Forgive Others

Once, Yeshua taught this disciples about forgiveness.

Peter asked Yeshua when somebody sin against us, how many time we should forgive him? Seven times?
Yeshua replied, no, 70 x 7 times.

So, What does that means? After Yeshua said that, He told His disciples a story.

Once upon a time, there is a servant. He owned his master 10 thousand dollars. When the time for him to return the money came, he has no money to return. So his master asked him to sell him wife, children and everything he had to pay back the money.

When the servant heard that, he immediately kneeled down and begged the master.
"Have mercy on me, give me few more days, and I will pay back the money."
The master took pity on him, so he cancelled the servant's debt and let the servant go.

The servant was so happy and relief. But when he left the master's house, he saw his friend (another servant) who owned him 10 dollars. He immediately grabbed him, choked him and scolded him. "Pay back what you owned me."

This friend has no money, so he begged the servant. "Please, be patient with me, give me few more day, and I will pay back what I owned you." But the servant was very angry, he refused to give his friend few more day. Instead he threw his friend into prison until he could pay back the money.

Other servants saw what had happened, they reported to the master. The master called the servant. "I took pity on you and cancelled all your debt. Shouldn't you also took pity on your friend and cancel his, just I did?" The master was so angry and threw the servant into prison until he could pay back all he owned.

After Yeshua told the story, he said, "This is how Heavenly Father will treat us unless we forgive others from our heart."

Matthew 18: 21-35
21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"
22Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
23"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
26"The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' 27The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28"But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. 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 you back.'
30"But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed 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. 33Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' 34In anger his master turned 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 from your heart."

This story teached us that our Heavenly has forgiven all our sins all the time no matter how great and how many they are. Compare our sins to God and the sins that other had against us, it is much more than 10 thousands to 10; and yet He forgives them all everytime. He never keep a record of our sins. He never counts how many times he has forgiven us. Like wise we are are forgive others from our heart all the time.