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The Unforgiving Servant Matthew 18:21-35

The Unforgiving Servant Matthew 18:21-35. Peter’s Number vs. the Lord’s Number. Peter - “seven times” Jesus - “seventy times seven” Peter was looking for a limit. Our willingness to forgive must be “limitless.”. The Two Debts.

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The Unforgiving Servant Matthew 18:21-35

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  1. The Unforgiving ServantMatthew 18:21-35

  2. Peter’s Number vs. the Lord’s Number • Peter - “seven times” • Jesus - “seventy times seven” • Peter was looking for a limit. • Our willingness to forgive must be “limitless.”

  3. The Two Debts • 10,000 talents ($2 million) had no hope of paying this debt • 100 denarii ($44) • There is no comparison between the debt we owe God and the debt owed us by our fellowman.

  4. The Two Creditors • The master’s mercy and compassion Psalm 103:1-4, 11-14 Psalm 130:7-8 1 John 1:9 • The servant’s heartlessness and hypocrisy James 2:13 Luke 6:37-38

  5. The Master’s Treatment of the Servant • First Time: He showed mercy • Second Time: “You wicked Servant!” (v. 32) “moved with anger” (v. 34 NASV) “delivered him to the torturers”

  6. “How often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him?” • How often do I want God to forgive me when I sin?

  7. “How often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him?” • How often do I want God to forgive me when I sin? For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15

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