(1763.1) 159:1.4 Simon Peter was the apostle in charge of the workers at
Hippos, and when he heard Jesus thus speak, he asked: “Lord, how often
shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”
And Jesus answered Peter: “Not only seven times but even to seventy
times and seven. Therefore may the kingdom of heaven be likened to a
certain king who ordered a financial reckoning with his stewards. And
when they had begun to conduct this examination of accounts, one of his
chief retainers was brought before him confessing that he owed his king
ten thousand talents. Now this officer of the king’s court pleaded that
hard times had come upon him, and that he did not have wherewith to pay
this obligation. And so the king commanded that his property be
confiscated, and that his children be sold to pay his debt. When this
chief steward heard this stern decree, he fell down on his face before
the king and implored him to have mercy and grant him more time, saying,
‘Lord, have a little more patience with me, and I will pay you all.’
And when the king looked upon this negligent servant and his family, he
was moved with compassion. He ordered that he should be released, and
that the loan should be wholly forgiven.
(1763.2) 159:1.5 “And
this chief steward, having thus received mercy and forgiveness at the
hands of the king, went about his business, and finding one of his
subordinate stewards who owed him a mere hundred denarii, he laid hold
upon him and, taking him by the throat, said, ‘Pay me all you owe.’ And
then did this fellow steward fall down before the chief steward and,
beseeching him, said: ‘Only have patience with me, and I will presently
be able to pay you.’ But the chief steward would not show mercy to his
fellow steward but rather had him cast in prison until he should pay his
debt. When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were so
distressed that they went and told their lord and master, the king. When
the king heard of the doings of his chief steward, he called this
ungrateful and unforgiving man before him and said: ‘You are a wicked
and unworthy steward. When you sought for compassion, I freely forgave
you your entire debt. Why did you not also show mercy to your fellow
steward, even as I showed mercy to you?’ And the king was so very angry
that he delivered his ungrateful chief steward to the jailers that they
might hold him until he had paid all that was due. And even so shall my
heavenly Father show the more abundant mercy to those who freely show
mercy to their fellows. How can you come to God asking consideration for
your shortcomings when you are wont to chastise your brethren for being
guilty of these same human frailties? I say to all of you: Freely you
have received the good things of the kingdom; therefore freely give to
your fellows on earth.”
(1764.1) 159:1.6 Thus did Jesus teach the
dangers and illustrate the unfairness of sitting in personal judgment
upon one’s fellows. Discipline must be maintained, justice must be
administered, but in all these matters the wisdom of the brotherhood
should prevail. Jesus invested legislative and judicial authority in the
group, not in the individual. Even this investment of authority in the
group must not be exercised as personal authority. There is always
danger that the verdict of an individual may be warped by prejudice or
distorted by passion. Group judgment is more likely to remove the
dangers and eliminate the unfairness of personal bias. Jesus sought
always to minimize the elements of unfairness, retaliation, and
vengeance.
What is to be gained from this? Mercy is not
unlimited, or else there could be no justice in the world. Although
mercy is born from love, the amount of love and mercy given are not in
equal measurements. God cannot grant mercy forever, for evil could exist forever, but God does love
others forever. God loves all equally, and this love has no end. So a
part of our struggle to become perfect like God is to learn to love all
equally. Love should not cease because of the mistakes of our human
family. That is conditional love! God provides love unconditionally!
Even if you come to love another person's God fragment, it is all for
naught if you cannot love the person as well! Loving a person's Thought
Adjuster is the same as loving God, but not people, and many of these
people can become one with these very Thought Adjusters you so cherish.
All
have the potential to bring ever greater value to the universes of
time. All were born innocent and grew up in an environment which helped
taint their inner nature. You would love these humans as children and as
ascending spirits, but not as humans suffering with malnourished souls?
They require more love and nurturing than anyone, but receive greater
negativity for their own poor decisions. You do not have to grant them
mercy, but in order to grow you must learn to accept their imperfect
selves and let God or society as a whole work out how they will be
judged for their actions. If you are to blame anyone, blame Caligastia
for letting the infection of maleficence enter this sphere. How can you
love a person in one instance and not another? To truly love is to love
the totality of that individual, not necessarily their actions, but
certainly their entire being no matter what day it may be. No person is
without value. That value either did exist at one point or will
eventually grow in the eons beyond. You must look into the actuals of
the past and the potentials of the future. Love is not a thing of
present feelings. It is an evolving sense which slowly incorporates the
realm of eternity.
Love
does not absolutely require certain physical actions in response. You
can still love another without knowing the best way to manifest said
love. Love does not always require action, but it does require one to
look for God's will in said action. If you see that such will is
present, that is the action which likely expresses both your love and
the Father's love as well, especially if you wish to love as the Father
does. Can you see that the ultimate Source of love is to be emulated if
we are to love as well?
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