Matthew 18:31 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 18:31

29 So his fellow servant fell down¹ at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you² all.’

30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.

31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done.

32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you ^aall that debt because you begged me.

33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’

34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.

35 ^a“So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother¹ his trespasses.”

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Matthew 18:31-35

So from this parable we learn several easy principles.

1. Our sins are great.

2. God abundantly forgives.

3. The offenses committed against us by our brethren are relatively minor to the ones that we have committed against God.

4. We should forgive abundantly as our Master does.

5. If we do not, God will be justly angry with us and punish us.

Ultimately, our receipt of God's mercy and compassion depends on how we treat others. We have nothing to pay our debt, therefore, God's forgiveness of our sins is nothing less than a great, tremendous gift. And that gift rests on the foundation of Christ's finished work, and it is on Jesus Christ that God can cancel our spiritually bankrupt debt.

Excerpted from Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment!

Matthew 18:31-35

So we see then, at the end of the parable, that the lord's grace, that the lord's compassion, the lord's mercy is forfeited because of the greed, the anger, and the lack of compassion in the forgiven one.

Excerpted from Defining Grace

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