You've got to treat this slave the way Christ treated you.

Same principle that he put in Ephesians 432,

Colossians 313, forgive as you have been forgiven.

And that's basically the background of this story.

It wasn't always this way,

but these days the medicines you buy typically come with a surprising amount of written information.

You may find yourself waiting through a huge amount of technical data

when all you want are the nuts and bolts directions.

You don't need more theoretical, you want the practical.

Well, you may know a lot of what we call the technical information about forgiveness,

the biblical commands to forgive others.

But if you're looking for a real life example of how to forgive,

you've come to the right place.

Stay with us today on Grace to you,

as John MacArthur considers a living lesson on forgiveness.

Part of his current series titled The New Testament, Beginning to End.

And now here's John.

Now the priority of forgiveness is not only given in Scripture in principle.

It's not only given in Scripture in parable,

but it is given in Scripture in personal terms.

And it's in the book of Philemon.

Let's read the first three verses.

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