THE NARROW WAY DAILY DIGEST
DATE:
Saturday, June 6, 2020.
THEME:
Be Compassionate. III.
MEMORY VERSE:
“The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.”
Psalms 145:8.
TODAY’S TEXT:
Matthew 18:27-28.
“Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.”
TODAY’S MESSAGE:
In the last part of this series, God called our attention to a group of people, that He; God has special care of; they are the fatherless, the stranger, the widow and the poor. And that we are not to imagine evil against anybody, no matter what.
Meanwhile, our today’s text present us with a story of a compassionate master, whose servant owe ten thousand talent, which he cancelled and set him free. But unfortunately, this same servant could not forgive another servant owing him a hundred pence.
Let’s do a simple arithmetic, ten thousand talent compare with hundred pence. An ancient calculation says: 1 Talent is equal to 996 Sterling and that 1 Sterling is equal to 12 Pence. Going by that calculation, what the fellow servant owe him, was less than 5 talents, while 10,000 talents was cancelled for him.
In conclusion, every sin is a debt to God. Heaven keeps records and the debt of sin is a very great debt, let’s not forget that some are more in debt than the others. We cannot pay the debt of sin, we can only acknowledge it before God and God will forgive us, as we forgive others.
God bless you.
Till He returns or call you home, do remain in the power of His love.
*Jesus is coming very soon.*
Be prepared.
DAILY CONFESSION:
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
PRAYER POINT:
Merciful and ever compassionate Father, I know, I cannot pay my debt of sin, help me to forgive others their debt against me. And give me grace to live for you all the days of my life in Jesus name. Amen.
Yours in Christ,
B. J. Folorunsho.