Perhaps one of Jesus’ most challenging parables is his parable on forgiveness in Matthew 18:21-35.

He ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him. Easier said than done, I know. Anyway, Joseph is his father’s favorite and Jacob makes no secret about it.To make matters worse, God gives Joseph dreams about his brothers as well as his father bowing down to him. The Prodigal Son is probably the most well known Bible parable about forgiveness. This is one of those times.Matthew organizes his Gospel around five major discourses (six, if you count the “great commission” discourse which doesn’t quite fit the pattern). We are born with a sinful nature and wrong God daily because of it. You can follow him on Twitter at @edgravely.© 2016 Charleston Southern University. One more parable about forgiveness. Jesus’ answer is directed to the Peter and the rest of the disciples who believe in Christ, therefore this parable is directed to the saved. Moved with jealousy, Joseph’s brothers sell him into slavery and tell their father that he was killed by a wild animal.Joseph finds himself in Egypt and his life is not easy as a slave, but God is with him and everything he does prospers.From slave to head slave to being thrown into prison to running the prison, Joseph’s life is a series of hopes and destroyed longings. “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.In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.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.“But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.“But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars.“His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. Other parables standalone dealing with such themes as forgiveness, love, and prayer. First, the bold, seemingly categorical statement that Jesus makes at the end of the parable about forgiveness can be difficult to square with the other teachings of Jesus and the rest of the New Testament. Second, it becomes clear to all who read the parable just how wide the gap is between how God has been to us and how we are to other people. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. This is parallel to the final judgment in which we will be called “Jesus described the debt owed to the king as being worth “Some believe that in order to secure our forgiveness, Jesus paid our “sin debt” on the cross (we owe a debt and He paid the debt). Because he loves you (John 3:16). And I love this topic of forgiveness. A servant has just been handed a gift likely worth billions of dollars. Isn’t putting someone in prison a terrible way to get your money back from them?

The main tenet of Christianity is love. I also have a book about forgiveness which I have thought of often through the years. If we, the people who have been forgiven an unpayable debt—the debt of our sins, refuse to extend forgiveness to those who have wronged us, we too will fall under the profound judgment of God: “So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”Jesus is not suggesting that ordinary, gospel-loving Christians who have a bad day and, in a moment, refuse to forgive someone who wrongs them are going to be cast into hell by the judgment of God. He owed more than an entire country could pay in a generation in those days. However, this is not accurate. And we never want to miss the gospel.Ed Gravely is an Associate Professor of Christian Studies at Charleston Southern University. You have been forgiven of the debt of sin and welcomed into God’s kingdom, we have no right to hold another’s sin over them.Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

That love means that we forgive and their sins are forgotten. I tear up every time I read of her unrestrained love.Of course, Simon has a problem with her being there and her outward expression of gratitude and humility. However, several interesting things about judgment are said. Do you ever hear something in church that suddenly makes so much sense to you that you can’t get it out of your head? But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” (Mark 11:25-26)Take heed to yourselves.

Immediately He tells us of his plan to send a redeemer to bring us back into communion with Him.Forgiveness is an important concept and Jesus speaks of it multiple times. A parable concerning salvation. This is a cornerstone of Jesus’ teaching. Forgiveness is a beautiful act of humility and love.The Parable of Two Debtors begins with the beautiful story of a woman and her outpouring of love for Jesus.Jesus is eating at the home of a Pharisee named Simon, when a woman described as a sinner, came and wept at Jesus feet. He is a holy and righteous being, unable to be in the presence of sin.

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