SCRIPTURE: Matthew (NIV) 18:23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. 26 “The servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, cancelled the debt and let him go.
OBSERVATION: What a kind master! It is good to know that the kingdom of heaven is like this king—willing to forgive and cancel debts, even big ones!
SCRIPTURE: Matthew (NIV) 18:28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow-servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.29 “His fellow-servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’ 30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. 32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow-servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
APPLICATION: The servant was not willing to forgive a small debt just as the master had forgiven him the large debt, so the master treated the servant just as he had treated his fellow-servant!
Note to me: My Heavenly Father will treat me just as this unless I forgive.
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, help me be quick to forgive just as I have been forgiven! Amen
Pastor Leon
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