Forgiveness Know No Limitsread MATTHEW 18:21-35
The religious leaders of that day taught that one who had been wronged was to forgives the one who wronged him two to three times-at the most!
But Peter,mustering up as much forgiveness as he could,wondered if forgiving someone seven times would be enough in Jesus' eyes.Imagine Peter's shock when Jesus told him that he should forgive up to "seventy times seven" or 490 times.
So,if someone needed forgiveness after the four-hundred-ninetieth times,should we say no?No!
Rather,Jesus was teaching that we should extend unlimited forgiveness
to others.He then went on to tell this dramatic story of a man who was forgiven for so much (possibly $10 million),yet was unwilling to even work out terms with a person who owned him fas less (around two thousand dollars).
The point of Jesus' message is that we,as sinners,have been forgiven much;therefore,we ought to forgive those who hurt us,no matter how badly we've been hurt.They own us little compared to what we owe God.
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