Message Notes

 POST-PRAYER CONSIDERATIONS

1. Post-Practice

a) After we have prayed

b) We are to practise what we have prayed for

2. The Practice of Forgiveness Matthew 6:14

a) If you forgive men their trespasses

b) Your heavenly Father will also forgive you

3. The Non-Practice of Forgiveness Matthew 6:15

a) But if you do not forgive men their trespasses

b) Neither will your Father forgive your trespasses

PARABLE OF THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT

Matthew 18:21-35

1. The context

a) Peter asking how often he must forgive a brother Matthew 18:21

            He offered an answer- To forgive seven times

b) The Reply of the Lord Jesus

            To forgive 70 times 7                                                           Matthew 18:22

2. The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

a) Part 1 (Matthew 18:23-27)

i) A servant owed the king 10,000 talents

ii) Penalty-

                        Jail for the whole family and Liquidation of all assets to pay debt

iii) The servant pleaded

iv) The king forgave

b) Part 2   (Matthew 18:28-30)

i) The servant sought out a fellow-servant

ii) He demanded that his debt be paid

iii) But the fellow-servant could not pay his debt

iv) He was thrown into jail

c) Part 3   (Matthew 28:31)

i) Other fellow-servants reported this matter to the king

ii) They were grieved

d) Part 4 (Matthew 18:32-35)

i) The king rebuked the unforgiving servant

ii) He reminded him of how much he had been forgiven

iii) Could he not have had compassion on his fellow-servant?

iv) The unforgiving servant was sentenced to jail