Matthew 18:23-35 The Parable of the Forgiving King

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Matthew 18:23-35 The Parable of the Forgiving King

"THEREFORE, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE…”

Psalm 9:7-8 “The LORD reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. He will judge the world in righteousness…”

Revelation 20:11-12 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.

Romans 14:12

A Talent was a Roman coin, worth 6000 denarius (a day’s wages) roughly 600,000 days (1644 years) wages or 48 million dollars.

Please Turn in Your Bibles  Psalm 103:10-13  Isaiah 53:4-6

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“You wicked servant…” “When we are unwilling to forgive, it is because we are protesting that we have the “right” not to be treated a certain way. An unwillingness to forgive is an indication of pride, not an inability to forgive.” Proverbs 16:5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.

“Forgiveness should be unlimited. For in light of the immense sin God has forgiven each of us, a professing Christian’s refusal to forgive a fellow believer who requests it (and demonstrates a change of heart and action!) proves so callous that one can only conclude that such a person never truly experienced Christ’s forgiveness in the first place.” Holman Bible Handbook

“BUT I CAN’T FORGIVE!” 1. Jesus has commanded us to forgive. Mark 11:25-26 "Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions.”

James 4:17 “Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.”

“BUT I CAN’T FORGIVE!” 2. Refusing to forgive is spiritual suicide. “He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.” George Herbert James 2:13 For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

“The moment I start hating a man, I become his slave. He even controls my thoughts. I can’t escape his tyrannical grasp on my mind. When the waiter serves me steak, it might as well be stale bread and water. The man I hate will not permit me to enjoy it.” S. I. McMillen in None of These Diseases

“BUT I CAN’T FORGIVE!” 3. God has and will enabled you to forgive. Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.”

"But if you do not forgive” “Once our eyes have been opened to see the enormity of our offence against God, the injuries which others have done to us appear by comparison extremely trifling. If, on the other hand, we have an exaggerated view of the offences of others, it proves that we have minimized our own.” John R. W. Stott

"But if you do not forgive” “If we don’t forgive others, we are in fact denying and rejecting God’s forgiveness of us.” Life application Bible

Vs. 30 "But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed.

“The Hiding Place” Corrie Ten Boom

Matthew 18:23-35 The Parable of the Forgiving King