WHO WOULDN'T want to be forgiven by God? When we learn that the soul that sins will die, we rush to the Father for forgiveness.

However, when we accept the forgiveness of God, we also accept a great responsibility to forgive others.

The disciple Peter wanted a better understanding of his obligation to forgive someone who had sinned against him. It is interesting that he did not ask Jesus about how many times to seek forgiveness. No, he wanted to know how many times he must grant forgiveness.

Jesus told the now famous story of the king who cancelled a huge debt owed to him by one of his servants. But after receiving such a large gift of forgiveness, the servant went out and found a fellow servant that owed him a small debt. He put the man in prison when he couldn't repay the debt.

The truth Jesus wants us to understand is this: when we accept forgiveness from God, we must remember the vastness of that forgiveness, or conversely, the depth of our sin against Him. We should be overwhelmed with His grace, to the point that our forgiveness of others seems insignificant.