Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-01-11

v. "a. "And when he had begun
to reckon, one was brought unto
him, which owned him ten thousand
talents The amount of the debt
was SO very great that it was be-
yond the ability of the debtor to
pay. This suggests the infinite debt
the sinner owes God.
v. 25. "But forasmuch as he had
not to pay, his lord commanded him
to be sold, and his wife and chill
dren, and all that he had, and pay
ment to be made" This require
ment was according to law. There
is a law of sin, 1.-The wages of sin is
DEATH
v. rs. "The servant therefore
fell down, and worshipped him, say
ing Lord, have patience with me,
and l will pay thee ALL In his
terror and anguish, he promises i'm
possible things. Sometimes sinners
try to atone for their guilt by their
good deeds.
V. 27. "Then the Lord of that
servant was moved with compass
sion. and loosed him, and forgave
him the debit Humility, confess
sion, prayer, are accepted by the
Lord in lieu of the payment of the
debt; forgiveness involved (a) the
release of arrest and the penalty of
slavery. (b) and the cancellation of
his debt.
V. 28. 'But the same servant
went out, and found one of his fell
low servants, which owned him a
hundred pence; and he laid hands
on him, and took him by the throat,
saying, Pay me that thou owest. y
The one who was forgiven a great
debt failed to extend forgiveness Of
a pittance, thus showing his own
self-defeat. God can not forgive a
man who will not likewise forgive
his debtors. We are to pray "For-
give us our debts as we forgive our
debtors"
VS.. 20. 80. "And his fellowser-
want fell down at his feet, and be-
sought him saying, Have patience
with me, and l will pay thee all.
And he would not; but went and
cast him in prison till he could pay
the debt" How small is any for
giveness on our part compared with
that which God freely forgives us!
We need to constantly remember
Gods great mercy to us for by MS
atonement the law of sin and death
was fulfilled and we are treated as
though we had never sinned, justi-
fed before God.
VS.. 81, 80, 33. $50 when MS
fellow-servants saw what was done
they were very sorry, and came and
told their lord all that was done.
And the Lord after that he had
called him, said unto him, 0 thou
wicked servant, 1 forgive thee III
that debt, because thou desirest me;
shouldest thou not also have had
compassion on thy fellow servant,
even as I had pity on thee?" The
mans guilt lies in his unmerciful-
ness in the face of the mercy re-
ceived. This mans procedure was
right legally but so wrong morally
that the Lord called him wicked.
v. "a. "And his Lord was wroth,
and delivered him to his torment
ors, till he should pay all that was
due him" What was granted is
withdrawn and in so doing justice
is administered and retribution fol-
lows. If mercy is scorned then the
law must take it's course.
v. 35. $50 likewise shall my
heavenly Father do also unto you.
if We from your hearts forgive not
every one his brother their tres
passes.'' The point Of emphasis
here is from your hearts" For
giveness must be genuine else the
laws of God must be applied and
and retribution Of some
sort naturally follow. How import
ant that we live right while we do
live!
The national w. c. T. U. has
raised a fund of 100000 for the
purpose of financing scientific tenn
perance education. This achieve
ment is a noteworthy feature OF the
nolnhration last week of the 1OOth