Our paragraph topic is: (The servant demands payment)
The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who desires to settle accounts with his servants. This is the parable that Christ told to his disciples as he was teaching them about forgiveness. He wanted them to have a clear understanding. He wanted them to know. He wanted them to feel within their hearts the meaning of forgiveness. Peter had asked how often they should forgive. And Christ wanted them to understand that there is no limit on forgiveness.
He told them, when the accounts came to be settled, would it show that they had compassion upon their fellow man as the king had upon his servant. Or would they be like the servant who had no compassion upon those that owed him? These are the servants actions. "But as that servant went out, he met one of his fellow-servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and he laid hold of him and throttled him, saying, 'Pay what thou owest.' His fellow-servant therefore fell down and began to entreat him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will pay thee all.' But he would not; but went away and cast him into prison until he should pay what was due."
What will you do? Will you be like the servant or will you take the position of the king? God has patience. God has compassion. God is forgiving. God is all knowing. Will you be like God our Father? Will you forgive? Will you have compassion? Will you have patience with your brothers and sisters as they continue in their ways? Will you have love for them as they struggle through the trials and tribulations of life? Will you be an example for them, demonstrating the love the God has for you and the love that your heavenly father has for them?
Our Father waits for us to have knowledge. Our Father waits for us to understand. Our Father waits for us to turn to him and believe. We are drawn by the world and all its glitz and glamour. For we are given to believe that we are successful it. We are given to believe that we can have what it has to offer. We are given to believe that if we only believe hard enough and work long enough that we can have the promises of this life. And when we try and fail who do we turn to? Do we change our game plan? Do we try a different strategy? Do we push the boundaries in our efforts to succeed? And yet we are already successful.
For within us lies the truth of who we are in Christ. And within us lies the truth of our success. Within us is the light of life given us by our father through Christ Jesus. And yet we are not aware of who we are in him simply because we are blinded by the physical. We are blinded by the world. We are raised in an environment that teaches us the rules of this world and not the rules of the spiritual world. The two contradict and conflict. Father have patience with me that I may learn your ways. Father have patience with me that I may understand the truth of who I am. Father forgive me my trespasses and help me to forgive others as you forgive me. Help me to have patience and love that I may see others as you see me.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who desires to settle accounts with his servants. This is the parable that Christ told to his disciples as he was teaching them about forgiveness. He wanted them to have a clear understanding. He wanted them to know. He wanted them to feel within their hearts the meaning of forgiveness. Peter had asked how often they should forgive. And Christ wanted them to understand that there is no limit on forgiveness.
He told them, when the accounts came to be settled, would it show that they had compassion upon their fellow man as the king had upon his servant. Or would they be like the servant who had no compassion upon those that owed him? These are the servants actions. "But as that servant went out, he met one of his fellow-servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and he laid hold of him and throttled him, saying, 'Pay what thou owest.' His fellow-servant therefore fell down and began to entreat him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will pay thee all.' But he would not; but went away and cast him into prison until he should pay what was due."
What will you do? Will you be like the servant or will you take the position of the king? God has patience. God has compassion. God is forgiving. God is all knowing. Will you be like God our Father? Will you forgive? Will you have compassion? Will you have patience with your brothers and sisters as they continue in their ways? Will you have love for them as they struggle through the trials and tribulations of life? Will you be an example for them, demonstrating the love the God has for you and the love that your heavenly father has for them?
Our Father waits for us to have knowledge. Our Father waits for us to understand. Our Father waits for us to turn to him and believe. We are drawn by the world and all its glitz and glamour. For we are given to believe that we are successful it. We are given to believe that we can have what it has to offer. We are given to believe that if we only believe hard enough and work long enough that we can have the promises of this life. And when we try and fail who do we turn to? Do we change our game plan? Do we try a different strategy? Do we push the boundaries in our efforts to succeed? And yet we are already successful.
For within us lies the truth of who we are in Christ. And within us lies the truth of our success. Within us is the light of life given us by our father through Christ Jesus. And yet we are not aware of who we are in him simply because we are blinded by the physical. We are blinded by the world. We are raised in an environment that teaches us the rules of this world and not the rules of the spiritual world. The two contradict and conflict. Father have patience with me that I may learn your ways. Father have patience with me that I may understand the truth of who I am. Father forgive me my trespasses and help me to forgive others as you forgive me. Help me to have patience and love that I may see others as you see me.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
