Radical Forgiveness

Published: Sept. 14, 2014, 10 a.m.

Genesis 18:22-33Colossians 3:12-15Psalm 100:1-5Matthew 18:23-35Forgiveness is highly valued by God. Jesus insisted that His followers forgive one another and even their enemies. One of Jesus’s close friends, Peter, asked Jesus how many times he had to forgive another sinning person. To paraphrase Jesus, “If you’re counting, you’re not forgiving.” What if we exercised the act of forgiveness the way Jesus did?