This scripture passage is so interesting and complex. A real cautionary tale. Chad sorts it all out for us, pointing us to Christ and His forgiveness, and warning us to resist taking matters of retribution into our own hands.

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Lyrics to "For Want of Forgiveness"

Let me go, and leave my heart of stone

I’ll walk away

From getting even

For the times I was betrayed

And thought revenge

My only solution

Sunlight

flooding into darkness

You hold me up, and I’m letting go

Jesus, walking on the water

You come for me, and I’m letting go

Chorus:

But Abner;

Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not fettered;

No man showed you mercy

Forgiving his debtor
as one falls before the wicked
you have fallen.”

For want of forgiveness

Deliver me from seeking my revenge

At the shrine of retribution

And I trust that Lord You have forgiven me

And I received Your absolution

Sunlight

flooding into darkness

You hold me up, so I’m letting go

Jesus, walking on the water

You come for me, and I’m letting go

Chorus:

But Abner;

Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not fettered;

None showed you mercy

You were the debtor
as one falls before the wicked
you have fallen.”

For want of forgiveness

Don’t want to live a lie

Empty and alone

For want of forgiveness

A fool without friends

Take my heart of stone

I have been forgiven