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An eye for an eye would make the world go blind, the same way as an equal return of the kindness you received, at your expense.

What do I mean by this?

You owe someone #100,000, and your creditor was kind enough to forgive your debt.

But does that mean that you should also equally wipe the debt of someone else owing you #100,000?

Remember, you know your financial situation better. Doing an act of kindness that makes you grudge or regret later only taints your act of kindness.

In this case, you could permit your debtor a flexible payment plan, so that instead of paying you the #100,000 at once, they could pay in instalments.

In this manner, you've also shown someone an act of kindness, same way you received. You have passed the light forward, but in a way that keeps your own lamp burning.

But here's where it gets really interesting.

There is a crucial flaw in the 'kindness' of the master that forgave that servant, and I'll leave that to you to decipher by explaining what unconditional love is first.

To my understanding, unconditionally love is love without conditions. And one can love without attaching conditions to their love when they've learnt to give what they can afford to lose, and also understand that there is a divine force at play that is active in creation.

The condition that one attaches to their giving arise when they give MORE THAN they can afford to lose. Please read that sentence again if you have to.

For example, if you have #500 naira and you know in your heart that #10 naira is what you can afford to give without feeling attached to the outcome (whether you were insulted after your act of kindness, or if you weren't appreciated publicly enough etc) then give that #10.

But if for whatever reason you give past that #10, then attachment has been invited into your equation.

Understanding this analogy deeply will help you understand what people mean during heated arguments by "after all that I've done for you"
They gave more than they can afford to lose.

Fathers feeling disappointed in their children.
Girlfriends feeling disappointed in their boyfriends
Citizens feeling disappointed in their choice of candidate after elections.

Now, to help you decipher a carefully hidden biblical 'lie': The "Master" in that story, which could be likened to the divine, SHOULD NOT have gotten angry with that unforgiving servant!
It reveals attachment to the giving of the master (The divine), which is a far cry from what Jesus, also a divine, preaches.

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Reverseng:
An eye for an eye would make the world go blind, the same way as an equal return of the kindness you received, at your expense.

What do I mean by this?

You owe someone #100,000, and your creditor was kind enough to forgive your debt.

But does that mean that you should also equally wipe the debt of someone else owing you #100,000?

Remember, you know your financial situation better. Doing an act of kindness that makes you grudge or regret later only taints your act of kindness.

In this case, you could permit your debtor a flexible payment plan, so that instead of paying you the #100,000 at once, they could pay in instalments.

In this manner, you've also shown someone an act of kindness, same way you received. You have passed the light forward, but in a way that keeps your own lamp burning.

Put scriptural backing next time

femi4:
Put scriptural backing next time

Scriptural backing?!

You seem to have missed the memo

HeatSeeker:
Scriptural backing?!

You seem to have missed the memo

No scripture was quoted. You dont prepare christian jounals or articles that way..even with the use of AIs, I expected a better delivery

femi4:
No scripture was quoted. You dont prepare christian jounals or articles that way..even with the use of AIs, I expected a better delivery

The Op is not a Christian. He can be best described as a seeker of God's truth.

You see why I said you missed the memo?!

HeatSeeker:
The Op is not a Christian. He can be best described as a seeker of God's truth.

You see why I said you missed the memo?!

How do you know he is not a christian? Is it because he didn't give a Bible passage for it? Atleast, those who knows the Bible passage understood what he meant.

Truvelisback:
How do you know he is not a christian? Is it because he didn't give a Bible passage for it? Atleast, those who knows the Bible passage understood what he meant.

Go through his previous posts and topics. You will receive some enlightenment.

It would have be nice to add scriptures that talks about the unforgiving servant. Like the parable of the unforgiving servant, who was forgiven his debt but wouldn't forgive the debt of a borrower.

Thank you Jesus for forgiving me my sins and i forgive those who sin against me. Thank you God for what you did on the cross of calvary, you did it all, and you loved us first and purchased us with your precious holy blood. Now i am full of gratitude and forgive all who sin against me.

If you look at the scripture you quoted the story very well, the master was not angry with him because he refuse to clear the man’s debt but because he refused to show mercy like he has been shown mercy.
He could has shown mercy and let his debtor go to pay later, make plan for little return on a weekly or monthly basic like you suggested but he trow the man into the prison, that was what angered the master, that you beg me i forgive you and now your dad tor begged you and you refused to show mercy.

Reverseng:
An eye for an eye would make the world go blind, the same way as an equal return of the kindness you received, at your expense.

What do I mean by this?

You owe someone #100,000, and your creditor was kind enough to forgive your debt.

But does that mean that you should also equally wipe the debt of someone else owing you #100,000?

Remember, you know your financial situation better. Doing an act of kindness that makes you grudge or regret later only taints your act of kindness.

In this case, you could permit your debtor a flexible payment plan, so that instead of paying you the #100,000 at once, they could pay in instalments.

In this manner, you've also shown someone an act of kindness, same way you received. You have passed the light forward, but in a way that keeps your own lamp burning.

