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.” Matthew 18:28-35
Then.
He was forgiven. A debt of mountainous proportion.
All of it erased. Forgiven. Imagine the relief.
Surprised? The forgiven becomes a tyrant.
One hundred silver coins? 100 dollars?
Tyrant was forgiven millions!
Can’t we be merciful? Is there a tyrant hidden in each of us?
Truth, we know this tyrant is not a rare case.
We prefer revenge over mercy.
Realize, the tyrant couldn’t escape the torture; pay the debt.
It was unpayable in jail. Our debt of sin the same: unpayable.
