Emphasis Preaching Journal

We do not know what drove Peter to question Jesus about the act of forgiveness, but in Matthew 18:21 he does. The rabbinical code called for a person to forgive another three times, but Peter extended the number to seven thinking he was well over the normal. He was shocked when Jesus said that one should forgive another by seventy times seven... or the principle... indefinitely. If we forgive another, it demonstrates a moral sense of responsibility toward others that has been shown to us by God.