THE HARDEST THING JESUS EVER ASKED US TO DO... A Thread 🧵
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Jesus once told a story that should shake us to the core.
A servant owed a king more money than he could ever repay.
The king forgave the entire debt!
Mercy. Undeserved. Beautiful.
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Jesus once told a story that should shake us to the core.
A servant owed a king more money than he could ever repay.
The king forgave the entire debt!
Mercy. Undeserved. Beautiful.
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But that same servant left—and immediately grabbed someone who owed him a tiny amount.
No mercy.
No grace.
No forgiveness.
He had the man thrown in prison.
But that same servant left—and immediately grabbed someone who owed him a tiny amount.
No mercy.
No grace.
No forgiveness.
He had the man thrown in prison.
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The king was outraged.
He had just forgiven an unpayable debt…
Yet the forgiven man couldn’t forgive a small one?
Sound familiar?
The king was outraged.
He had just forgiven an unpayable debt…
Yet the forgiven man couldn’t forgive a small one?
Sound familiar?
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Let’s be honest:
We’re that man.
We receive God’s grace freely… but we often refuse to extend it to others.
Why?
Because forgiveness is hard.
Let’s be honest:
We’re that man.
We receive God’s grace freely… but we often refuse to extend it to others.
Why?
Because forgiveness is hard.
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Forgiveness doesn’t mean the pain didn’t happen.
It doesn’t erase the wound.
But it does release us from carrying the bitterness that poisons the soul.
Forgiveness doesn’t mean the pain didn’t happen.
It doesn’t erase the wound.
But it does release us from carrying the bitterness that poisons the soul.
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Jesus knows what it’s like to be Betrayed, Lied About, Mocked, and Beaten.
Yet on the cross, He said:
“Father, forgive them.”
Jesus knows what it’s like to be Betrayed, Lied About, Mocked, and Beaten.
Yet on the cross, He said:
“Father, forgive them.”
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He didn’t just Command forgiveness—He Modeled it.
And then He said something that should make us stop in our tracks:
>>> “If you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you.”
(Matthew 6:15)
He didn’t just Command forgiveness—He Modeled it.
And then He said something that should make us stop in our tracks:
>>> “If you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you.”
(Matthew 6:15)
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Forgiveness isn’t optional for the believer.
It’s the evidence we understand the Gospel.
We’ve been forgiven EVERYTHING!
So how can we withhold forgiveness from ANYTHING?
Forgiveness isn’t optional for the believer.
It’s the evidence we understand the Gospel.
We’ve been forgiven EVERYTHING!
So how can we withhold forgiveness from ANYTHING?
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Ask yourself:
Who have I locked in the prison of my bitterness?
The irony is—they’re not the ones trapped.
YOU ARE.
Ask yourself:
Who have I locked in the prison of my bitterness?
The irony is—they’re not the ones trapped.
YOU ARE.
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Today, ask God for the courage to unlock that door.
Let Him soften your heart.
Let Him shift your perspective.
Let Him remind you of the Cross.
Then…
FORGIVE.
Because Forgiven people… Forgive people.
Today, ask God for the courage to unlock that door.
Let Him soften your heart.
Let Him shift your perspective.
Let Him remind you of the Cross.
Then…
FORGIVE.
Because Forgiven people… Forgive people.
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