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

“So then each one of us will

give an account of himself to

God.”

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

$250,000

“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