Oakhaven Church Podcast

9.25.22 - Parables IV: Forgiven to Forgive

September 29, 2022 Larry Mudd
Oakhaven Church Podcast
9.25.22 - Parables IV: Forgiven to Forgive
Show Notes

Throughout the month of September we have been looking at some of Jesus’ simplest but most powerful parables. First we saw how the gospel and the kingdom of God powerfully transform our lives in the parables of the mustard seed and yeast. Then we experienced the planting of the seed of the gospel in our hearts as the sower defined the seed of the gospel as God’s love pursuing each of us in a unique way. We are also all sowers of the seed, while at the same time we all have hearts whose soil needs to be tended. Last week, we looked at two simple stories in Luke 15 that underline how deeply the Master cares for everyone who has strayed away. There is not a person on earth who does not merit an all out search!

And so today we look at a parable that speaks to our lives in the kingdom after having been found by the shepherd, after having the seed sown in the soil of our hearts, after having been forgiven of our sins, represented at the beginning of today’s parable as a massive, unpayable debt that the Master simply forgives. That forgiveness should set the tone for our lives with one another, as we forgive one another as we have been forgiven. Often though we hold onto unforgiveness and resentment. Jesus knew this issue was so important, he embedded our extended forgiveness to one another in the one and only prayer He gave us. Forgive us our debts as we have forgiven our debtors!

Lord, have mercy!

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