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 Well, good morning, and thank you guys so much. Another just joyful morning to sing together, to recount all these wonderful truths.

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! And I'd invite you to open up to Matthew chapter 18. So we're going to continue. This is our third week in the summer parable series.

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 And thank you to the other elders who have been serving us tremendously. As you make your way over to Matthew chapter 18,

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 I wanted to bring kind of a sober illustration for us this morning, but one that I think is effective in introducing what we'll be discussing.

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 So by way of introducing the text, there was a courtroom scene that you probably saw if you were paying attention to the news about five years ago.

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 This courtroom scene was one that caught many news outlets' attention, and I'm not going to get into all the details of everything involved in the case,

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 but there was a woman who was convicted of murder, and she had fatally shot a man.

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 And in her testimony, she said that she thought that this man was an intruder in her apartment.

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 But the very unfortunate thing was she had actually gone to the fourth floor.

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 She had bypassed her third floor apartment building, and of course, this guy was unexpecting the door to open up.

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 And she shot this man, and he fatally died, and this was about five years ago.

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 So very, very sad events that took place.

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 But what caught the attention of the news outlets was not really just that this had happened,

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 but particularly that there was a victim impact statement that was made by the younger brother of the man who had been killed.

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 And a victim impact statement, if you don't know, that generally happens when a verdict is announced,

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 and then the family can come up and say how this has caused an effect on the suffering party.

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 So this is what he said.

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 He said, if you truly, he was saying this to the lady, of course,

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 if you truly are sorry, I can speak for myself.

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 I forgive.

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 And I know if you go to God and ask him, he will forgive you.

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 And I don't think anyone can say it.

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 Again, I'm speaking for myself, but I love you just like anyone else.

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 And I'm not going to say that I hope you rot and die just like my brother did,

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 but I presently want what is best for you.

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 And I wasn't going to even say this in front of my family or in front of anyone,

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 but I don't even want you to go to jail.

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 I want the best for you because I know that's exactly what my brother would want you to do.

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 And the best would be to give your life to Christ.

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 I'm not going to say anything else.

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 I think giving your life to Christ would be the best thing that my brother would want you to do.

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 Again, I love you as a person and I don't wish anything bad on you.

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 And then he said, I don't know if this is possible, but can I give her a hug?

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 Please, please.

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 Now, this is one of the most striking pictures of human forgiveness that has ever been captured on at least modern TV.

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 And I don't know the state of this brother.

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 Of course, I've never met him.

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 But by all accounts, this appears to be a man who has been touched within him by the redemption,

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 the forgiveness that he's received by Christ.

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 And beyond the profound amazement that this act is worthy of,

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 I actually bring this up to draw attention to the types of responses that I saw happening

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 in some of the comments of the videos that were online.

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 Now, there's only two categories.

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 The first is profound amazement.

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 Those who saw this act as astonishingly commendable and beautiful.

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 But the other category was those who reacted in very strong anger.

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 People saw this act as a desecration of what they came to expect as real justice.

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 And while it's very easy for us to critique this latter response,

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 there's actually a lot of sound or not sound, but logical reasoning in the way that they're thinking through this.

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 They see the heinous nature of the crime.

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 And because of how bad that crime was,

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 they expect for justice to come quickly, to come with force without any delay.

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 And while we can understand that type of perspective,

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 what's missing in that perspective is recognizing that everybody in that courtroom believes in justice.

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 It didn't matter if you were an atheist or an agnostic or a Christian.

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 Everybody believes in justice, especially when something like that happens.

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 Now, if pressed, I am very certain.

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 It can be an interesting question to ask.

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 Of course, I probably never will.

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 But I bet you that that brother probably said,

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 you know what, I have never believed in the need for justice as strongly as I have until an event like that took place.

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 And I think that that is true.

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 We often don't experience stuff like that.

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 But when hard things happen, when justice is called for,

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 there's really a dividing line question with how we're going to respond.

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 And the question is this, especially as Christians,

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 we are called to put into action our belief of whether or not what Jesus did on the cross

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 was sufficient as a means of justice to hold out forgiveness for offenders.

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 Is it a strong enough basis for me and for you when we encounter sin,

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 and we surely will, you have this week?

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 Is it enough for us to look to Jesus and say that Jesus' act of justifying sinners,

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 those who would one day put their faith in Christ,

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 is that sufficient as a means in and of itself?

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 Because we are always responding with our system of justice.

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 Is Jesus sufficient, or is human justice,

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 what is called for when tragedy happens?

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 We're going to read chapter 18, and we'll pick up in verse 21,

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 and we'll read through the end of the chapter.

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 And you guys apologize for being a little sniffly this morning.

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 Okay, the text reads this way.

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 Then Peter came up and said to him,

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 Lord, how often will my brother sin against me and I forgive him?

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 As many as seven times.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

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 Therefore, the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king

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 who wished to settle accounts with his servants.

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 When he began to settle,

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 one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

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 And since he could not pay,

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 his master ordered him to be sold with his wife and children

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 and all that he had in payment to be made.

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 So the servant fell on his knees,

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 imploring him,

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 Have patience with me,

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 and I will pay you everything.

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 And out of pity for him,

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 the master of that servant released him

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 and forgave him the debt.

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 But when that same servant went out,

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 he found one of his fellow servants

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 who owed him a hundred denarii.

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 And seizing him,

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 he began to choke him,

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 saying,

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 Pay what you owe.

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 So his fellow servant fell down

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 and pleaded with him,

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 Have patience with me,

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 and I will pay you.

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 He refused and went and put him in prison

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 until he should pay the debt.

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 And when his fellow servant saw

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 what had taken place,

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 they were greatly distressed.

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 And they went and they reported

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 to their master all that had taken place.

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 Then his master summoned him

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 and said to him,

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 You wicked servant,

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 I forgave you all that debt

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 because you pleaded with me.

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 And should not you have had mercy

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 on your fellow servant

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 as I had mercy on you?

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 And in anger,

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 his master delivered him to the jailers

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 until he should pay all his debt.

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 So also my heavenly father

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 will do to every one of you

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 if you do not forgive

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 your brother from your heart.

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 Well, our outline this morning,

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 if you are a note taker,

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 is going to come in three primary points.

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 The first of which is

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 forgiveness withheld.

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 The second is forgiveness resisted.

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 And the third is unforgiveness exposed.

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 So our first point this morning

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 is forgiveness withheld.

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 And our primary example

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 from our text is the disciple Peter.

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 Now, you guys are familiar with Peter,

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 or I would expect most of you are.

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 Peter's resume is one that is

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 one that leaves us with the impression

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 that he should be very thankful

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 in general to the Lord,

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 very humble in his heart.

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 Listen to just a couple things.

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 So Peter was called out

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 as a fisherman by Jesus.

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 In Matthew chapter 16,

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 though, we are reminded

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 of some of the things

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 that Peter struggled with.

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 So Jesus had said

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 he was going to be going to the cross,

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 that he was preparing himself.

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 And Peter tried to dissuade

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 Jesus from doing this.

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 And Jesus rebukes him strongly.

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 In Matthew chapter 14,

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 a couple of chapters earlier,

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 even more well-known story,

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 Jesus calls Peter out onto the water

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 and Peter tries to come

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 and he loses sight of the Lord.

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 He's distracted.

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 And what happens is his faith,

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 his lack of faith is exposed

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 and he begins struggling.

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 And then later in the book of Matthew,

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 Matthew chapter 26, I believe,

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 we find the account of Peter

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 who is told by Jesus

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 that he's going to betray Jesus

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 in the days leading up

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 to his crucifixion.

