Context

• Jesus was teaching His disciples what to do when others sin.
• The tradition of the Pharisees limited the responsibility to forgive someone to three times.
• Peter thought he was incredibly gracious, but Jesus revealed how thorough forgiveness must truly be (18:21-22).

Content

1st Encounter

• The first man owed his master 10,000 talents.
• One talent was roughly the equivalent of 20 years’ wages for a common laborer.
• This man’s debt was a modern-day equivalency of 6 billion dollars.

2nd Encounter

• The second man owed the newly forgiven servant 100 denarii.
• A common laborer earned about one denarius a day.
• This man’s debt was a modern-day equivalency of $12,000.

The one who benefitted from mercy was unwilling to give it to another.

Concept

• There is coming a day when God will settle all of our sin accounts.
• While others owe us significant debts, it is nothing compared to the debt we owed God.
• It is spiritually ironic to hold higher standards for lesser offenses. 
• How dare we identify by an amazing grace that we are unwilling to extend?
• You are too forgiven to be unforgiving to those who have hurt you.