Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift [Matt. 5:23, 24, AV]. Prayer is of the spirit; it is not form. If we pray, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors” and do not forgive our debtors, who are we fooling? Jesus challenges us here to break through the shell of formal prayer and fulfill the law of spiritual consciousness.
