Forgiveness

Everyone needs forgiveness. More importantly, everyone needs to know how to forgive. God is so loving and gracious that He shows us why it is so important and how we are to forgive others.

In Matthew 18:21-35 Jesus tells his followers a parable about a king and his servant that owes him a lot of money. The king demands payment from the servant and the servant begs for the kings patience and more time to pay the debt. The king felt compassion for the man and forgave him his debt. The servant then came upon a fellow servant that owed him money. He demanded payment of the debt and when the other servant begged for patience just as he had done with the king, the man refused and has the other servant put in jail. When the king heard of it he put the servant in jail until his debt was paid.

Taylorsville Bible Chapel (TBC) is presenting a Bible study on this section of scripture and the subject of forgiveness this Sunday, May 22, 2011. I encourage you to join them for this session. Their Sunday School service starts at 11 am. Sunday is also their Fellowship Dinner where the members bring a pot luck dish and enjoy fellowship while eating a delicious lunch. All are welcome! After the dinner the study will resume.

Read the scripture, Matthew 18:21-35, and join the members on Sunday. Some questions that will be considered are:

1. What is a parable?
2. What is God telling you in the parable?
3. Can you find other scripture references of ‘Forgiveness’?
4. How do they support the parable of Matthew 18?

I would like to extend a special thank you to Wolf Salewski, a valued member of TBC, for the handout concerning the Bible Study.

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