Forgiveness of debts.Exodus 14:19-31; Exodus 15:1-11, 20-21; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 The 1970 big-screen romantic drama Love Story made famous the slogan "love means never having to say you're sorry." Soon after came John Lennon's infamous in·fa·mous adj. 1. Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious. 2. Causing or deserving infamy; heinous: an infamous deed. 3. Law a. rejoinder The answer made by a defendant in the second stage of Common-Law Pleading that rebuts or denies the assertions made in the plaintiff's replication. The rejoinder allows a defendant to present a more responsive and specific statement challenging the allegations made : "Love means having to say you're sorry every five minutes." The fab singer-songwriter was closer to the gospel truth. Seeking and receiving forgiveness is a necessarily repeatable interaction within the human family. Breaches occur. Brokenness happens. Continuously, things must be set aright a·right adv. In a proper manner; correctly. [Middle English, from Old English ariht : a-, on; see a-2 + riht, right; see right. . Reconciliation takes many forms. By grace or goading, God resolves injustices. In the gruesome grue·some adj. Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking: a gruesome murder. See Synonyms at ghastly. accounts of Exodus 14 and 15, Egyptians die that Israelites might live. Yet considered from the perspective of enslaved Enslaved may refer to:
As the Creator is ultimately in control, Paul calls God's people to respect one another and leave the judging to God (Romans 14). Love, says Paul, means forgiving others for what would have been seen as radically different lifestyle choices--whether to eat meat, drink wine, or observe the Sabbath--knowing that they are accountable only to God. "On the ground" in Galilee Galilee (găl`ĭlē), region, N Israel, roughly the portion north of the plain of Esdraelon. Galilee was the chief scene of the ministry of Jesus. , Jesus responds to Peter's question about forgiveness with what many would find extremely difficult in year 1 or year 2005. forgiving financial debts (Matthew 18:22). What kind of a Lord expects that kind of forgiveness? Jesus segues from his response that Christians must forgive 77 times (or "70 times seven") with a parable parable, the term translates the Hebrew word "mashal"—a term denoting a metaphor, or an enigmatic saying or an analogy. In the Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition, however, "parables" were illustrative narrative examples. Jewish teachers of the 1st cent. A.D. of a king forgiving the debt of a slave (Matthew 18:23-35). This incredible debt was to the tune of 10,000 talents. That is 50 years of Herod Antipas' income, or 150,000 years of a laborer's wages. Now that's forgiveness, the kind that Jesus then says God will show to us--if we show it to others. Forgiving insurmountable debt is as contemporary as the morning's newspaper. Many African nations have paid the principal on loans to the World Bank or International Monetary Fund many rimes over, but now spend one-quarter of their national budgets on debt service and interest. Forgive us our debts? |
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