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When every time you see that person,
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it just hurts inside of you?
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Cindy, all I can really do is give you
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the example of Christ.
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They hurt Christ.
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They pressed thorns on His brow.
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They scourged Him.
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They put spikes through His hands and His feet.
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They hung Him on a cross. They crucified Him.
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And in the midst of all that,
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He said, "Father, forgive them.
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They know not what they do."
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He wept over the very city
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that would call for His crucifixion.
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Those who would spit on Him.
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Those who would smite Him and strike Him.
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And I always think of Mark 10:21.
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You've got the rich, young ruler.
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He rejected Christ.
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It says, "Jesus, looking at him, loved him."
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Incredible words.
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Jesus loved Him.
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You say, well yeah, Jesus loves His children.
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Jesus loves those that believe in Him.
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This guy rejected Him.
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It says He loved him.
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Cindy, the greatest thing you can do
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is just contemplate Christ.
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Not just how other people wronged Christ
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and He had compassion on them,
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but Cindy, how you have wronged Christ.
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The fact is that no matter what anybody has done to you,
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what you have done to God
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and what you have done to Christ
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is far worse.
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We need to remember the parable.
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Do you guys remember the parable that deals with this?
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What is it? Matthew 18?
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The unmerciful servant.
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If Christ has forgiven you this massive,
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untold debt,
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and you cannot forgive your fellow man,
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some small thing that he has done to you,
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then you'll not be forgiven.
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That's what Scripture says.
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And that's how it's likened.
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God forgives us a massive debt.
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And what others have done to us is but a small one.
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Are we going to stiffen up
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and refuse to forgive others
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when God has forgiven us so much?
