Our paragraph topic is: (The servant's fate) Part 3.
Is it fair? Is it fair that what was given to you as a gift should not be passed on to others? Is it fair that what was given to you as a gift should be kept to yourself? Is it fair that the forgiveness that was shown to you should not be shown to others? Christ told his disciples that for those who do not forgive what was forgiven them will pay a price. For the Father will be angry. The Father will take back. The Father will exact a penalty to those who do not believe in his compassion.
Through the example of the parable Christ taught his disciples the power of forgiveness. He showed them the principle that the Father has established for those who forgive and for those who do not. Have compassion upon those who wrong you, for the Father has had compassion on you. Be forgiving of those who have hurt you for the Father has forgiven you. Be loving of those that you do not love for the Father has loved you even when you did not love him. Remember the torturer who will exact the penalty, is what Christ taught his disciples. "And his master, being angry, handed him over to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him."
Why should we remember the torturer? Why should we become fearful of the consequences? After all, we are the ones who were wronged. We are the ones who were hurt. We are the ones who suffered the offense. And this is what Christ wanted his disciples and us today to understand. The Father was hurt. The Father was offended. The Father was wronged. Yet he forgave. He overlooked. He did not exact punishment upon us for all the transgressions that we did against him. For he is the judge. He is the jury. He sets the punishment for all. And we do not understand that despite all this that there is still love in him.
Is it fair? Is it fair that what was given to you as a gift should not be passed on to others? Is it fair that what was given to you as a gift should be kept to yourself? Is it fair that the forgiveness that was shown to you should not be shown to others? Christ told his disciples that for those who do not forgive what was forgiven them will pay a price. For the Father will be angry. The Father will take back. The Father will exact a penalty to those who do not believe in his compassion.
Through the example of the parable Christ taught his disciples the power of forgiveness. He showed them the principle that the Father has established for those who forgive and for those who do not. Have compassion upon those who wrong you, for the Father has had compassion on you. Be forgiving of those who have hurt you for the Father has forgiven you. Be loving of those that you do not love for the Father has loved you even when you did not love him. Remember the torturer who will exact the penalty, is what Christ taught his disciples. "And his master, being angry, handed him over to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him."
Why should we remember the torturer? Why should we become fearful of the consequences? After all, we are the ones who were wronged. We are the ones who were hurt. We are the ones who suffered the offense. And this is what Christ wanted his disciples and us today to understand. The Father was hurt. The Father was offended. The Father was wronged. Yet he forgave. He overlooked. He did not exact punishment upon us for all the transgressions that we did against him. For he is the judge. He is the jury. He sets the punishment for all. And we do not understand that despite all this that there is still love in him.
For he loves us. He sees that we do not see. He knows that if we knew all, we would not do the things that we do. But it is the world that hides the truth. It is the world that deceives. It is the world that would deny us the love of the Father. It is the world that would have us pay the torturer. Is it fair to be forgiving? Or is it love that we should know. For from the love that is in us through Christ Jesus, we learn the truth of who we are. It is from the love of the Father that we can begin to see who we are and begin to know the truth of the world we live in.
Fear not the torturer, but seek the love of who you are in Christ. For when we see ourselves as we are, in him, then we are able to see others also. And the love that is in us, is in our brothers and sisters also. Forgive them. Love them. Help them to understand that they too are loved. Help them to understand that they too are provided for. Help them to understand that they too are protected. And help them to understand that they too can dwell in the completeness that is in Christ Jesus through God our Father. The truth awaits you. Come! Seek to know who you are in him. He has given me my sight. He has given me my joy. He has given me my love. And he will do the same for you. Ask and you will know. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened and the Holy Spirit of the Lord will come and be with you.
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.
