Reading: Matthew 18:23-25
From childhood we are taught how to succeed in the world of ungrace. “You get what you pay for.” “The early bird gets the worm.” “No pain, no gain.” I know these rules well because I live by them. I work for what I earn; I like to win; I insist on my rights. I want people to get what they deserve.
But Jesus’ parables about grace teach a radically different concept. In Matthew 18, no one could accumulate a debt as huge as the servant did (vv.23-24). This underscores the point: The debt is unforgivable. Nevertheless, the master let the servant off scot-free.
The more I reflect on Jesus’ parables proclaiming grace, the more tempted I am to apply the word atrocious to describe the mathematics of the gospel. I believe Jesus gave us these stories to call us to step completely outside our tit-for-tat world of ungrace and enter into God’s realm of infinite grace.
If I care to listen, I hear a loud whisper from the gospel that I did not get what I deserved. I deserved punishment and got forgiveness. I deserved wrath and got love. I deserved debtor’s prison and got instead a clean credit history. I deserved stern lectures and crawl-on-your-knees repentance. Instead, I got a banquet spread for me. - Philip Yancey
--> taken from Our Daily Bread
Richard Chan
8 comments:
Sometimes, after reading this parable, i think about, where do we draw the line as to when we should just forgive them, and when should we ask for the "debt" back.
I've lent out $400+ to a friend, and he pretty much wasted it gambling. Should i forgive him of that debt? or should i make him pay me back?
Also, today (feb 6th) is the start of Lent. Lent is 40 days when we give up something so taht we can refocus on God. For me, I will be doing Lent on Anime.
-Jon Rbk(2,1)
"I deserved wrath and got love"
i resonate with that a lot. it's so precious this gift of grace that we have and we really should treasure it daily.
Jon, as for the $400+ i'd say make sure he pays you back. As a friend you'd owe it to him to make sure he gets straighted out.
- Jono Rbk (2.0)
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