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Growing: Forgiveness, Freedom, and Love

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"Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 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. "The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."
Matthew 18:21-35

Good morning friends, God Bless, and may this day, and every other day, find each of us growing more and more towards forgiving others as our Heavenly Father was so incredibly gracious as to forgive us. It's all about love friends, understanding His love for us in granting forgiveness to wretched sinners like you and I (which means we have to see our sin as God sees it, to really be honest with ourselves about our sin), and then you can bet that it's pretty darn easy to be grateful to God for His love and forgiveness for us, to want to share Him, love, and forgiveness with each other. In fact if you read last night's message you can rest assured it's a major part of the Holy Spirit's good work to grow us into the image of The Lord Jesus Christ; something important to consider for those with eyes to see and ears to hear :peace::peace::peace:
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