In the sermon this past Sunday, we looked at how the forgiveness we receive from God should compel us to readily forgive our neighbor. In Matthew 18, Jesus uses a parable to tell Peter that there should be no measure to the forgiveness we extend to one another. The debt we owe God for our sins is immeasurable and impossible to fathom ever paying back in 10,000 lifetimes. Yet He freely offers His forgiveness. When we consider forgiving one another, there is no comparison between the moral violation of sinning against us and the moral violation of sinning against an infinitely Holy God. Jesus isn’t minimizing the pain a person experiences when someone is sinned against; He is maximizing the chasm between sins committed against us and the sins we commit against God. There is no comparison. When we try to fathom God’s immeasurable forgiveness toward us, our hearts can’t help but become stirred with gratitude and a readiness to forgiven others, without keeping a record.
