Matthew 18:21-23, 33-35
21 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ 34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. 35 “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”
God has settled our eternal accounts with Himself for eternity; so He expects us to have compassion on those who owe us so little compared to that weight of sin's just penalty we had on our accounts before Christ assumed the debt. This is why we have no right to refuse to really forgive others from our hearts, not just with outward shows of words. The 7 times 70 is more than a mere 490 times each day - our heart must not keep count as God has stopped counting ours in His forgiveness.
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