Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Monday, May 26th.

Bitterness and anger are destructive, but they can be wiped away through the healing balm of forgiveness.

Let's continue with more on forgiving one another.

Jesus said he came to set the captives free. And there's so many people who are in bondage,

who are not even aware that they're in bondage. And one of the most subtle forms of bondage

is the bondage of an unforgiving spirit. Jesus had a lot of things to say about forgiveness.

And as he admonished us over and over and over again to be forgiving, he gave us the pattern of his own life as he forgave. But in the 18th chapter of the

book of Matthew, he gives us a parable about forgiveness and he begins it in the 21st verse of the 18th chapter

in a statement to Peter as Peter asked him a question.

The scripture says in verse 21, then Peter came and said to him, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him?

Up to seven times Peter thought, well, he's going to really step

overboard here and go the second mile. Up to seven times, Jesus said to him, I do not say to you

up to seven times, but to 70 times seven. For this reason, the kingdom of heaven may be compared

to a certain king who wished to settle account with his slaves.

And when he had begun to settle them, there was brought to him one who owed him 10,000 talents.

But since he did not have the means to repay, his Lord commanded him to be sold along with

his wife and children and all that he had in repayment to be made.

The slave, therefore, falling down, prostrated himself before him saying, have patience with me, and I will repay you

everything. Now, there would be no possible way for him to repay that. And the Lord of that slave felt

compassion and released him and forgave him the death. But that slave went out and found one of

his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denary. And he seized him and began to choke him saying,

pay back what you owe. So his fellow slave fell down and began to entreat him saying,

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