We need to
be forgiving our brothers and sisters, when they sin against us
Mt 18:21,
27, 32, 35
21 Then
Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother
or sister who sins against me? Up to
seven times?”
23 “Therefore, the
kingdom of heaven is like a
king who wanted to settle accounts with
his servants. 24 As he began the
settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold[h] was
brought to him. 25 Since he was not able
to pay, the
master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be
sold to
repay the debt.
26 “At this the servant
fell on his knees before him. ‘Be
patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master
took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28 “But when that
servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred
silver coins.[i] He
grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
29 “His fellow servant
fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
30 “But he refused.
Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the
debt. 31 When the other
servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their
master everything that had happened.
32 “Then the master
called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt
of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have
had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master
handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he
owed.
35 “This is how my
heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or
sister from your heart.”
Mt 26:28
27 Then he took a cup, and when
he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink
from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the[b] covenant, which is
poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
We learn the
following from the above verses
1) We need to be forgiving our brothers
and sisters, when they sin against us
2) Our heavenly Father will not forgive
us unless we forgive our brothers and sisters from our heart
3) In the Last supper, Jesus took the cup and when he had given
thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the[b] covenant, which is
poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
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