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Matt.18:23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. 18:24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.{Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day's wages for agricultural labor.} 18:25 But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 18:26 The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!' 18:27 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

What is the Kingdom of Heaven like? Well, many would argue judgment of the wicked the final destiny of mankind, the ultimate pay back where Christ comes in fire riding upon the angels to destroy the wicked, but here Christ says something a little different. He gives his apostles one of the most telling examples of how God Himself judges matters between those claiming truth. Yes, truth! Not the truth of doctrine, but how truth affects our hearts. This truth is the real truth, not arguing who is rights scripturally, but whom actually has a proper evaluation of themselves in light of God's Kingdom and than treating others they account as less, or their equal – peers.

Matt.25:44 "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?' 25:45 "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.' 25:46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."

The Kingdom of Heaven is our forgiveness of an amount none of us can pay, not one person was sinless, which means in God's eyes. In God's eyes not one human was righteous. Some had righteousness imputed too them by blood of animal's under the law, but none could say: “I have no sin, I am pure in my own eyes!” Why because it took blood of sacrifice by God providing it through a precious life, that is, for a person to be declared right before Him. But now, God would declare men sinless by one person precious blood that of Christ Jesus. Yes, one person whom God valued as so precious in his eyes would atoned once for all times our sins.

1 Peter 1:19 but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ.

1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

So here is the most important question in light of such a great debt being lifted off of us, where God forgiving us not once, but everlastingly from our sins that we could not have worked our way out of as much as we would have liked to. How indeed do we treat others? In other words, if God forgive us such by undeserved kindness, how should we teat each others when small debts of sin occur? Here is context that the self-righteous Jew thought he stood right by the law, but Christ ultimately shows in this parable that the debt of sin against the law could not be meant or paid back in God's by man's estimation of his own worth. How would these brothers and sisters view the lifting of the laws condemnation off them? Would they be thankful, than in turn demands its payment from others?

Titus 3:1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
3:2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. 3:3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
3:4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Really, truth is about a heart condition of appreciation, how can we say this? Simply, because love does not owe anyone a single debt of sin, it only owes love. In other words, love does not hold debts, it rather gives freely, it does not take, it does not keep account of injury. This is how we enter into the Kingdom of God, and this is why one simple act of kindness allows the sheep to entire the Kingdom of God.

Rom.13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
13:9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet,"{TR adds "You shall not give false testimony,"}{Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21} and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."{Leviticus 19:18} 13:10 Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

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