Lord Forgive Them, For They Know What They Do!

Matthew 18:21–35 NLT

21 Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” 22 “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven! 23 “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. 24 In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars. 25 He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt. 26 “But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’ 27 Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt. 28 “But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment. 29 “His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he pleaded. 30 But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full. 31 “When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him everything that had happened. 32 Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me. 33 Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ 34 Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt. 35 “That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.”

It has become very common practice for most people to put their business out on social media platforms and most of what is put out there is reprimand for something that some one has done to us, some way they have offended us. Never in the history of mankind have we ever had a platform like now! That allows us to voice our feelings be it good or bad about someone or something, but mostly of someone who has offended us. Oh and when we are offended! Watch out baby! It’s out there for all to see what you’ve done to me! The whole world will know how bad you treated me! And the truth of the matter is that most of us know it is 3 sides to every story, his side, her side and the truth and most of us know that the truth lies some where in the middle of the two stories. But why do we like to side with the party we see as the victim? And what does Jesus and the Bible say about forgiveness?

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