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“But listen. Somewhere along the way, we've mixed in this this false belief that forgiveness means means no confrontation, no discussion, no expectations, no boundaries. But if you look at this chapter, chapter 18, what we mentioned earlier right before verse verse 15, Jesus starts talking about when someone does sinned against you, what are you supposed to do? He goes step by step to lay out how to address when someone sins against you. He says, you confront them. And if they don't own up to it, you bring someone else. And if they still don't agree with it, bring more people. And if they still don't agree with it then, then set boundaries. Treat them as an outsider.”

“We need to stop looking at the numbers. We look at how many times, how big was the wrong. Listen. Forgiveness requires the victim to pay the debt. Forget the power. Forget the wealth. Forget the numbers, the score, what they should or could have known or could or should have done. Look at just justice here. One person took. The other person lost. And the person who lost, the victim, is the person who's now paying in order to forgive, to take care of the debt. Forgiving always requires sacrifice.”

“You see and then Jesus says, forgive them unlimitedly. Forgiveness doesn't exclude confrontation. Forgiveness has to be present in order to restore a relationship, to keep it from becoming, I'm greater than you, an indentured ship, debt and service. But repentance also needs to be there to restore the relationship. Forgiveness and confrontation are the first step together. So, if you're afraid of forgiving someone because you are tired and scared of being vulnerable and hurt again, realize that canceling their debt doesn't require you to give them more credit. I don't think after canceling this guy's $8,000,000,000, he went and loaned him $8,000,000,000 again.”

“When we're talking about parables and reading about parables, some might read this and say, if I don't repay my debt to God, he's gonna sell me and my family and everyone back into slavery? No. Parables are not allegory. They're not they're not, one for one symbolism. They're meant to usually, it's it's two different people, god and someone else, and it's meant to convey a one singular main point. The point is not that what you owe god, he's gonna turn your family over to slaves. K? What the point is that it's starting to make here is that sin requires payment. That's justice.”