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 And that's exactly what happens.

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 Not one time,

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 not two times,

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 but on three different times,

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 Peter denies the Lord.

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 Now, again,

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 I bring this up

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 because Peter is a man

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 upon hearing the words

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 that Jesus is saying.

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 And I'll give you

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 some of that context

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 in the verses

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 that precede what we read.

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 But Peter should be a guy

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 who is very grateful,

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 very aware

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 of all this grace

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 that belongs to him

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 that has changed his life

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 and brought him

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 into a brand new reality

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 of being a disciple of Christ.

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 The context of our passage

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 is one that you are likely familiar with.

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 We generally refer to this

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 as the stages of church discipline, right?

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 So right before our text,

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 Jesus walks through

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 the different stages

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 that happen

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 when somebody is entangled,

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 ensnared by sin.

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 Generally, one person goes

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 and pursues the unbeliever.

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 And if that is not successful,

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 a smaller group goes.

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 And then lastly,

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 the whole church

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 is called to give accountability

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 to the one

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 who is stuck in sin

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 for the aim of restoring

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 that struggling person

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 to repentance.

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 But if you look with me

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 at verse 21,

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 Peter does not have any humility.

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 He actually responds to Jesus

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 with a hint of self-satisfaction,

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 perhaps thinking

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 that he will maybe even win

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 some congratulatory approval

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 from Jesus

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 for what he's about to say.

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 You see,

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 it was well known

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 in the rabbinic tradition

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 of the day

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 that extending forgiveness

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 ought to happen

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 three different times.

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 and Peter thinks

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 he's going to come

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 and impress Jesus

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 by more than doubling

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 that amount.

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 That's why he says

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 seven times.

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 Peter is very bold

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 in his personality.

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 Listen to these words.

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 It says,

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 Peter came up

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 and said to him,

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 Lord,

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 how often will my brother

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 sin against me

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 and I forgive him?

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 As many as seven times?

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 It's this important question

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 that sets the stage

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 for the rest of the parable

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 that Jesus is going to unpack.

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 Jesus doesn't see this

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 just as a regular question,

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 but this question

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 brings Jesus

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 to tell this story.

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 There's a weight to it.

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 There's something

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 that needs to be corrected

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 in the way that Peter

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 is speaking of this situation,

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 how he's responding

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 to the Lord's words.

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 The how many times question

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 demonstrates that Peter

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 actually has a framework

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 that's already existing

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 which he needs to apply

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 as it relates to those

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 who offend him,

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 that sin against him.

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 He's purposed.

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 He's measured.

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 And he is trying

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 to think through

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 what are the occasions

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 by which I can apply

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 the rules of justice,

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 his rules of justice.

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 And when are the times

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 that I'm called

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 to apply these teachings,

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 these words of Jesus

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 that seem to lean

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 into mercy and forgiveness?

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 Peter has probably heard

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 often some of the familiar things

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 that Jesus has said

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 about forgiveness, right?

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 He has heard that Jesus

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 has said,

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 this is how you should pray.

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 Father, forgive our debts

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 as we forgive those

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 who sin against us.

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 As the layers

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 of Peter's question

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 are peeled back,

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 we begin to see

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 that what's happening

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 in Peter's heart

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 is not just inquiry.

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 He's not just interested

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 in something.

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 He's making a statement.

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 He's coming to grips

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 with how do I actually feel

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 about things

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 when stuff is hard

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 in my life?

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 What am I called to do

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 when it's very uncomfortable

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 for me to keep going on

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 and extending grace

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 when it feels like

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 justice needs to be applied?

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 See, it might be,

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 we don't know this,

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 but it could be that Peter

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 has somebody in mind.

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 You might even be thinking

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 of someone in mind

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 that their ways of sinning

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 against you

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 are particularly hard for you.

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 There's often a repetitious cycle

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 that happens

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 when we're with people closely.

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 they sin against us

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 and maybe they ask

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 for forgiveness

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 and then we grant it.

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 But when it happens again

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 and again

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 and again,

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 then we start to question

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 what other things

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 need to happen

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 to make this situation change.

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 The same sort of results

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 from me

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 are getting these same responses

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 and that doesn't seem right.

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 But beyond Peter's question,

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 beyond just the impatience,

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 what Peter's actually doing here

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 is he is showing us

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 what Jesus is showing us,

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 that he's actually struggling

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 to put his faith

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 and his trust

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 in Jesus himself.

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 Peter is no mathematician.

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 He's not interested in numbers.

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 He is actually troubled

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 with this idea

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 that he may be called

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 to endure significant pain

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 so that others

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 can receive the offer

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 of forgiveness.

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 He might be thinking,

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 how many times

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 are you asking me

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 to do this?

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 Do you want me to trust you

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 that enduring offenses

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 is what brings about

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 the unfolding of your plan?

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 Are we called

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 to give an indefinite

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 free pass

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 on people

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 who don't even understand

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 the pain

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 that they have brought

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 into our life?

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 You see,

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 Peter's question

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 is not innocent.

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 Neither are our questions

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 that we ask

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 innocent

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 at times like this.

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 Now,

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 with all of these parables

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 and all of God's Word,

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 2 Timothy 3

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 reminds us

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 that all of Scripture

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 is for

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 the correction

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 of our hearts.

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 The piercing

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 and the dividing

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 of our souls,

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 our inward desires.

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 That's what this parable

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 in all of God's Word

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 is meant to do.

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 So this parable,

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 this story,

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 is not only about Peter.

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 This is a reality

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 that exists

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 in your heart

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 and in my heart.

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 There are many questions

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 that my heart asks

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 when I've got five kids

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 and a big family.

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 We stand against each other

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 all the time

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 as I'm sure you do

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 and these questions

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 come up regularly.

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 Will this person

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 ever understand?

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 Will he change course?

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 Will things look different

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 if I perhaps respond

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 with the silent treatment

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 or maybe just a mini episode

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 of my anger?

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 Will he figure out

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 how much inconvenience

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 this is bringing

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 into my life?

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 See, all of these questions

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 that we ask

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 remind us

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 that we have

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 a resistance

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 to the Lordship

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 of Christ.

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 So Jesus responds

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 to Peter

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 in verse 22

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 and he paves the way

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 for the course

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 correction

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 for Peter

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 and for us

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 and the disciples

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 and Jesus says

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 to him,

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 I do not say

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 to you

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 seven times

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 but 77

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 times.

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 Now clearly

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 Jesus is not

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 ascribing

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 a numeric limit

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 to the amount

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 of times

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 that we're to have

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 a heart of forgiveness.

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 He's not saying

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 in any measure

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 Peter,

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 make your threshold

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 larger

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 and then all

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 will be well.

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 No,

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 he's doing

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 the exact opposite.

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 The number 77

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 is intended

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 to communicate

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 that counting

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 is completely

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 out of the question.

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 Counting of sins

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 implies

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 that there is

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 a limit

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 on the sacrifice

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 that Jesus

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 was preparing

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 himself

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 to endure.

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 Jesus has

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 completely

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 done away

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 with all

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 types of counting

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 as it relates

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 to our sins.

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 2 Corinthians 5

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 and verse 19

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 says,

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 in Christ

00:19:24.580 --> 00:19:25.720
 God was

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 reconciling

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 the world

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 to himself

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 not counting

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 their trespasses

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 against him.

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 We sang a song

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 that said the same

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 thing.

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 What a beautiful

00:19:36.580 --> 00:19:37.120
 song.

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 His mercy is more.

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 God doesn't

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 count the sins

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 we commit

00:19:42.020 --> 00:19:43.020
 against his

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 infinite worth

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 and glory

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 when we put

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 our faith

00:19:46.040 --> 00:19:46.820
 in Christ.

