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A Parable | The Unmerciful Servant
Shared on: Sep 11, 2023
What we see in the parable of the unmerciful servant is unfortunately so true to what we see in the church today. The place where there ought to be an unending well of grace and forgiveness for one another has all too often become a place to display how short-sighted we all are. We will always be in need of grace not only from God but from one another. This truth is being forgotten about in a world that is becoming increasingly individualistic. If someone hurts us, we can easily shut them out and find another community that we get along with until they hurt us. Then we can find another group and community and it goes on and on. But, Christ calls us to settle our debts with one another and to extend the love that he has first shown us.
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