Forgive. To forgive someone is to cancel a debt. The Greek word apoluso means “to free from” or “to loose from.” When we forgive, we release a person from the debt they owe to us. We also release them from the chains that keep us bound to them and to the power of sin. When we cancel a debt in this way, we release the other person from what is owed to us, but not from what is owed to God. In a sense, we are handing them over to God’s collection agency and letting Him deal with the debt.