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 How ought

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 I to resist

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.660
 counting the

00:19:50.660 --> 00:19:51.620
 sins of

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 others

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 when it just

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 brings some

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.660
 inconvenience

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.420
 to my life?

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 So the parable

00:19:57.800 --> 00:19:58.440
 continues

00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:59.860
 to show us

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 the reason

00:20:00.560 --> 00:20:01.500
 that the heart

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 resists

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 forgiving.

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 That's our

00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:05.120
 second point.

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 Forgiveness

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 resisted.

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 Excuse me.

00:20:10.820 --> 00:20:12.060
 So resistance

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 to forgiving

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.620
 others occurs

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 because we

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 have resisted

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 the master's

00:20:17.560 --> 00:20:18.259
 forgiveness

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 offered to

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 us.

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 Let's look

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 at verse

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 23.

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 Therefore,

00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.080
 the kingdom

00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:25.820
 of heaven

00:20:25.820 --> 00:20:26.300
 may be

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 compared

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 to a

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 king

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 who wished

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 to settle

00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.320
 accounts

00:20:29.320 --> 00:20:29.700
 with his

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 servants.

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 When he

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 began to

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 settle,

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 one was

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 brought to

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 him who

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 owed him

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 ten thousand

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 talents.

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 and since

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 he could

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 not pay,

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 his master

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.240
 ordered him

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 to be

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 sold with

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 his wife

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 and his

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 children and

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 all that he

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 had in

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 payment was

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:49.700
 to be

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 made.

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 Since he

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 could not

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.679
 pay,

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.919
 his master

00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.619
 ordered him

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.460
 to be sold

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:55.899
 with his

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 wife and

00:20:57.000 --> 00:20:58.139
 children and

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 all that he

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 had in

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.279
 payment to

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 be made.

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 See,

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 the resistance

00:21:02.899 --> 00:21:03.779
 of the

00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.500
 servant to

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.700
 forgive others

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.559
 is correlated

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.400
 with how

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:08.180
 he views

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.120
 his debts

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:09.640
 to his

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.140
 master.

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 You may

00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.259
 have heard

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.880
 before of

00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:14.580
 this ten

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 thousand

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.980
 talent number.

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 This number

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:19.259
 represents not

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.299
 just a day's

00:21:20.299 --> 00:21:20.740
 wages,

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 and it's not

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 a year's

00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:22.420
 wages,

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 but it's

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 actually the

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 wages of

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 a servant,

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 which is

00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.940
 who this

00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.559
 man was,

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 and it

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 would have

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 cost 20

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 years of

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.940
 his life

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 without

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 interest to

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 pay back

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.920
 his master.

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.559
 To help

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:35.259
 even illustrate

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.640
 this,

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.240
 number

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.759
 further,

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.480
 if you

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.819
 remember

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.160
 King

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 David,

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 he donated

00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:42.059
 7,000 talents,

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.620
 or he gave

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.460
 7,000 talents

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 of silver,

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 and 3,000 talents

00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:47.059
 of gold,

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 totaling 10,000

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:49.460
 talents for

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 the construction

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 of the temple.

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 And this

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.680
 servant has

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.799
 racked up

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:56.100
 that amount

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 of debt

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 against his

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 master.

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 This is a

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 quantity of

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 debt that

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 is a

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.319
 picture for

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 us to show

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 just how

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 desperate a

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.639
 position this

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 servant was

00:22:08.419 --> 00:22:08.759
 in.

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 He could

00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.579
 not dig

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.859
 himself out

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.379
 of this

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 debt if he

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 had 10

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 years,

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 or 100

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.720
 years,

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 or 10,000

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 years.

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 And the

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 same is

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 true for

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 every one

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 of us,

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 every one

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.439
 of us

00:22:22.439 --> 00:22:22.960
 who

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 miscalculates

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 the debt

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 that we

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 are under

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 without

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 Christ to

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 God for

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 all the

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 ways that,

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 as an

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 image bearer

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 of God,

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 we have

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 failed to

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 honor him

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 and to

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 glorify him,

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 to steward

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 what he

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 has given

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 to us,

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 all the

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 worth that

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 he is

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 so entitled

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.440
 to.

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 We are

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 those who

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 should be

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 cautious about

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 how we view

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:53.539
 the debt that

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 we were under

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 towards the

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 Lord.

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 Now look at

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 verse 26.

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 Notice the

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 absurdity of

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 what this

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 servant says

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 next.

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 So the

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 servant fell

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 on his

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 knees,

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 imploring him,

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 have patience

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 with me,

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 and I will

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.579
 pay you

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.759
 everything.

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 So it's

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.379
 the one who

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 failed every

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:16.200
 account of

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.000
 his stewarding

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:17.940
 responsibility.

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.940
 Everything that

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.220
 he mismanaged

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.200
 and he failed

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.660
 to use

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 appropriately,

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 he promises

00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:25.779
 to bring back

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.299
 the lost

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 value to

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 restore

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.400
 everything

00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.900
 that he

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 was wasted.

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 He's like

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 the child

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 who takes

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 his dad's

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 prized

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.299
 childhood

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 possession

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 and he

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 breaks it

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.759
 and then

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.000
 what does

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.379
 he do?

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 He looks

00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:39.720
 for the

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.099
 things in

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.579
 his room,

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 the Elmer's

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.559
 glue,

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 the Plato

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.019
 and promises

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.920
 to put

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.519
 things back

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.059
 together.

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 It is

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.359
 utterly

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.559
 impossible

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.839
 to repay

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.740
 the Lord.

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.539
 Incorrectly

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.319
 assessing

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.140
 our debt

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.559
 and our

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.359
 ability to

00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:54.740
 pay it

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.279
 back is

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.440
 an

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.379
 eternally

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.900
 horrific

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.480
 mistake

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.040
 to make.

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 Only

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.240
 mercy can

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.940
 be applied

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.420
 to in

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.080
 relationship

00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:04.520
 to what

00:24:04.520 --> 00:24:05.420
 belongs to

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:05.920
 God and

00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:06.400
 the debt

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.740
 that we

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.180
 are under.

00:24:08.300 --> 00:24:09.080
 So the

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.600
 error and

00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.560
 miscalculating

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.520
 debt always

00:24:11.520 --> 00:24:12.520
 leads to a

00:24:12.520 --> 00:24:14.040
 mishandling of

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:14.780
 how we treat

00:24:14.780 --> 00:24:15.820
 the debts

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.760
 of others,

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:18.080
 especially those

00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:18.560
 who sin

00:24:18.560 --> 00:24:19.340
 against us.

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.980
 Verse 28

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.380
 says,

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 when the

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.140
 same

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.600
 servant

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.440
 went out,

00:24:24.260 --> 00:24:25.000
 he found

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.400
 one of

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.820
 his fellow

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.320
 servants

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:26.880
 who owed

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.380
 him a

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.780
 hundred

00:24:27.780 --> 00:24:28.580
 denarii

00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.140
 and seizing

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.520
 him,

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:30.340
 he began

00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:30.880
 to choke

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.840
 him saying,

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.660
 pay what

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.460
 you owe.

00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:35.000
 So his

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.980
 servant fell

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.620
 down and

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.280
 pleaded with

00:24:37.280 --> 00:24:37.440
 him,

00:24:37.520 --> 00:24:38.680
 have patience

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.240
 with me

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.260
 and I

00:24:40.260 --> 00:24:40.660
 will pay

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:40.980
 you.

