Willetton Christian Church

Matthew 6:7-15; 18:23-35.  Tony van Drimmelen.  Household debt in Australia is rising.  Nationally we are facing a debt crisis.  The reality of sin in our lives incurs a different kind of debt which is nonetheless real and a crisis for us all.  The good news of the gospel is that the debt has been paid in full.  Jesus tells the parable to show us the enormity of our debt to God and the comparatively trivial amount others may owe to us.  If we have an exaggerated view of the debt of others, it proves that we have minimized our own.  The main point of the parable is its conclusion:  'I canceled all that debt of yours [which was huge]…  Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' (Mat 18:32-33)