"Must We Forgive?" - Matthew 18:21-35

Outline:

1. The Necessity of Forgiveness:
   • Universal Experience of Hurt
   • Human Nature to Cause Pain
   • Consequences of Hurt
2. God’s Solution: Forgiveness:
   • Learning to Forgive
   • Peter’s Question (Matthew 18:21-22)
   • God’s Infinite Mercy
3. The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant:
   • Astounding Debt:
     • The Accounting (23)
     • The Amount (24-25)
     • The Acknowledgment (26-27)Ephesians 4:32, reinforces the need to forgive as God forgives.
4. The Awful Decision:
   • Bitterness Consequences
   • Interaction with the Fellow Servant (28):
     • Begs for Mercy (29): The fellow servant’s ple ...