Challenge to forgive

In Matthew 18 we read that Peter came to Jesus and asked: ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me?’ Our Saviour, the one who would go to the cross for us, goes on to teach the basis of forgiveness, that each of us is a sinner saved by grace. No matter how much someone sins against us it cannot compare with our sin against a holy God. Therefore the level of forgiveness we may give also cannot compare with that which we have received from our heavenly Father.

Mary Stolarski