In Matthew 18:21-35, Jesus tells a parable about an unforgiving servant. Through it, he's helping us see two kinds of radical, radical forgiveness and radical unforgiveness, and what will happen if we ignore the former for the latter.
All in Jesus
The Gospel is a Rescue
As J.B. Lightfoot says, “The gospel is a rescue, and emancipation from a state of bondage.”
What We Squandered, Jesus Restored
Adam, as the first man, represented all humanity to follow. The result of his life is, therefore, universal and inescapable. In Adam, all die. But in Christ, all live.
You Have A Problem with the Old Covenant
In Jesus, the shadows of the Old Testament have faded away. Jesus is the founder of the new covenant. The terms he brings are different, they are more gracious and more merciful.
What Obedience Looks Like
There are two types of people – those who listen and those who don’t. Which one are you?
Help in Time of Need
Those moments of awareness in the midst of our sin – those moments where we are surprised by our actions or thoughts – are moments of grace from the throne. Here’s what we can do.
Come and Have Breakfast
There is an ordinariness to the resurrected Jesus. But there is also a glory. He is a man like us yet unlike us. It is the likeness that draws us in, but the unlikeness causes us to bow down in worship.