Pastor Taylor Shippy - Matthew 18:21-35
There’s a danger for each of us, friends, that Jesus wants us to be aware of… We want to be like the first servant at the beginning of this parable -- and enjoy all the benefits of being liberated from your debt to the king -- but there’s a high chance we’ll become like the first servant throughout the remainder of the parable as well, unwilling to liberate others of their debt to us!
It’s a sobering reality that I think Jesus wants us to consider and wrestle with this morning. A tension that exists in all of us. We’re more than willing to be forgiven by God, yet we struggle, even resist, forgiving like God with others and even with ourselves… "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us" (Matt 6:12)
