Mercy

With respect to Mercy

Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
“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 talents 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. 
“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 denarii. 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 you back.’ 
“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 greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. 
“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 turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 
“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.” 
Matthew 18:22-35.
I read a commentary on this portion of scripture once. The writer of the commentary used few words to sum it up. He said something to the effect,
God is a merciful God a very forgiving God but he judges those who do not forgive.
This in a nutshell sums up what Jesus is saying in this parable is saying.
He is telling Peter not just to forgive seventy-seven times but time without number.
James writes,
“Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,  
because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!”
                 James 2:12,13.
As Christians we need to take such things to hart. Paul writing to Titus states,
“But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared,  
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,” 
                                                      Titus 3:4-6.
Being a Christian is all about Mercy and forgiveness.
It is about offering the love and Mercy of Christ that leads to eternal life.
Think about it.