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The Price of Forgiveness
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Posted by: eagle4him
Recently I watched a dvd lesson on "The Bait of Satan" by John Bevere. The following is from that:
The parable of the Unmerciful Servant (Matthew18:21-35)
The King forgave his servant for a debt of 10,000 talents. A talent is the equivalent to about 17 years wages. At $45,000 annual salary that is a debt of approximately 7.6 Billion Dollars
The servant then had a problem forgiving the debt of someone who owed him money or 100 denari. A years salary was about 300 denari, so 100 denari is 1/3 of that annual salary or $15,000.
Honestly, a $15,000 debt is a huge one to forgive someone of. But it in no way compares to the debt that Jesus frogave us for--7.6 Billion.
The lesson here is this: Anyone that cannot forgive has forgotten what God forgave them of!
Lord, "I'll never know how much it cost...to see my sin upon that cross...."