Christ The King Free Lutheran

Sermon for Trinity 22. The Scripture readings are Micah 6:6-8; Philippians 1:3-11; and Matthew 18:21-35.Jesus said to Peter, “No, forgiving seven times isn’t enough. Instead, seventy-seven (or it could also be translated ‘seventy multiplied by seven’) times.” Now, Jesus doesn’t mean that you forgive and forgive and forgive, but when you get either to 76 or 489 forgivings (sic) you warn the other person, “Listen, you’ve only got one forgiveness left.” Nope, let the forgiveness flow freely.God wants to be known for His goodness. God wants to be known by His mercy. God wants to be known for His willingness to freely forgive. And if you refuse to forgive those who have sinned against you, what does that say about your God and King?The cure for our unforgiveness is to have a right understanding the massive debt that each of us owe to God. When we wrongly think that have only a little debt of sin, we can only have a little Savior.Sin – all sin – is against God (Ps. 51:4; 1 Cor. 8:12). Every day, you rack up an unim