Seasons of Devotion by Law Philip;

Author:Law, Philip;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2019-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

O Lord Jesus, because, being full of foolishness, we often sin and have to ask pardon, help us to forgive as we would be forgiven, neither mentioning old offences committed against us, nor dwelling upon them in thought, nor being influenced by them in heart but loving our brother freely, as you freely loved us. For you names sake.

Christina Rossetti, 1830–94

Day 4

The Unmerciful Servant

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, therefore, should be thought of in this way: There was once a king who decided to settle accounts with the men who served him. At the outset there appeared before him a man who owed ten thousand talents. Since he had no means of paying, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and everything he had, to meet the debt. The man fell at his master’s feet. “Be patient with me,” he implored, “and I will pay you in full”; and the master was so moved with pity that he let the man go and cancelled the debt. But no sooner had the man gone out than he met a fellow servant who owed him a hundred denarii; he took hold of him, seizing him by the throat, and said, “Pay me what you owe.” The man fell at his fellow servant’s feet, and begged him, “Be patient with me, and I will pay you”; but he refused, and had him thrown into jail until he should pay the debt. The other servants were deeply distressed when they saw what had happened, and they went to their master and told him the whole story. Then he sent for the man and said, “You scoundrel! I cancelled the whole of your debt when you appealed to me; ought you not to have shown mercy to your fellow servant just as I showed mercy to you?” And so angry was the master that he condemned the man to be tortured until he should pay the debt in full. That is how my heavenly Father will deal with you, unless you each forgive your brother from your hearts.’

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