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.820
 He refused

00:24:42.820 --> 00:24:43.360
 and went

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:44.360
 and put him

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:45.020
 in prison

00:24:45.020 --> 00:24:46.380
 until he

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.840
 should pay

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.360
 the debt.

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.180
 Now this

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:49.060
 is incredibly

00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:50.799
 instructive

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.400
 for us.

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.019
 When my

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.400
 heart is

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.160
 aware of

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.620
 all the

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.160
 grace that

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.620
 God has

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.120
 given me,

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.900
 when my

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.320
 heart is

00:24:58.320 --> 00:24:58.900
 postured

00:24:58.900 --> 00:24:59.640
 appropriately

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.400
 to remember

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.779
 that I've

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.759
 been adopted

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.820
 as a son

00:25:02.820 --> 00:25:03.519
 of the

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.960
 King of

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.279
 Kings,

00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:04.640
 when I

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.360
 remember

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.019
 the path

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.279
 that I

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.060
 was on

00:25:07.060 --> 00:25:08.120
 and the

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.480
 one that

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:08.740
 the Lord

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.140
 has now

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.660
 set me

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:09.940
 on,

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.360
 then it's

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.600
 much easier

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.759
 to be able

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.320
 to forgive

00:25:14.320 --> 00:25:15.160
 somebody.

00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:16.860
 But so

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.539
 often when

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.839
 I am

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.279
 sinned

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:18.740
 against,

00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:19.619
 I would

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.180
 imagine the

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.700
 same is

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.180
 true for

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.899
 every one

00:25:21.899 --> 00:25:22.240
 of us

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.579
 in this

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:22.839
 room.

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.220
 I feel

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.819
 the urge

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.559
 for a

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.099
 very quick

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.539
 course

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.059
 correction

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.920
 for the

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.299
 one that

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:28.220
 has inconvenienced

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.519
 me,

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.639
 so I

00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:30.259
 can become

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.720
 angry

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.319
 quickly,

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.240
 grumbling

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.220
 and complaining,

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.619
 restricting

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.240
 forgiveness

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.000
 until a

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.639
 certain set

00:25:36.639 --> 00:25:38.859
 of deeds

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.379
 are done

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.059
 that appease

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.359
 me.

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.680
 And what

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.059
 we do

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.639
 every time

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:44.639
 we do

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.079
 this is

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.659
 we paint

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.680
 a picture,

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.200
 and this

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.500
 is a

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.120
 picture for

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.560
 the people

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.640
 who need

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.440
 grace the

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.779
 most,

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.180
 the people

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.539
 that need

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:51.940
 to be

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.980
 restored in

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.560
 their hearts

00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:54.340
 to the

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.920
 Lord who

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.799
 sent his

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.259
 son for

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.539
 them.

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.019
 And the

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.700
 picture is

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.160
 the same

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.539
 picture,

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.640
 it's pay

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.160
 what you

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:00.580
 owe.

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.360
 How can

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:03.519
 I tell

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.240
 others to

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.220
 pay what

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.840
 they owe

00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.340
 when I have

00:26:06.340 --> 00:26:07.500
 paid nothing

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:09.100
 for the cost

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.880
 of redeeming

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.380
 my own

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.000
 soul?

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.000


00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.599
 And we

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.759
 require nobody

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.799
 to pay

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.720
 what only

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.460
 Christ's

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:16.940
 blood was

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.700
 sufficient to

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.240
 pay for.

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.019
 See,

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:21.079
 the parable

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.859
 makes it

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.000
 very clear

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.000
 that there

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.859
 are eternal

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.839
 consequences

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.859
 and dangers

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.920
 for maintaining

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:29.019
 a heart

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.059
 that lacks

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.619
 forgiveness.

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.700
 We could

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.259
 spend a

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.079
 good amount

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.619
 of time,

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.400
 but just

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.980
 a couple

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.599
 passages

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.299
 for our

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:36.799
 attention.

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.079
 Matthew

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.920
 chapter 6

00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:39.240
 says,

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.680
 verse 12

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:40.940
 says,

00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.700
 forgive us

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.560
 our sins

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.860
 as we

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.840
 forgive our

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.240
 debtors.

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:45.820
 Notice the

00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:46.320
 logical

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.460
 connection

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.180
 between

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:48.940
 forgiving

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.539
 and being

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.019
 forgiven.

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.660
 Two verses

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.100
 later,

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.039
 verse 14,

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.000
 for if you

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.940
 forgive others

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.980
 their trespasses,

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:57.539
 your heavenly

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.220
 father will

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.500
 also forgive

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.039
 you.

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.060
 But if you

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:01.660
 do not

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.519
 forgive others

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.400
 their trespasses,

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.220
 neither will

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.920
 your father

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.200
 forgive your

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.960
 trespasses.

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.660
 And back

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.039
 to our

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.519
 text,

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.859
 the response

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:11.240
 of the

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.960
 master

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:13.240
 is striking.

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.099
 Verse 34

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.720
 says,

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.859
 and in

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.740
 anger his

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.279
 master

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.400
 delivered him

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.599
 to the

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.259
 jailers

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.160
 until he

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.839
 should pay

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.920
 his debt.

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.579
 The word

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.500
 jailer here

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.460
 is also

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.480
 translated in

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.400
 other Greek

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:30.099
 literature of

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.660
 that time

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.279
 as a

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.039
 torturer.

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.240
 This is not

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.160
 a picture of

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:35.279
 a jail with

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.440
 modern conveniences.

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.480
 This is a

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.299
 place where

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.460
 this man

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.799
 will be

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.340
 delivered

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:41.620
 for justice

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.180
 to be

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.160
 appropriately

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:44.400
 applied.

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.900
 So Matthew

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:48.380
 18.35

00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:49.700
 says,

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.460
 my heavenly

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.740
 father will

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.680
 also do to

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.660
 every one of

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.840
 you if you

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.180
 do not

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.940
 forgive your

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:57.460
 brother from

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.160
 your heart.

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.779
 And notice

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.080
 how severe

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:02.580
 these warnings

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:03.900
 are without

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.780
 the external

00:28:04.780 --> 00:28:05.640
 evidence of

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.200
 forgiveness

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.100
 applied to

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.580
 others,

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.580
 one is

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.080
 called to

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:10.300
 question the

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:11.660
 legitimacy of

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:12.360
 our gospel

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:14.140
 profession and

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.600
 allegiance.

00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.620
 The practice

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.280
 of forgiveness

00:28:17.280 --> 00:28:18.600
 then is a

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.400
 meter which

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:20.460
 all proclaiming

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.519
 Christians are

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.259
 called to give

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.180
 appropriate

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.400
 attention to.

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.780
 And while no

00:28:25.780 --> 00:28:26.580
 actions, no

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.080
 amount of

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.780
 forgiveness that

00:28:27.780 --> 00:28:28.500
 we ever extend

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.600
 to others could

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.340
 position us

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.259
 rightly before

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.780
 the Lord,

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:32.700
 nonetheless,

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.560
 the Lord makes

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.039
 it clear.

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.659
 If there is a

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.639
 lack of

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.879
 forgiveness in

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.740
 our heart,

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:39.159
 then we may

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.919
 be in danger.

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.039
 Many who have

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.159
 false professions

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:44.019
 of faith will

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.200
 need to look at

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.980
 their ongoing

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.179
 struggle to

00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:48.019
 forgive others

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.599
 to find

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.819
 themselves as

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.859
 the subjects

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:52.359
 of these grave

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.619
 and dire

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.220
 warnings.

00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:56.240
 So our last

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.859
 point this

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:58.139
 morning is

00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.839
 exposing

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:00.099
 unforgiveness

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.619
 within.

