The Larger Debt

"A king wanted to settle accounts with his servants. A man who owed him a thousand talents (bucks) was brought before him. Since the man was not able to pay, the king ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
The servant fell on his knees before the master.
"Be patient with me and I will pay back everything."
The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
But when the forgiven servant went out he found another servant who owed him a hundred denarii (pennies). He grabbed him and began to choke him. "Pay back what you owe me," he demanded.
The fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, "Be patient with me and I will pay you back everything." --Matthew 18:23-29.

The lesser servant is thrown into prison. The first, forgiven servant is thrown into prison and tortured for his unforgiveness and charged for his original debt.

What has God forgiven of you? Our children are probably our best lesson in forgiveness. We have gotten past so many of our sins by luck or grace. We have maybe made peace with God, or consider ourselves "forgiven" by the amazing Grace of God, as well we should.

But then there is this child of mine. Repeating all my sins. Doing it again. Muddling through badly, as I once did. And I judge just a bit more harshly than God judged me.

I once heard a church leader say, "We need to require these teens to give up sin before they come through these doors. I gave sin up when I was saved. We need to get their commitment before we let them in."
Last I heard we were all deeply entrenched in sin, yet released from the bondage of sin by Grace. Who then shall we judge?