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by the king . When the king in the parable justly revoked his earlier pardon , consigning the unforgiving man to debtor ’ s prison to be “ tortured until he should pay back all he owed ” ( 18:34 ), Jesus was warning his audience and us not to trespass on God ’ s gracious forgiveness but also reminding us that we exist within a community whose wholeness and peace matter to God . We honor God in the communities where we lead when we help others to see the twin truths of this passage — that while we are not to ignore or downplay wrongdoing , and indeed honest anger can help reveal the cost of sin , we are also not to withhold forgiveness from our “ fellow servants ” since we have been forgiven an enormous debt by God . traces the concept across both the Old and New Testaments to reveal the God who
forgives and empowers us to forgive others .
Adapted from Forgiveness : A Bible Study on Releasing Wrongs and Restoring Relationships by The Navigators with Cassia Glass . Copyright © 2024 . Used by permission of NavPress . All rights reserved . Represented by Tyndale House Publishers , a Division of Tyndale House Ministries .
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Cassia Glass is the small groups and discipleship director at Faithbridge Church in northwest Houston . She is also a retreat speaker and writer , most recently authoring the Navigator ’ s new LifeChange Topical Guide Forgiveness : A Bible Study on Releasing Wrongs and Restoring Relationships . She holds a Master ’ s degree in church history and theology , and she and husband McLeod are happy empty nesters with two young adult children . 44