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Session 4
C. The Unmerciful Servant
Matthew 18:23-35
INTRODUCTION
Luke 12:48b (ESV)
48 …Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
Job promotion—when you do current job well.
Can’t tell boss- promote me and I’ll do better.
Same with the Kingdom of God.
I. Accepting God’s Grace (23-27)
A.
U.S. Debt today= $13.7 Trillion
1. 10,000 Talents=
a.
Talents= largest denomination in ancient money.
b.
10,000 largest number ancient mind-set could have conceived.
B.
Settling Accounts= judgment
1.
Selling people into slavery= common in ancient world.
2.
Man begs for mercy and makes promise he can’t keep.
3.
King shows pity- This would have surprised audience.
a.
It would have been seen as a sign of weakness.
b.
“Took Pity”= compassion (9:36;14:14; 15:32; 20:34)
II.
Showing God’s Grace (28-31)
A.
It is our responsibility to show the same grace.
(forgive)
B.
This servant refused to show mercy.
1.
Choke= grabbing neck was allowed in Roman law—
a.
Way to show superiority and belittle another.
b.
Took away a person’s dignity.
1. “Pay back what you owe me!” = lit.
“if you owe me.”
a.
He is not even certain of debt.
b.
Not confident of what is owed—but wants it NOW!
C.
“He refused” = lit.
he was not willing.
1.
Conscience decision to harden his heart.
2.
He refused to give same consideration he was given.
III.
Paying for God’s Grace (32-35)
A.
Only have to pay when it is not accepted and shared.
1.
Eph 2:8,
2.
Accepted= accept salvation.
3.
Shared= fruit of a changed life (seed and sower)
B.
Penitence= pay for your crime.
1.
Prison= amount of time needed to pay for crime.
2.
Death Penalty= when no amount of prison time will pay.
3.
Here—“tortured until he should pay back all he owed”
a.
Never would be able to repay all he owed.
b.
This is the state we are in because of sin.
c.
Pergatory is not taught here.
(1) It is clear that it could never be paid.
(2) Prison work can’t pay Trillions in debt.
(3) Hell can never repay our sin debt.
C.
Carson, “Jesus sees no incongruity in the actions of a heavenly Father who forgives so bountifully and punishes so ruthlessly, and neither should we.
Indeed, it is precisely because he is a God of such compassion and mercy that he cannot possibly accept as his those devoid of compassion and mercy.”
D.
God makes forgiveness available for everyone, but only those who appropriate it by a life of forgiving others show that they have genuinely accepted his pardon.
1.
Matthew 6:14-15
2.
Matthew 7:21-23
CONCLUSION
Our unwillingness to forgive others causes all kinds of personal problems.
We must forgive others.
We are Christians.
James 4:11-12 - true faith does not hold grudges with other people.
1 Corinthians 13:5, “love keeps no record of wrongs”
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