Bible Question (short): Should we copy retractable forginess? |
Question (full): In Matt 18:21-35 The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant...the King/God retracts his original forgiveness and issues a sentence to his official/servant which is much worse than being sold into servant hood, namely torture until death or infinite punishment (hell). Question: We are obviously to follow the King's example to forgive as we have been forgiven; however why do we presume it's the right Christian behavior then to not copy the King's example when he retracts his merciful 1st sentence and reinstate the debt along with indefinite torture? Example: Say a priest has committed incest towards a young boy named Tom, and this boy spends most of life working through the process that brings him to forgiveness of the priest. This boy is now grown and becomes a father to Zack, who in some mysterious unfortunate way ends up a victim of this same priest through incest just like his father. The priest now has AIDS contracted through his deviant sexual behavior (being a pedophile for one)..the boy eventually dies a long slow agonizing death. What's the correct Christian behavior for Tom? Should he copy the King's behavior in the parable and punish the Priest to the highest degree possible using legal means of course while still keeping an attitude of forgiveness? Or should he simply passively forgive? |
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