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[521.40 --> 522.66] In fact, in Jewish teaching, |
[522.66 --> 523.56] rabbinic teaching, |
[524.36 --> 525.82] the general teaching was |
[525.82 --> 526.82] if someone sins against you |
[526.82 --> 528.24] one, two, three times, |
[528.30 --> 529.06] you must forgive them. |
[529.14 --> 530.86] But four and no more. |
[531.38 --> 532.56] There's a limit to grace. |
[532.92 --> 534.16] You don't just need to take it. |
[535.30 --> 536.60] And so when Peter asks this question, |
[536.68 --> 537.76] he's probably thinking, |
[537.92 --> 538.82] okay, I'm with Jesus. |
[539.04 --> 540.30] He changes a lot of things. |
[540.60 --> 542.34] He ups the requirements of obedience. |
[542.52 --> 543.80] So maybe if I double three, |
[543.98 --> 545.04] add one for good measure, |
[545.16 --> 545.90] and ask Jesus, |
[546.14 --> 547.14] is seven the one? |
[547.30 --> 547.90] He's going to say, |
[547.98 --> 548.54] yes, Peter. |
[549.22 --> 550.00] Seven's the limit. |
[550.00 --> 552.26] And what does Jesus say to him? |
[553.50 --> 554.72] Not seven times. |
[556.24 --> 557.24] Seventy times. |
[558.16 --> 559.14] And some translations, |
[559.36 --> 560.32] maybe your Bible has this, |
[560.38 --> 562.28] it says seven times, |
[562.42 --> 563.94] or seventy times seven. |
[564.82 --> 565.96] And if you're a literal reader |
[565.96 --> 567.04] of the Bible in this passage, |
[567.12 --> 567.28] you're like, |
[567.32 --> 568.42] well, what is it, Pastor Dave? |
[568.46 --> 570.22] Is it seventy or is it four hundred and ninety? |
[570.28 --> 571.06] Because I have a spouse |
[571.06 --> 572.50] who's hitting the high three hundreds, |
[572.66 --> 573.18] and I'm ready |
[573.18 --> 574.78] to pull back the grace. |
[574.78 --> 577.08] And I hope you know |
[577.08 --> 578.78] Jesus is speaking hyperbole here, |
[579.00 --> 581.26] and his answer to Peter is, |
[581.82 --> 583.06] I want you to match |
[583.06 --> 585.02] my limitless forgiveness. |
[585.92 --> 587.64] I want you to receive |
[587.64 --> 589.82] this unmerited, |
[590.32 --> 591.88] generous, abundant grace, |
[592.20 --> 594.32] and I want you to mirror that |
[594.32 --> 595.86] to the people who sin against you. |
[596.74 --> 599.24] It's an extravagant ethic |
[599.24 --> 600.20] of forgiveness |
[600.20 --> 601.68] that Jesus is inviting |
[601.68 --> 602.72] all believers into. |
[602.72 --> 605.60] And now I want us to look |
[605.60 --> 606.48] at this parable. |
[606.68 --> 607.42] Jesus goes straight |
[607.42 --> 608.18] from teaching Peter |
[608.18 --> 609.20] into this parable |
[609.20 --> 610.62] about this unforgiving servant |
[610.62 --> 611.90] or this generous master, |
[611.98 --> 613.00] whatever you want to title it. |
[613.46 --> 614.52] And in my opinion, |
[614.78 --> 615.58] maybe you'll agree with me |
[615.58 --> 615.98] at the end, |
[616.08 --> 618.62] this is a piercing parable. |
[619.14 --> 620.46] The first half is great, |
[620.52 --> 621.24] I want to stay there, |
[621.30 --> 621.96] but the second half |
[621.96 --> 622.70] is just getting right |
[622.70 --> 623.34] into our business, |
[623.46 --> 624.26] so let's take a look |
[624.26 --> 624.90] at this teaching. |
[625.76 --> 627.44] It's a parable about a master |
[627.44 --> 629.02] who has servants |
[629.02 --> 630.08] who have debt. |
[630.62 --> 632.12] And he calls in one servant, |
[632.12 --> 633.12] and we're told that this servant |
[633.12 --> 633.94] has how much debt? |
[634.68 --> 637.32] 10,000 bags of gold. |
[638.76 --> 640.02] One scholar estimates |
[640.02 --> 640.74] that that is around |
[640.74 --> 642.30] a trillion dollars of debt. |
[642.90 --> 643.96] So this is supposed |
[643.96 --> 645.32] to maybe make us smile |
[645.32 --> 645.70] a little bit |
[645.70 --> 646.10] because this is |
[646.10 --> 647.22] an insurmountable debt. |
[647.30 --> 648.44] It's a national debt, |
[648.50 --> 649.26] not a personal debt. |
[649.82 --> 650.66] And so the master |
[650.66 --> 651.62] brings the servant in |
[651.62 --> 652.22] and says, |
[652.30 --> 653.00] you must repay it. |
[653.06 --> 653.70] He can't, |
[653.74 --> 654.78] and so he and his family |
[654.78 --> 655.44] have to be sold |
[655.44 --> 656.36] to repay the debt. |
[656.56 --> 657.18] And then what does |
[657.18 --> 657.74] the servant do? |
[659.12 --> 660.00] He begs. |
[660.00 --> 661.22] He says, |
[661.56 --> 662.12] forgive me, |
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