Matthew 18:15-22

15 “If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. But if they will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

18 “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Matthew 18:23-35

23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since 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 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’

30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged 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. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ In anger his master handed 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 or sister from your heart.”

Matthew 6:14-15
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Forgive = “to send away”

It means to send away, to leave, to release, to abandon.

Genesis 4:13-16
13 Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.16 So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 4:23-24
23 Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me. 24 If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”

Matthew 18:23-24
23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him.

1 Denarii = 1 Day’s Wage
1 Talent = 6000 Denarii
10,000 Talents = 60,000,000 Day’s Wages

"Be patient with me"
“Be big-hearted to me”

Matthew 18:27-30

27 The 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 silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’

30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.

The King absorbed the debt.

If you insist on operating according to your books, then I will operate according to books, too. If you operate according to mercy, then I will operate according to mercy, too.

Four Options:

• Revenge It

• Reflect It

• Carry It

• Send it Away

Forgiveness is not:

• Approving of what they did

• Excusing what they did

• Justifying what they did

• Denying what they did

Forgiveness does not mean:

…you refuse to take the wrong seriously
…that you pretend that you're not hurt
…that you pardon what they did from legal consequences or otherwise
…you forget what happened
…you go back to the way the relationship was always

To Send Away Means:

• We yield our right to punish or get even

• We refused to put them in our debt

• Refuse gossip or slander about what they did

Send Away, even if…

…they won't get caught or found out, even if nobody will ever know what they did.
…they prosper, they are not sorry, and they do not feel guilty.

KIDS:

Restoration KIDS is created for kids aged infant to 5th grade. You can check in your kids in the Family Room and then join all together for music worship and then they will be led to their classes. Email admin@restorationcolorado.org with questions about our KIDS program.

YOUTH:

Restoration STUDENTS is created for 6th grade through 12th grade. Students join us for the gathering on Sunday mornings. Youth Group is every Wednesday from 6-8pm. Email jadon@restorationcolorado.org with questions about our Youth program.