Luke 6:37 "... Forgive, and you will be forgiven."
Jesus told this story: "A king decided to bring his accounts up to date . . . In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars. The man begged for forgiveness. Then the king 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. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment. This was reported to the king. Then the king called in the man he’d forgiven and said, 'You evil servant. I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me. Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'" (Matthew 18:23-35)
When we look at the enormous moral debt God has forgiven us and the price Jesus paid for us to be forgiven, we should be compelled to forgive others. Forgiveness will free us from the torture of festering resentment. We can’t change what others have done to us, but we can write off their debts by handing the accounting process over to God.
When we look at the enormous moral debt God has forgiven us and the price Jesus paid for us to be forgiven, we should be compelled to forgive others. Forgiveness will free us from the torture of festering resentment. We can’t change what others have done to us, but we can write off their debts by handing the accounting process over to God.
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