23天国好像一个王要和他仆人算账。24才算的时候，有人带了一个欠一千万银子的来。25因为他没有什么偿还之物，主人吩咐把他和他妻子儿女，并一切所有的都卖了偿还。26那仆人就俯伏拜他，说：‘主啊，宽容我，将来我都要还清。’27那仆人的主人就动了慈心，把他释放了，并且免了他的债。28“那仆人出来，遇见他的一个同伴欠他十两银子，便揪着他，掐住他的喉咙，说：‘你把所欠的还我！’29他的同伴就俯伏央求他说：‘宽容我吧！将来我必还清。’30他不肯，竟去把他下在监里，等他还了所欠的债。31众同伴看见他所作的事，就甚忧愁，去把这事都告诉了主人。32于是，主人叫了他来，对他说：‘你这恶奴才！你央求我，我就把你所欠的都免了。33你不应当怜恤你的同伴，像我怜恤你吗？’34主人就大怒，把他交给掌刑的，等他还清了所欠的债。35你们各人若不从心里饶恕你的弟兄，我天父也要这样待你们了。”
饶恕是昂贵的。它总是这样的。如果你的兄弟或姐妹得罪了你，他们真的没有办法补偿你。荣誉丢失了，你如何偿还?你怎样赔偿一颗受伤的心?当你原谅你的兄弟姐妹时，你总会付出一些代价。你在偿还他们欠你的债。
耶稣想要你在这个比喻中思考的是，神饶恕你的罪需要付出多大的代价？在你的一生中，你曾无数次地羞辱上帝，羞辱主耶稣。然而他已经免除了你所有的债务。他不会让你为难，也不会说你必须永世偿还他。他完全饶恕了你，就像主人饶恕了他的仆人一样。
相比上帝的饶恕，你和你的兄弟姐妹欠帐，根本算不了什么。当你饶恕你的邻舍时，你表现出你理解并感激上帝为你所做的一切。如果你不能原谅你的邻舍，这表明你不理解或不感激上帝的宽恕。所以，继续宽恕他人吧，因为这是上帝宽恕你的方式。
祷告:主耶稣，感谢你赦免我的所有罪。求主让我用你的爱来衡量别人对我的伤害，这样我才能从心里原谅他们。阿们
Matthew 18:23-35: 23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. 26 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. 28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. 29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’ 30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened. 32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”
Forgiveness is expensive. It always is. If your brother or sister wrongs you, there is really nothing they can do to pay you back. How do you pay back honor when it’s lost? How do you reimburse for a wounded heart? When you forgive your brother or sister, it will always cost you something. You are covering their debt to you.
What Jesus wants you to consider in this parable is what it cost God to forgive you your sins. You have dishonored God and shamed him thousands and even millions of times in your life. Yet he has forgiven your entire debt. He doesn’t hold it over your head or say you must pay him back in eternity. He just forgives you completely, as the master forgave his servant.
Compare that with what your brother or sister owes you. It’s nothing, really, nothing at all compared to how God has forgiven you. When you forgive your neighbor, you show that you understand and appreciate what God has done for you. If you cannot forgive your neighbor, it shows that you do not understand or appreciate God’s forgiveness. So keep on forgiving, because that’s how God forgives you.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for canceling the enormous debt of my sin. Let me weigh the hurt I feel when others wrong me against your love so that I can forgive from the heart. Amen.