How Many Times Should I Forgive? (ft. Tyler Staton) | For the Sake of Others E8
John Mark Comer Teachings
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 5 May 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Should we always forgive? Tyler Staton explores the forgiveness of God through Jesus's teachings, focusing on the parable of the unmerciful servant. He shows us how forgiveness and justice run together in the Kingdom of God, challenging us to forgive and surrender to God's justice.
Key Scripture Passage: Matthew 18v21-35
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the John Mark Comer Teachings podcast. My name is Yinka Dawson and I'm your host. |
| 0:10.1 | Each week we feature teachings by John Mark or other voices in the formation space. Today, Tyler |
| 0:17.0 | Staten continues our series on the purpose of our spiritual formation, loving others. |
| 0:23.4 | This week, Tyler talks about the parable of their unmerciful servant, showing us how forgiveness |
| 0:28.7 | isn't accepting injustice, but rather enabling the justice that comes from God. Here's Tyler. |
| 0:42.6 | Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me up to seven times? Jesus answered, I tell you, not seven times, |
| 0:49.7 | but 77 times. Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. |
| 0:56.7 | As he began the settlement, a man who owed him 10,000 bags of gold was brought to him. |
| 1:03.6 | Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children |
| 1:08.1 | and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. |
| 1:12.0 | At this, the servant fell on his knees before him. |
| 1:15.3 | Be patient with me, he begged, and I will pay everything back. |
| 1:19.5 | The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt, and let him go. |
| 1:24.3 | But when the servant went out, he found one of the fellow servants who owed him a hundred |
| 1:29.4 | silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. Pay back what you owe me, he demanded. His fellow |
| 1:35.7 | servant fell to his knees and begged him, be patient with me, and I will pay it back. But he refused. |
| 1:42.3 | Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could |
| 1:45.9 | pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their |
| 1:51.8 | master everything that had happened. When the master called the servant in, you wicked servant, |
| 1:57.0 | he said, I canceled all the debt of yours because you begged me. |
| 2:05.9 | Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you? |
| 2:11.8 | In anger, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he should pay back all he owed. |
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