay that debt; the debt is far too great, for each individual sin deserves eternal punishment. The sinner may try to bargain with God and offer some degree of payment – some reduction in his level of sinning, or some good works: prayer, for example, or Bible reading or acts of kindness. The first difficulty is that his good works are themselves imperfect; there is sin in everything he does, for he cannot meet God’s standard of perfect holiness – which requires us to do everything to God’s glory. So, instead of reducing his guilt to God by his good works, the sinner is in fact adding to his debt. The further difficulty is that, if he is to pay off his debt to God, he must pay it in full, he must pay Him “the uttermost farthing” (Mt 5:26). This is what the Bible teaches, and what many a sinner has discovered by experience. He is in debt, but he cannot begin to pay off the debt. There is only one other possibility: to find someone who can pay the debt for him. Clearly that cannot be a fellow human being, with a debt of his own which is beyond his power to pay. If we were left to our own devices, we could never discover anyone both willing and able to pay off our debt. But we are
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