70x7!

I love when Jesus Christ speaks in Scripture! The particular time I am thinking about is in Matthew 18:21-35.

In this story the disciple of Christ, Peter, asks the Master "Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"

The Master answered him saying " I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven." The Lord, when he came, gave us a "higher law" than, in the previous time, the Law of Moses. In the law of Moses it says an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth, but he says:

"38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." (Matthew 5:38-39)

Since he has given us all this new "charge" or commandment, he expects us to love our neighbor as ourselves, which means treat them better. Q. And who is our neighbor? A. Everyone we come in contact with.
 This principle applies to who is our brother?  Everyone we come in contact with would be our brother. Q. How often do we need to forgive our brother? A. Every time! (Doctrine and Covanants 64:10 explains this.)
 Which is supported again by this parable in Matthew 18. He goes on to say how the servant who owed a debt received a forgiveness of it then he himself went out and made someone else pay him a debt much smaller than the one just forgiven. The moral I get out of this story is a very special one. I feel like this is telling me to not judge others because I do not  agree with them. It also tells me that if I receive forgiveness of my many sins and then judge someone who commits smaller sins I receive a harsher judgment in the end. It drives me to try and be a better person. I try to look at others through the eyes of Christ.  Here is a link to a video of the story quoted above. (The Video!) Watch it and share with me how it made you feel. You can go to this Facebook page and leave a comment there. :)