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:00.779
 sin.

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.399
 We cannot

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.219
 read such

00:29:04.219 --> 00:29:05.139
 a sobering

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.619
 parable

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.699
 without

00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.639
 self-reflection,

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.000
 right?

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:09.459
 Without doing

00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:10.000
 the sort of

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:11.279
 self-examination

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.259
 that Jesus is

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.139
 calling us to.

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.979
 Perhaps you're

00:29:14.979 --> 00:29:15.779
 not characterized

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:17.379
 by regular

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:18.839
 lack of

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.339
 forgiveness.

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.239
 Maybe it just

00:29:20.239 --> 00:29:21.119
 comes up from

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:22.179
 time to time.

00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:24.099
 Or maybe this

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.779
 morning you're in

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.439
 the camp and

00:29:25.439 --> 00:29:27.099
 you are thinking

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:28.419
 yourself to be

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.080
 somebody who

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:30.539
 regularly struggles

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:32.380
 with objecting

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:34.300
 to acts of

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:34.700
 forgiveness.

00:29:36.320 --> 00:29:37.160
 Well, what are

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.060
 we to do in

00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:38.539
 light of this

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.820
 parable?

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.900
 How are we to

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:41.000
 examine our

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.340
 hearts?

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.380
 How are we to

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.500
 see which ways

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.880
 this parable is

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.019
 meant to be

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:47.080
 understood and

00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.820
 assessed and

00:29:47.820 --> 00:29:48.700
 repented of if

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.360
 necessary?

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.060
 I'm going to

00:29:51.060 --> 00:29:51.860
 give you two

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.700
 things to look

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:54.060
 for within the

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:54.480
 parable.

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.860
 The first one

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.679
 question is this.

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.459
 It's a question.

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:58.979
 Are there

00:29:58.979 --> 00:30:00.959
 observable changes

00:30:00.959 --> 00:30:02.219
 in you and

00:30:02.219 --> 00:30:03.799
 me in the way

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.839
 that we respond

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.659
 to the sin of

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:07.519
 others in light

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.459
 of what Jesus

00:30:08.459 --> 00:30:09.619
 has done for us

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.279
 in the gospel?

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.240
 This is really

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.500
 the great thrust

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.359
 of our text.

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:16.059
 The great cost

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.899
 that the master

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.939
 absorbed is

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.679
 intended to

00:30:18.679 --> 00:30:20.159
 produce change,

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:21.419
 real change,

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.639
 in the heart

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.799
 of the servant.

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.179
 And yet no

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:26.119
 change can be

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.719
 observed.

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.319
 Tragically,

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.699
 this reveals

00:30:29.699 --> 00:30:31.019
 the depravity

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.339
 of our hearts.

00:30:32.479 --> 00:30:33.039
 This is the

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:34.439
 basis on which

00:30:34.439 --> 00:30:35.059
 the master

00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:36.299
 calls out the

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.939
 servant by

00:30:36.939 --> 00:30:37.359
 saying,

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.659
 you wicked

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.639
 servant.

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.119
 See, the

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:43.000
 effectual love

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:44.059
 of Christ is

00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:45.899
 always intended

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.919
 to produce

00:30:46.919 --> 00:30:47.919
 change by

00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:48.519
 those who

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.079
 were once

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.319
 indebted to

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.479
 the king of

00:30:51.479 --> 00:30:52.079
 kings.

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.399
 For this

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.219
 reason, we

00:30:54.219 --> 00:30:55.339
 are to humbly

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.859
 assess our

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.919
 relationships

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:59.240
 with others.

00:30:59.439 --> 00:31:00.720
 This is a

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.759
 hard thing to

00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.939
 do, but what

00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:04.079
 may be warranted

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.839
 from this text

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.559
 is to think

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.619
 about the

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.339
 people that

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.299
 maybe sin

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.879
 against you

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.500
 the most.

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.220
 It could be

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:12.459
 your brother

00:31:12.459 --> 00:31:13.339
 or your sister

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.839
 kids.

00:31:13.959 --> 00:31:14.519
 It could be

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.619
 your parents.

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.299
 It could be

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.399
 your roommates,

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.559
 your spouse,

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.980
 your employer.

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.099
 anger.

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.819
 There are so

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.640
 many categories.

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.279
 What we are

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.079
 called to do

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:26.220
 is to go to

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.779
 them and to

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.259
 ask them,

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.059
 hey, when you

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.680
 have sinned

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.360
 against me,

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:31.160
 as you think

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.599
 about my

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.339
 response,

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.720
 do you see

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:35.660
 within me a

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.500
 hope and a

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:38.220
 desire for you

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.339
 to be restored,

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.500
 to be in right

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.259
 relationship,

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.360
 to experience the

00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:43.920
 grace of Jesus

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.480
 and him alone?

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:47.319
 Or are you

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.120
 receiving from

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.920
 me anger

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:50.099
 for me

00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.819
 and expectation

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.740
 that I be

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.140
 pleased,

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.599
 that my

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.700
 respect be

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.700
 honored?

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.180
 See, it's a

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:57.860
 very humbling

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.740
 thing for us

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.440
 to do, but

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.700
 often the

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.279
 people that

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.140
 we are

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:03.000
 with, that

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.799
 those people

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.839
 ought to feel

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.660
 Christ and

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.319
 his work

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:07.400
 within us

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.740
 when we

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.559
 respond to

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.160
 their sin.

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.160
 Ephesians

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:12.120
 chapter 4

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.940
 verse 32

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.500
 says,

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.940
 be kind to

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.460
 one another.

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:17.240
 tenderhearted

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.120
 and forgiving

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.839
 one another

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:20.059
 just as

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.079
 God in

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:22.559
 Christ forgave

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.519
 you.

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.220
 The second

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.259
 thing that

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.920
 we can do

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.539
 and look for

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.900
 in this

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.740
 parable is

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:30.099
 another very

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:31.019
 important question

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:32.019
 and I saw

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.519
 this for the

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.680
 first time

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.339
 studying this

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:34.680
 week.

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.620
 Here's the

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:36.940
 question,

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.620
 does God's

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.500
 forgiving of

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:39.279
 my sin

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.579
 result in

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.360
 an increasing

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:42.759
 joy in

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.299
 him?

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:44.940
 Now,

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.360
 part of

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:46.480
 the devastation

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.240
 of the

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.940
 unmerciful

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:49.019
 servant is

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.340
 that the

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:49.960
 master's

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.440
 treatment

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.759
 towards him

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.480
 should have

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.220
 resulted in

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.920
 great

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:55.160
 enthused

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.420
 joy in

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.340
 the master

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:58.080
 himself.

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.059
 But you

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.600
 notice that

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.299
 the servant

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:01.400
 only views

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.380
 what happened

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:03.100
 to him as

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:04.340
 a transaction.

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.220
 As soon as

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.840
 it happens,

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:07.140
 he moves on

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.620
 and he's

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.759
 off and

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.880
 running and

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.840
 nothing has

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.400
 changed.

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.460
 changed.

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.140
 There's a

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.540
 striking

00:33:13.540 --> 00:33:14.480
 similarity if

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.920
 you think

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.800
 of the

00:33:15.800 --> 00:33:16.720
 picture that's

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.180
 given in the

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.519
 book of

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.019
 Luke of

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.540
 the ten

00:33:18.540 --> 00:33:19.019
 lepers,

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.440
 right,

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:19.759
 who are

00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:20.780
 healed by

00:33:20.780 --> 00:33:21.180
 Jesus.

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.800
 What happens

00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:23.340
 to those

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.900
 lepers?