Most are not ready to learn.
You're just here to compare notes to what you've already known. How do you call that learning?

You mistake forgiveness for justice. What you sow, you'll reap.

Nothing happened for you on the Cross of calvary. Jesus was murdered. if he came to die for your sins, he would have committed suicide. Check my signature or my other topics to understand this better
You messed up the toilet and you expect your dad to call your uncle to come help you wash it. Wouldn't that take accountability from you?

You'll reap everything you sow. Reincarnation is justice for you to come reap your sowing, by experiencing what you make other people go through, through pairing with people in same ego category as you

SeriouslySense:
It would have be nice to add scriptures that talks about the unforgiving servant. Like the parable of the unforgiving servant, who was forgiven his debt but wouldn't forgive the debt of a borrower.

Thank you Jesus for forgiving me my sins and i forgive those who sin against me. Thank you God for what you did on the cross of calvary, you did it all, and you loved us first and purchased us with your precious holy blood. Now i am full of gratitude and forgive all who sin against me.

You described yourself, you are not ready to learn. Sin is a nature, your 1000 good deeds cannot save you. good deeds are encouraged but the sin nature is in everyone.

By one man sin came to the world and humanity lost paradise, they lost a relationship with God, they lost eternal life. But from another man the grace of God came, that impacts the nature of righteousness to everyone, and through that man Jesus, humans are restored and glorified, they receive their kingship, the relationship with God and they receive eternal life.


I'm afraid you are going in circles with this one will pay with good deeds in another life. Like how many lives will be sufficient to pay for wrong deeds

Reverseng:
Most are not ready to learn.
You're just here to compare notes to what you've already known. How do you call that learning?

You mistake forgiveness for justice. What you sow, you'll reap.

Nothing happened for you on the Cross of calvary. Jesus was murdered. if he came to die for your sins, he would have committed suicide. Check my signature or my other topics to understand this better
You messed up the toilet and you expect your dad to call your uncle to come help you wash it. Wouldn't that take accountability from you?

You'll reap everything you sow. Reincarnation is justice for you to come reap your sowing, by experiencing what you make other people go through, through pairing with people in same ego category as you

If you see a quote, or a way of life written by a Muslim or Buddhist that feels spiritually enlightening and thought provoking, would you not pay herd to it, all because it's "not in the scriptures"

You'd compare it to the scriptures first to see if it correlates?

If your 'eyes' will take you from the kingdom of heaven, cut it off

SeriouslySense:
It would have be nice to add scriptures that talks about the unforgiving servant. Like the parable of the unforgiving servant, who was forgiven his debt but wouldn't forgive the debt of a borrower.

Thank you Jesus for forgiving me my sins and i forgive those who sin against me. Thank you God for what you did on the cross of calvary, you did it all, and you loved us first and purchased us with your precious holy blood. Now i am full of gratitude and forgive all who sin against me.

Don't mind them.. They're religious fanatics.. I hurts that the one with sense is his name doesn't even have an iota of it... Smh

Someone drops a common sense quote and parable you're requesting verse.. Na wa oo.. Una too dull for life..

Reverseng:
If you see a quote, or a way of life written by a Muslim or Buddhist that feels spiritually enlightening and thought provoking, would you not pay herd to it, all because it's "not in the scriptures"

You'd compare it to the scriptures first to see if it correlates?

If your 'eyes' will take you from the kingdom of heaven, cut it off

Using the lens of truth, you'll find out the reasons you gave wasn't why the master was angry with the servant. The Bible as we have today, have been totally edited to make the people who read it, without question, the perfect religious slaves.
For example, there's a difference between lot's wife looking back and Lot's wife turning back.
https://www.nairaland.com/8576436/did-lots-wife-look-back

When one gives conditionally, one expects a reward. Even a thank you can be a reward. Trust me,some people tend to flare up if they do a nice deed for you and you failed to thank them with a "thank you"

Saying a "thank you" is a polite act, but in one's quest to becoming an unconditional giver, one shouldn't expect such as gratification. They joy on the face of the person we've helped should be enough reward in itself. Give what you can afford.

So you see, that master in the bible was portrayed as the divine and wasn't portrayed as a conditional giver.
If truly the master had given unconditionally, then such a master shouldn't have gotten angry because his giving wasn't appreciated by the servant replicating his kind gesture to another.

Truth is simple.

iOYEN:
If you look at the scripture you quoted the story very well, the master was not angry with him because he refuse to clear the man’s debt but because he refused to show mercy like he has been shown mercy.
He could has shown mercy and let his debtor go to pay later, make plan for little return on a weekly or monthly basic like you suggested but he trow the man into the prison, that was what angered the master, that you beg me i forgive you and now your dad tor begged you and you refused to show mercy.

True giving doesn't require reciprocity. You could, but you have a choice not to.
The giver and the receiver are equal

The giver needs the receiver as much as the receiver needs the giver. Suffering arises when we see a giver as higher than a receiver, that's why people fight to be givers, instead of learning to be humble receivers, so they can become better givers.

It's a cycle.