At the heart of this powerful message lies a radical challenge to our human nature: forgiveness without limits. Drawing from Matthew 18:21-34, we encounter Peter's question about how many times we should forgive—seven times perhaps? Jesus' response shatters all expectations: seventy-seven times, or seventy times seven. This isn't about keeping count; it's about never stopping. The parable that follows reveals the staggering contrast between our debt to God—120,000 years of labor, billions in today's terms—and what others owe us—perhaps a few thousand dollars at most. When we truly grasp the magnitude of what we've been forgiven, how can we withhold forgiveness from others? This teaching confronts us with an uncomfortable truth: our inability to forgive reveals what we're holding more important than Jesus himself. True forgiveness isn't just saying the words while harboring bitterness; it's separating the sin from the sinner as far as the east is from the west, completely and eternally. It's reaching a place where we can look back on our deepest wounds and say, 'Thank you, God, for what you've taught me through this.' This is culture-changing forgiveness—the kind that makes the world stop and ask, 'What's different about these people?' Our power as believers doesn't lie in our knowledge, resources, or political influence, but in our supernatural ability to forgive as Christ forgave us.