Forgiven and Forgiving

In Matthew 18:21-22, Peter asks Jesus how many times he must forgive someone, implying that it is difficult to do and surely there is a limit. Jesus says to him to forgive seventy times seven -- without limit. Without the Lord's help, it is impossible to do this. As human beings we make a mountain out of other people's sins against us and mole-hills out of our sins against God, which are far greater. Matthew 18: 23-35 tells the parable of the wicked slave, who punished his fellow slave when he himself had been forgiven a much larger debt. God did not hold him guiltless for this, and there will be the same consequences for us if we do not forgive. We must repent of our unforgiveness and ask God to enable us to forgive, for without Him we can do nothing.