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Lesson on Forgivness
tin22
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Here is illistration that I read somewhere that I thought was pretty interesting. I hope you enjoyed it much as I did.
Jesus Illustration:
It's about a king who wants to settle accounts with his slaves. One slave is brought to him who owes the enormous debt of 60,000,000 denarii. There is no way he can pay it. So, as jesus explains, the king orders that he and his wife and his children be sold and payment be made. At that the slave falls down at his master feet and begs: "Be patient with me and I will pay back everything". Moved with pity for him, the master mercifully cancels the slave's enormous debt. But no sooner has he done so, Jesus continues, than this slave goes and finds a fellow slave who owes him only 100 denarii. The man grabs his fellow slave by the throat and begins choking him, saying: "Pay back whatever you owe." But the fellow slave does not have the money. So he falls at the feet of the slave whom he is in debt, begging: "Be patient with me and I will pay you back." Unlike the master, the slave is not merciful, and he has his fellow slave thrown into prison. Well, Jesus continues, the other slaves who saw what had took place and went told the master. He angrily summons the slave. "Wicked slave," he says, "I canceled all that debt for you, when you entreated me. Ought you not, in turn, to have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I also had mercy on you?" Provoked to wrath, the master delivers the unmerciful slave over to the jailers until he should pay back all that he owes.
Then Jesus concludes: "In like manners my heavely father will also deal with you if you do not forgive each one his brother from your heart."
From sermon on mountian: "Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
I hope you like the lesson. I thought it was cool illustration.
Jesus Illustration:
It's about a king who wants to settle accounts with his slaves. One slave is brought to him who owes the enormous debt of 60,000,000 denarii. There is no way he can pay it. So, as jesus explains, the king orders that he and his wife and his children be sold and payment be made. At that the slave falls down at his master feet and begs: "Be patient with me and I will pay back everything". Moved with pity for him, the master mercifully cancels the slave's enormous debt. But no sooner has he done so, Jesus continues, than this slave goes and finds a fellow slave who owes him only 100 denarii. The man grabs his fellow slave by the throat and begins choking him, saying: "Pay back whatever you owe." But the fellow slave does not have the money. So he falls at the feet of the slave whom he is in debt, begging: "Be patient with me and I will pay you back." Unlike the master, the slave is not merciful, and he has his fellow slave thrown into prison. Well, Jesus continues, the other slaves who saw what had took place and went told the master. He angrily summons the slave. "Wicked slave," he says, "I canceled all that debt for you, when you entreated me. Ought you not, in turn, to have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I also had mercy on you?" Provoked to wrath, the master delivers the unmerciful slave over to the jailers until he should pay back all that he owes.
Then Jesus concludes: "In like manners my heavely father will also deal with you if you do not forgive each one his brother from your heart."
From sermon on mountian: "Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
I hope you like the lesson. I thought it was cool illustration.
Comments
sorry couldn't help it...
Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
You'll find society is just like what is foretold in the Good Book
regarding the last days. I on the other hand find it enlightening.
We should all be thankful God is longsuffering and patient.
barto
the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
"Don't mistake my honesty for weakness...If I think your phony...I'll flame you in a heartbeat"...