FREEDOM IN FORGIVENESS At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. Matthew 18:26-27 God’s forgiveness gives us freedom. Freedom from paying our unpayable debt of sin. Freedom from the devil’s control. Freedom from evil’s allure. Freedom from hell. Freedom from guilt. Freedom from lying, cheating and stealing. Freedom from the fog of faulty thinking. Freedom to forgive ourselves and freedom to forgive others. God forgives us to walk out of the jail cell of our pride: free to forgive. Christ forgives me, so I am free to forgive myself and others. Jesus describes two men in debt. The first debtor owed 500 lifetimes of salary to the king. He couldn’t possibly pay his debt, but was relieved when the king forgave what he owed. The second debtor, who was the slave of the first debtor, owed his master 100 days wages. Ironically, the first debtor unmercifully put his servant into prison for a small debt, compared to the massive amount he was just forgiven. Confined behind bars the second debtor was unable to pay, even if he wanted too. How could this unforgiving creditor be so callous, having just received such a magnanimous gift? “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32). Wisdom Hunter Dr. Des
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