Matthew 182135 Chapter Theme vs2123 The Law stated you could forgive the same trespass up to THREE TIMES Peter thought he was being generous by suggesting SEVEN TIMES Jesus was pointing to ID: 361624
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“Master, Have Patience With Me, and I Will Pay You All”
Matthew 18:21-35Slide2
Chapter Theme: (vs.21-23)
The Law stated you could forgive the same trespass up to THREE TIMES.
Peter thought he was being generous by suggesting, SEVEN
TIMES
Jesus was pointing to
the eternality of GOD
THE FATHER when He suggested up to 70 X 7 Slide3
I. The
Question of Forgiveness:
(
vs.21,22)
There
is a need for believers to forgive one another;
WE
do not do forgiveness very well: Slide4
II.
The Application to the Kingdom: (vs.23)
There
is a normal day of accounting for debts
due
In order to be in right standing with the Master; one must settle debt owed;Slide5
III.
A Debt Too Great To Pay: (vs.24-27)
Psalm 103:12 (NKJV)
12
As far as the east is from the West
,
So
far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Jeremiah 31:34 (NKJV)
34
No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the
LORD
,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the
LORD
.
For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." Slide6
IV.
Reality Check: (vs.28-31)
Matthew 6:12
12
And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:14-15
14
"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15
But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
2 Corinthians 2:10
10
Now whom you forgive anything, I also
forgive.
For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ,
Ephesians 4:32
32
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. Slide7
V. Final
Remarks:
Judgment: (32-35)
"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. " (
Matthew 5:44)
"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors....For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" (
Matthew 6:12
,
14-15
).