00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:24.800
 Well,

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:25.560
 nine of

00:33:25.560 --> 00:33:25.900
 them,

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.140
 nine go

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:28.300
 away and

00:33:28.300 --> 00:33:29.280
 only one

00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:30.460
 comes back.

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:31.360
 That one

00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.880
 was so

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.900
 affected

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.580
 deeply

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.519
 within his

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.040
 heart that

00:33:35.040 --> 00:33:35.420
 he came

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:36.820
 back praising

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.379
 God and

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.720
 with a

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:38.399
 loud voice

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:39.119
 he fell

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:41.079
 on his

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:41.939
 face at

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.519
 Jesus'

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.480
 feet giving

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.720
 him thanks.

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.299
 Have you

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.779
 found yourself

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:49.279
 responding to

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.200
 God's love

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.139
 with a

00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:52.079
 similar type

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:53.639
 of thankfulness?

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.919
 If you're

00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:55.679
 struggling to

00:33:55.679 --> 00:33:57.019
 forgive others,

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.740
 could it be

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.960
 that this

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.480
 type of

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.359
 thankfulness is

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.799
 lacking within

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:03.000
 your heart?

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.240
 Could it be

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.740
 that you have

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.240
 separated what

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.099
 Jesus has

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:08.119
 offered from

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.639
 Jesus himself

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.239
 and only

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.880
 taken what

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:12.119
 he offers

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.079
 and viewed

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.460
 it in

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.280
 transactional

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.079
 forms but

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.219
 forgot that

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.219
 Jesus intends

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:18.219
 to call you

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.380
 to himself

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.800
 to be

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.320
 enjoyed?

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.460
 John Piper

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.219
 has a very

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:24.119
 helpful book

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.059
 that discusses

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.719
 this theme.

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.940
 Perhaps you've

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.199
 read it.

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.579
 It's called

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.300
 God is the

00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.699
 Gospel.

00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.099
 Let me

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:30.000
 just read

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:30.719
 a quick

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.320
 excerpt.

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:32.340
 It says

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.739
 there are

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:34.119
 ten thousand

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.980
 gifts that

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.579
 flames

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.659
 the news

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.219
 that he

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.900
 has purchased

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:38.619
 by his

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.079
 death

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:40.480
 ten thousand

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.099
 blessings

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:42.279
 for his

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:43.380
 bride.

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:45.039
 But none

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.659
 of these

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.460
 gifts will

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.019
 lead to

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.940
 final joy

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.460
 if they

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.119
 have not

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.960
 first

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.819
 led

00:34:50.819 --> 00:34:51.940
 to God.

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.639
 And not

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.119
 one

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.880
 Gospel

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.360
 blessing

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.819
 will be

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.259
 enjoyed

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:57.219
 by anyone

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:58.139
 for whom

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:59.480
 the Gospel's

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.440
 greatest gift

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.539
 is not

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.319
 the Lord

00:35:02.319 --> 00:35:03.519
 himself.

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:05.039
 see we

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.179
 are forgiven

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:07.219
 so that

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:08.360
 we may

00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:09.219
 enjoy

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:10.519
 the Lord.

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:11.940
 First

00:35:11.940 --> 00:35:12.960
 Peter 3

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.099
 says for

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:15.320
 Christ also

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:16.340
 suffered once

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:17.039
 for sin

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:18.159
 the righteous

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.719
 for the

00:35:18.719 --> 00:35:19.599
 unrighteous

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:21.619
 so that

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.420
 he might

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.619
 bring us

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.860
 to his

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.360
 father

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.659
 to God.

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.840
 What an

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.860
 amazing gift

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:29.480
 that we can

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.320
 come not

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.000
 being

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.660
 fearfully

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.300
 reminded

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.760
 of our

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.100
 debts

00:35:33.100 --> 00:35:33.500
 but we

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:33.980
 can be

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.740
 welcomed

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.220
 because

00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:35.720
 Jesus

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.100
 has

00:35:36.100 --> 00:35:36.960
 expensed

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.660
 the payment

00:35:37.660 --> 00:35:38.420
 of our

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.840
 sin

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.940
 when he

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.300
 died

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.620
 on the

00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:41.059
 cross.

00:35:42.680 --> 00:35:43.400
 Lastly

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.740
 as we

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.240
 move

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.660
 towards

00:35:44.660 --> 00:35:44.860
 our

00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.500
 conclusion

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.280
 and consider

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:47.519
 the application

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.080
 that this

00:35:48.080 --> 00:35:49.140
 text calls

00:35:49.140 --> 00:35:49.440
 for

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.260
 there are

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.700
 several

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.220
 categories

00:35:51.220 --> 00:35:51.900
 of people

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.360
 that the

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.580
 Lord

00:35:52.580 --> 00:35:53.019
 brought

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.660
 to mind

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.620
 this week

00:35:54.620 --> 00:35:54.900
 and I'm

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.180
 hopeful

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:56.080
 that it

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:56.720
 may help

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.460
 to serve

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.980
 these people

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.840
 in particular

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:01.240
 because forgiveness

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:02.220
 often finds

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.820
 itself into

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:04.480
 very difficult

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.720
 situations.

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.440
 Sometimes the

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.460
 type of sin

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.019
 that we are

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.579
 called to

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.199
 endure is

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:11.380
 so serious

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.840
 that you

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.300
 feel the

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:13.079
 impact of

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.420
 it for

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.699
 years or

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:15.880
 even decades

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:17.019
 after it

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.980
 has occurred.

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.599
 You can't

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.860
 always easily

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.599
 forget it

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.240
 or dismiss

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:23.679
 this sin

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.199
 that happened

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:24.559
 to you

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.920
 from your

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.440
 mind and

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.320
 you wonder

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.780
 what does

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.220
 forgiveness

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:28.060
 look like

00:36:28.060 --> 00:36:29.080
 in this

00:36:29.080 --> 00:36:29.620
 type of

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.180
 situation?

00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:30.780
 What am I

00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.320
 to do?

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.760
 How can I

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:32.780
 be faithful

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:34.060
 to honor

00:36:34.060 --> 00:36:34.620
 the Lord?

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:36.240
 The second

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:37.280
 category is

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.600
 people that

00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:39.260
 maybe have

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.060
 wronged you

00:36:40.060 --> 00:36:40.360
 and they

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:41.560
 have no

00:36:41.560 --> 00:36:42.400
 understanding

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:43.420
 of the

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:43.860
 forgiveness

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.380
 that they

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.920
 need.

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:45.760
 Maybe they're

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:46.380
 denying

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.200
 that they

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:47.820
 actually hurt

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.700
 you in

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:49.120
 the first

00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.440
 place.

00:36:49.540 --> 00:36:49.940
 Maybe they

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:51.019
 have no

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:52.000
 idea.

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:52.560
 Maybe they're

00:36:52.560 --> 00:36:53.320
 unbelievers

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.560
 and forgiveness

00:36:54.560 --> 00:36:55.320
 is not in

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.360
 their vocabulary

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.460
 what do

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.039
 we do?

00:36:59.640 --> 00:37:00.480
 Well, as

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.260
 one of your

00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:01.960
 pastors, I

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:03.000
 first want to

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.800
 encourage you

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.440
 that we

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:05.440
 know and

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:06.059
 we recognize

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.880
 just how

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:08.460
 hard it

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.980
 is in

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.200
 these

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:10.059
 situations

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.480
 to forgive

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.099
 others.

