HANDLING OFFENCES 2

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Text Matthew 18:21-22


 *Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, if my brother keeps on sinning against me, how many times do I have to forgive him? Seven times?No, not seven times,” answered Jesus, “but seventy times seven,* 


There is need for forgiveness because offences are bound to occur. Jesus gave a vivid illustration in Mathew 18 on  why we should always pardon our offenders.


Jesus once told a profound parable on forgiveness that one must carefully consider. 


A servant owing his master a debt to the tune of 10,000 talent.  1 talent is equivalent to 6,000 denarii, which means that he is owing his master 60,000,000 (Sixty Million)denarii.


 _As he fell down, and worshipped his master, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all, his lord was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt._ 


One thing you need to note from this parable of our Lord Jesus Christ is that 1 denarius is equivalent to 1 day's wage. It therefore means that if the servant should decide to pay off this debt by working for his master, he will have to work for 60,000,000 days(that is160,000 years). The servant and his generations to come would have died in debt. It is obvious his master forgave him so much. And that's exactly how much God has forgiven us and he's still forgiving  us in Christ Jesus. 


You must know that God has forgiven you  a very huge debt. The 10,000 talent is also equivalent to about 3.48billion US Dollar in monetary term today.


As this pardoned servant left the house of his lord, he saw another colleague owing him 100 pence or denarri. While he was pardoned a huge debt of 60million denarii,his fellow servant was owing him 100 denarii. He was being owed 0.0002 percent of what he owed his master. 


See the reaction of the servant that was forgiven a huge debt towards his fellow servant (that owed him a token):

“Then the man went out and met one of his fellow servants who owed him a few dollars. He grabbed him and started choking him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he said.His fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back!’ But he refused; instead, he had him thrown into jail until he should pay the debt. Matthew 18:28-30


 *There is no offence too big for you to forgive; for there is no offence too big that God cannot forgive you through Jesus Christ.* 

 *BIBLE READING:* 


Mathew 18:22-32


 *PRAYER FOCUS* 


1. Father,  help me and give me grace to always give my forgiveness unconditionally.



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