1. Who does the king represent?
    1. Right Answer!God the Father.
      • Yes, God is the king that will settle accounts with all of his servants.
    2. Governmental rule.
      • No.
    3. Satan.
      • No.
    4. The justice system.
      • No.

     

     

  2. Who does the wicked servant represent?
    1. Judas Iscariot
      • No. Judas Iscariot was in fact a wicked servant, but that is another story.
    2. Ananias and his wife Sapphira.
      • No.
    3. Right Answer!Anyone who does not forgive his or her fellow man as God is willing to forgive us.
      • Yes. The parable is talking about anyone that does not forgive others as God forgave them.
    4. A Pharisee.
      • No.

     

     

  3. Who are the other servants?
    1. Right Answer!Anyone one who had God's ear, angels and/or man.
      • Yes, the parable does not reveal exactly who the other servants are. But, we do know that they have the Lord's ear. So, we can know that the servants are either angels, or men and women that have a relationship with God.
    2. The Israelites.
      • No.
    3. Business leaders.
      • No. Business leaders are nothing in God's sight.
    4. Governmental authorities.
      • No.

     

     

  4. What are we to forgive?
    1. Right Answer!Anything that our brothers or sisters ask.
      • Yes. It should be noted that God does not ask you to forgive everyone that sins against you, but rather anyone who asks you to forgive them.
    2. Moines loaned without collateral.
      • This is not the best answer.
    3. Anything done without malice.
      • No, you are to forgive anyone anything that they ask to be forgiven, because God forgave you everything that you did when you asked him to forgive you.
    4. Anything.
      • No. This is a common misconception. God does not ask you to forgive any and every thing. He does ask you to forgive anyone that asks for forgiveness.

     

     

  5. Who does the moneylender represent?
    1. The Church.
      • No.
    2. Right Answer!Any believer, man or woman.
      • No.
    3. Jesus Christ.
      • Yes. The moneylender in this parable is God. We all owe God a debt that we are unable to pay. We should go to Hell for the deeds, thoughts and intentions of our hearts, but God has forgiven us if we truly repent in faith and ask for forgiveness.
    4. The government.
      • No.

     

     

  6. Who do the debtors represent?
    1. Productive citizen who have fallen on hard times.
      • No. This may or may not be true, but that is not the point of the parable.
    2. Street people.
      • Again, this may or may not be true, but it is not the meaning of the parable.
    3. Right Answer!People that have come to God in faith.
      • Yes. For those people that have come to God in faith and have asked him to forgive their sins, God expects them to forgive those that have sinned against them. If you will not forgive your fellow man, then neither will God forgive you your sins.
    4. People that have prayed to God.
      • No. Many people might pray to God, but only those that have true faith in God will be heard. Every promise in the Bible is only for those that come to God in truth. Many people quote this or that from the Bible and say that it is true, but it is only true for those that love God.

     

     

  7. What does the money represent?
    1. Just that, money.
      • No, it represents more than money.
    2. Legal infractions.
      • No.
    3. Right Answer!Sins.
      • Yes. What God has forgiven us is our sins, and we must forgive those that sin against us and ask for forgiveness.

     

     

  8. The parable clearly refers to men, does it apply to woman too?
    1. Right Answer!Yes.
      • Yes, men and/or women are implied.
    2. No.
      • No.

     

     

  9. Does God forgive everyone's sins?
    1. Yes.
      • This is not correct. People frequently think that this is true, but what of those that are sent to the lake of burning sulfur? If they are forgiven then why are they punished? They are not forgiven because they did not believe God when he said in the Scriptures that he would forgive them. They did not believe and therefore did not ask to be forgiven.
    2. Right Answer!No.
      • This is the correct answer.

     

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