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:12.820
 We know

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:13.579
 it can be

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.320
 tremendously

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:15.220
 difficult to

00:37:15.220 --> 00:37:15.840
 love and

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.220
 to find

00:37:16.220 --> 00:37:16.780
 appropriate

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.400
 boundaries

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.980
 for what

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.640
 relationship

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.559
 looks like

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:22.420
 after great

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.980
 sin has

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.440
 happened.

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:25.440
 So just

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:26.320
 a few

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.920
 clarifying

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.400
 remarks

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:28.019
 that I

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.400
 hope are

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:28.840
 helpful.

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:30.940
 Forgiveness

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:32.400
 is not a

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.119
 restoration

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:34.240
 of trust.

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.599
 Forgiveness

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.900
 doesn't always

00:37:36.900 --> 00:37:37.500
 mean that

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.099
 trust is

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.760
 rightfully

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.679
 restored just

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.220
 because you

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.659
 have forgiven

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.179
 somebody.

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.300
 Trust within

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.960
 relationships

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.220
 is based

00:37:44.220 --> 00:37:45.159
 upon standards

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.840
 which allow

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.280
 for a

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.780
 relationship

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:48.019
 to flourish.

00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:48.880
 And as

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.340
 Christians,

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:50.640
 the best

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:51.380
 relational

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.800
 harmony

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.480
 that happens

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:53.860
 is when

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.019
 we're

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.519
 walking

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.539
 in

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.140
 obedience

00:37:56.140 --> 00:37:56.500
 and

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.160
 faithfulness

00:37:57.160 --> 00:37:57.640
 before

00:37:57.640 --> 00:37:58.680
 the Lord.

00:37:59.579 --> 00:37:59.840
 See,

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.420
 many have

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.220
 lost this

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:01.840
 trust within

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.480
 relationships

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.440
 because they

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:04.140
 have either

00:38:04.140 --> 00:38:05.079
 drifted from

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.579
 the Lord

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.000
 or they

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:07.160
 never were

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:08.000
 disciples

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.519
 after all.

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:11.100
 And while

00:38:11.100 --> 00:38:11.840
 we long

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:12.320
 for these

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.980
 relationships

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.539
 to have

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.519
 this really

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.039
 deep and

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.400
 meaningful

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:15.960
 trust,

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.460
 oftentimes

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.460
 it is

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:17.900
 absent

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:19.059
 and we

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.660
 should not

00:38:19.660 --> 00:38:20.760
 be assuming

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.200
 that we

00:38:21.200 --> 00:38:21.760
 are called

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.780
 to act

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:23.139
 as if

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.680
 it's there.

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:25.420
 That's a

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.619
 hard thing

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.139
 to think

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.400
 about,

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.180
 but it

00:38:28.180 --> 00:38:28.700
 is not

00:38:28.700 --> 00:38:29.200
 good for

00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:29.800
 us to

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:30.539
 trust people

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.340
 that are

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.099
 not able

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.500
 to be

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.900
 trusted

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.340
 and the

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:33.519
 Lord

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.900
 doesn't

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.440
 call us

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.900
 to that.

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.059
 The second

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.280
 is forgiveness

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:39.079
 is not

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.700
 pretending

00:38:39.700 --> 00:38:40.820
 that consequences

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:42.400
 don't exist

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.240
 and that

00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:43.780
 things should

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:44.420
 always go

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.079
 back to

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.440
 the way

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:45.840
 that they

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.360
 used to

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:46.639
 be

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.480
 after

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.980
 somebody

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.559
 has been

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:49.039
 forgiven.

00:38:49.859 --> 00:38:49.960
 Now,

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.539
 very similar

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.980
 to our

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.460
 previous

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:51.839
 point,

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.659
 but let's

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.739
 be clear

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:54.079
 here,

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:54.739
 consequences

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:55.940
 for sin

00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.859
 are sometimes

00:38:56.859 --> 00:38:58.139
 very necessary.

00:38:58.940 --> 00:38:59.099
 They're

00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.699
 helpful,

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:00.940
 they're wise

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.739
 to apply

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:02.980
 with discernment

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.719
 to your

00:39:03.719 --> 00:39:04.440
 situation.

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.319
 This may

00:39:06.319 --> 00:39:06.839
 mean that

00:39:06.839 --> 00:39:07.659
 it's good

00:39:07.659 --> 00:39:09.139
 to place

00:39:09.139 --> 00:39:09.799
 restrictions

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.779
 on relationships

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.339
 so that

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:12.059
 sinful

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.699
 patterns

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:14.480
 and tendencies

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.460
 are not

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.119
 allowed to

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:16.679
 continue.

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.619
 You can

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.319
 have a

00:39:18.319 --> 00:39:18.900
 heart of

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.460
 forgiveness

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.619
 and still

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.500
 honor Christ

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.980
 by changing

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.559
 some of the

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.039
 relational

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.599
 boundaries

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.759
 that should

00:39:25.759 --> 00:39:26.480
 be there

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.359
 as you

00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:28.199
 move forward.

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.819
 And thirdly,

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.279
 a specific

00:39:32.279 --> 00:39:33.059
 word for

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.619
 those who

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.420
 are in

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:34.980
 situations

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:35.699
 where forgiveness

00:39:35.699 --> 00:39:36.400
 is not

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:37.079
 sought by

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.900
 the person

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.299
 who has

00:39:38.299 --> 00:39:38.619
 sinned.

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:38.960
 These are

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:40.559
 so hard.

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.940
 We can

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.920
 often get

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:44.339
 very confused

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.059
 and think

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.400
 that we

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:45.820
 can't

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.260
 fulfill

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.780
 what Jesus

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:47.400
 is calling

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.820
 us to

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.980
 because it

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.559
 feels like

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:49.900
 it's a

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.579
 two-party

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.320
 act when

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:52.320
 forgiveness

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:52.860
 is there.

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.160
 Somebody

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.740
 asks for

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.160
 forgiveness

00:39:54.160 --> 00:39:55.400
 and then I

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.840
 give it.

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:57.559
 That's not

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:58.420
 actually quite

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.000
 the case.

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.519
 In some

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:01.059
 situations,

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:01.579
 we can

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.340
 try to

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:03.000
 show someone

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.660
 how they've

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:04.079
 sinned

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.620
 against the

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:04.860
 Lord,

00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.320
 but we

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:05.740
 cannot

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:06.500
 control

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.660
 how they

00:40:07.660 --> 00:40:08.360
 respond.

00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:09.840
 and we're

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.700
 helped in

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.720
 this way

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.340
 by looking

00:40:12.340 --> 00:40:13.660
 at Jesus

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:14.079
 and what

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.660
 he did

00:40:14.660 --> 00:40:15.400
 in the

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.940
 book of

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:16.539
 Luke

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:17.640
 chapter 23.

00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:18.720
 This is

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.079
 what he

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.599
 says to

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.059
 those who

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.240
 were clearly

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:22.260
 not seeking

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:22.980
 the forgiveness

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:24.260
 of him.

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:25.760
 In fact,

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.059
 they were

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:27.000
 furthering their

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:28.440
 sinful rebellion

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:29.380
 and that is

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:29.860
 when Jesus

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.460
 said these

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.920
 words.

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.059
 Jesus

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.539
 said,

00:40:33.140 --> 00:40:33.640
 Father,

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:35.300
 forgive them

00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:35.780
 for they

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:37.000
 know not

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.579
 what they

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:37.980
 do.

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:40.000
 So we

00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.680
 can view

00:40:40.680 --> 00:40:42.280
 the punishment

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:43.220
 of Christ

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:44.700
 is completely

00:40:44.700 --> 00:40:46.340
 sufficient for

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.599
 them.

