"Forgiveness" - Reflections on the Parable of the "Unforgiving Servant" - Matthew 18:21-35
Read the Gospel Parable here: Matthew 18:21-35 Reflections on the Parable – “The Unforgiving Servant” – Matthew 18:21-35 The parables are like a large and beautiful diamond. To focus one’s gaze on the parables is to gaze into the heart of the Kingdom of God. Each of these parables give us a different view and help us to complete the picture of what God’s realm on earth looks like; and they help us to also see a little of who God is. These images are often surprising, shocking and even offensive: God is like a sower who doesn’t really know how to sow; God is like an incompetent judge; God is like an employer who doesn’t know how to manage personnel. God’s realm is a place where all of God’s people are a part of one community; where we have responsibility for each other; where the usual human cultural, racial and sexual divisions and stereotypes no longer apply. God’s realm is a place of radical, illogical abundant grace, love and forgiveness. The ...