Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants… Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.” (Matthew 18:23-27)When you think of heaven what comes to your mind? Angels, clouds, or streets of gold? Perhaps you imagine God on his throne with a choir singing His praises for eternity. Some people I know have a hard time thinking that heaven will be an enjoyable place for us if all we are doing is singing to God all day.
One thing I don’t often picture when I think of heaven is God settling his account with us. Today’s scripture explains that our experience in heaven will be of God having pity on us and canceling the debt our sin ran up.
Because of our faith in Christ, God will stamp our bill, “Paid in full”. So our time in heaven will be filled with gratitude for his mercy. That sounds pretty nice.
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Read today passage at Biblegateway. Matthew 18:21-35