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:47.120
 We can

00:40:47.120 --> 00:40:48.160
 trust that

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:48.840
 the Lord

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.680
 alone is

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:50.300
 able to

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:50.720
 make the

00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:51.160
 gospel

00:40:51.160 --> 00:40:52.079
 effective

00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:53.160
 in the

00:40:53.160 --> 00:40:53.680
 heart of

00:40:53.680 --> 00:40:54.120
 the one

00:40:54.120 --> 00:40:54.940
 who has

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:55.700
 sinned

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:56.579
 against us.

00:40:57.660 --> 00:40:58.640
 It could

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.340
 be that the

00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:00.380
 Lord uses

00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:01.620
 your picture

00:41:01.620 --> 00:41:02.079
 that you

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.539
 paint,

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.559
 your picture

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.420
 of forgiveness

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:05.120
 and long

00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:05.640
 suffering,

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:07.099
 your loving

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:07.920
 response that

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.680
 is patient

00:41:08.680 --> 00:41:09.900
 not three

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.460
 times or

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:11.139
 four times

00:41:11.139 --> 00:41:12.039
 but indefinitely

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:13.460
 to show a

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.460
 window into

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.500
 the loving

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:16.260
 and gracious

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:17.659
 forgiveness that

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.280
 the Lord

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:19.720
 offers to all

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:20.180
 who would put

00:41:20.180 --> 00:41:20.880
 their faith in

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:21.159
 him.

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.139
 See,

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:23.940
 what forgiveness

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.579
 is,

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:25.420
 is forgiveness

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:27.260
 is a desire

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:27.900
 within our

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:29.000
 hearts to see

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.700
 the ultimate

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:30.880
 good of

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.460
 people who

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.960
 have sinned

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.619
 against us,

00:41:32.680 --> 00:41:33.960
 to see that

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:35.119
 their sins

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:36.220
 are not

00:41:36.220 --> 00:41:37.280
 a reason

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:38.179
 to justify

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.639
 the way

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:38.960
 that we

00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:39.639
 respond,

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:40.039
 but their

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:41.280
 sin are a

00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:41.960
 reason why

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.840
 they need

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.920
 Jesus all

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.619
 the more.

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.579
 And it's a

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:47.460
 hard thing

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.000
 to do,

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.880
 but we

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.420
 believe,

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.260
 just like the

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:50.639
 opening

00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:51.519
 illustration,

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:53.019
 that the

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.659
 death of

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:54.400
 Christ is

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:55.159
 completely

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.920
 sufficient

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:57.039
 for the

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.900
 small sins

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.820
 and for the

00:41:58.820 --> 00:41:59.579
 large sins

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.220
 that the

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:00.740
 Lord may

00:42:00.740 --> 00:42:01.300
 call us

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:02.360
 to endure.

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.300
 Now,

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:05.120
 very last

00:42:05.120 --> 00:42:05.700
 encouragement

00:42:05.700 --> 00:42:07.080
 before we

00:42:07.080 --> 00:42:07.539
 close,

00:42:07.640 --> 00:42:08.140
 if you are

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:09.340
 struggling to

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:10.960
 forgive the

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:11.500
 sins of

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:11.900
 others,

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.560
 if you have

00:42:12.560 --> 00:42:13.480
 a hard time

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.980
 knowing how

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.820
 to apply

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.700
 and feel

00:42:15.700 --> 00:42:16.120
 yourself

00:42:16.120 --> 00:42:16.880
 regularly

00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:18.140
 giving way

00:42:18.140 --> 00:42:19.060
 to anger,

00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:20.600
 maybe there

00:42:20.600 --> 00:42:20.840
 was a

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.460
 life-changing

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:22.060
 event that

00:42:22.060 --> 00:42:22.680
 happened to

00:42:22.680 --> 00:42:23.400
 you many,

00:42:23.560 --> 00:42:24.080
 many years

00:42:24.080 --> 00:42:24.440
 ago,

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:24.820
 and this

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.760
 is weighing

00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:26.260
 on your

00:42:26.260 --> 00:42:26.620
 heart,

00:42:27.100 --> 00:42:27.740
 or maybe

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:28.140
 you just

00:42:28.140 --> 00:42:28.800
 struggle with

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:30.880
 your children

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:31.440
 or a

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:32.079
 close friend

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.559
 how to

00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.559
 forgive them

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.160
 in practice,

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:34.920
 let me give

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.300
 you this

00:42:35.300 --> 00:42:35.980
 encouragement.

00:42:37.240 --> 00:42:38.039
 I would

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.920
 encourage you

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.760
 to take a

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.200
 look this

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:40.700
 week at

00:42:40.700 --> 00:42:41.059
 Psalm

00:42:41.059 --> 00:42:42.059
 chapter 32,

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.820
 and when

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.700
 you read

00:42:44.700 --> 00:42:45.180
 through this,

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:45.619
 you can

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:46.940
 pray thinking

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:48.000
 about the

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:48.780
 person that

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.820
 may be

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.480
 sinning against

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:52.000
 you regularly,

00:42:52.240 --> 00:42:52.820
 the one that's

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.380
 hard to

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.900
 forgive,

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:55.119
 and as you

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.880
 pray and

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.519
 posture your

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:56.880
 heart,

00:42:57.240 --> 00:42:57.780
 remembering

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:58.420
 what God

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:58.820
 has done

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.320
 for you,

00:42:59.420 --> 00:42:59.840
 the Lord

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.320
 by His

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:00.680
 Spirit,

00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:01.860
 can allow

00:43:01.860 --> 00:43:02.460
 your heart

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:03.360
 to change,

00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:04.180
 and to

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:05.519
 remember that

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.320
 Christ and

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:06.960
 His death

00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:08.140
 is completely

00:43:08.140 --> 00:43:09.300
 sufficient.

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.200
 So you

00:43:10.200 --> 00:43:10.579
 can just

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:12.240
 listen to

00:43:12.240 --> 00:43:12.579
 a couple

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.000
 verses.

00:43:13.720 --> 00:43:14.480
 Verse 1

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.280
 and 2

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:16.360
 of Psalm

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:16.760
 32,

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.900
 Blessed is

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.579
 the one

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:18.900
 whose

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:20.000
 transgression

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.960
 is forgiven,

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.740
 whose sin

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:23.539
 is covered.

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:25.260
 Blessed is

00:43:25.260 --> 00:43:25.900
 the man

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:26.800
 against whom

00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:27.559
 the Lord

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:29.400
 counts no

00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:30.180
 iniquity,

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:31.159
 and whose

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:31.839
 spirit

00:43:31.839 --> 00:43:32.299
 there is

00:43:32.299 --> 00:43:33.519
 no deceit.

00:43:34.839 --> 00:43:35.519
 Verse 5,

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:36.539
 I acknowledge

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:37.199
 my sin

00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:37.719
 to you,

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.440
 and I

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:38.739
 did not

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:39.460
 cover my

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.000
 iniquity.

00:43:40.379 --> 00:43:41.099
 I said I

00:43:41.099 --> 00:43:42.299
 will confess

00:43:42.299 --> 00:43:43.460
 my transgression

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:44.359
 to the Lord,

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:45.759
 and you

00:43:45.759 --> 00:43:47.159
 forgave the

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.879
 iniquity of

00:43:47.879 --> 00:43:48.500
 my heart.

00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:50.219
 Verse 10,

00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:51.579
 Many are

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:52.460
 the sorrows

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:53.219
 of the wicked,

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:54.960
 but steadfast

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:56.859
 love surrounds

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.460
 the one

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:58.420
 who trusts

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 O righteous,

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 and shout

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 all you

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 upright

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 in heart.

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 Please join

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 me in prayer.

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