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The Unforgiving Servant
Recap
What is a parable?
greek word “parabole”
Literally means “cast alongside”, “putting things side by side”, with the purpose to compare.
Literally means “cast alongside”, “putting things side by side”, with the purpose to compare.
Jesus’ parables were stories “cast alongside” truth in order to illustrate that truth
Jesus’ parables were stories “cast alongside” truth in order to illustrate that truth
The truth was hidden mysteries
The truth was hidden mysteries
Why did Jesus speak in Parables?
Why did Jesus speak in Parables?
The reason Jesus spoke in parables was not so that they could understand more, it was to hide the truth
The message of Jesus blinds, deafens, and hardens because the truth hurt
The message of Jesus blinds, deafens, and hardens because the truth hurts
Speaking in parables was a judgement on the people that were rejecting His teachings
Speaking in parables was a judgement on the people that were rejecting His teachings
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Parable of the Talents
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
Break into small groups
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Mathe
Context
We have Peter asking Jesus a question.
“Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?”
Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
Why was Peter asking Jesus about forgiving his brother?
The verses right before
Matthew
This leads up to Peters question
Which is logical
How many times do I forgive him?
Is there a limit on forgiveness?
Jesus responds with a parable about forgiveness
In this parable the main characters are a king and his servant
The king has come to settle accounts
A familiar theme
Accountability
God calls all men to give an account of their lives and what they have done with it
We are stewards.
We are carers of the things God owns
The difference in this parable.
This isn’t an account of final judgment
This isn’t an account of final judgment
“Therefore” in v23 links it to the passages before this
The passages before this are all about a christian forgiving another christian
v21 Peter says “how often will my BROTHER sin against me”
So its clear that the servant in the parable is a believer.
A brother.
We will answer these questions as we go through the parable
The Unforgiving Servant
Peters “7 times”
Question makes perfect sense (already touched on this)
Peter throws out “7 times”???
Why did Peter throw out a number to begin with?
Jewish rabbis at that time taught that forgiving someone more than three times was unnecessary
Jews had put a limit on forgiveness
They get this from Amos
They get this from Amos
Amos 1:
And so
Repeats in v11& 13
From this the Jews concluded that you are only to forgive 3 times
With that in mind, Peter’s saying “7 times” was him thinking he was being generous
Peter’s saying “7 times” was him thinking he was being generous
Jesus’ response
matthew 18
What was the significance of Jesus’ number?
What did He mean?
70 x 7 = 490
Who could keep count of 490 offenses?
No one!
The number is so large you would lose count
Thats the point!
We are not called to count how many times our brother offends us.
We are called to forgive
The bible says in “Love keeps no record of wrong”
You cant put a number.
You cant put a limit on forgiveness.
luke
In Luke he says
7 times in a day
Lukes account is even crazier
In a day after one time of my kids annoying me I’m ready to go off
You see the point.
Not about the number
If that is the case then the question is why?
Why I do I have to forgive someone who continuously offends me?
Jesus goes to explain
Let’s keep going
matthew 18:23
We already touched on the similarities with this parable and the parable of the talents
The talents in both parables have different meanings
Parable of the talents = Responsibility, gifts, family.
Here talents represent SIN
10,000 talents some ppl have estimated any where from 16 million to a billion dollars
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