Peter how many times must i forgive

Then the servant who owed an enormous amount refused to forgive someone who owed a very small debt to him that could have easily been paid off in a very short amount of time. The servant who had the greater debt forgiven refused to forgive the one who only owed a little. When the master heard of this, he took the unmerciful servant and cast him into prison. However, the debt we owed was too large for us to ever pay off in a million lifetimes, but it was forgiven. How many times has God forgiven you?

Probably too many to count, right? We do not deserve His grace and cannot do anything to be worthy. But the least we can do is treat others with the same compassion. We can improve ourselves individually and better ourselves as God's people by learning to love and forgive as God does for us.

Sometimes, forgiveness is not as easy as it sounds so here are some powerful quotes about forgiveness. All rights reserved. You may also like Resume this video. Share on Facebook. Replay this video. Embed twobt views T I am never going to speak to you again. Share this:. Read today's devotional Here I submit five prevailing "myths" about forgiveness that have come into Christian belief and practice.

I call them myths not because they are not worthwhile guides for moral behavior, but because they do not actually have their roots in the New Testament.

Separating what Jesus taught about forgiveness from what we have assumed and inferred puts a fine point on how Christians can define and practice forgiveness today. Nowhere in the Gospels does Jesus teach that forgiveness should be offered unconditionally. In Matthew, Jesus says that church members should forgive each other "seventy times seven times" , a number that symbolizes boundlessness.

However, even though he preaches boundless forgiveness, he does not indicate whether that forgiveness has conditions. Further, in Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus warns his disciples that there is a sin that will not be forgiven: "Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" Matthew ; Mark ; Luke The meaning of "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" is open to interpretation, but it is clear that there is a sin that God will not forgive under any circumstances.

If Jesus teaches unconditional forgiveness, then God must be exempt from that teaching. Perhaps one of the best-known stories about Jesus comes from the Gospel of John, when Jesus confronts a crowd about to stone a woman who was caught in the crime of adultery. Jesus interrupts the melee, saying, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her" John When no one moves to attack the woman, Jesus says to her, "Neither do I condemn you.

Go your way, and from now on do not sin again" This story is often cited as an example of Christian forgiveness. Jesus' refusal to condemn the woman is not the same as an offer of forgiveness. Further, Jewish wisdom teaches that only a victim may forgive an offender.

Since the woman has not done anything to Jesus, he has nothing to forgive her for. His refusal to condemn her is more a lesson to the crowd about judgment than it is an expression of forgiveness. Luke's depiction of Jesus on the cross is often cited as the quintessential example of unconditional forgiveness.

As he is being crucified, Jesus cries out, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing" Luke Readers often take this to mean that Jesus forgives those who are attacking him.

However, a closer look at the syntax reveals that Jesus is not, in fact, forgiving his attackers; rather, he is praying that God might do so.