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Restoring The Honor Code

the debt. The other servants were so distressed by this turn of
events that they reported this to the master, who was livid,
and said to the servant, I forgave you because you begged me;
shouldn’t you have paid this compassion forward? So the mas-
ter delivered him to the torturers until he should pay him back.

The Lord ends this parable by saying (according to the KJV),
“So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye
from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their tres-
passes.” But consider this, dear reader, Afrikan governments
have had their debts forgiven more than once by ‘industrialized
nations’ or ‘developed countries’ or ‘G8 or G20 members’ etc.
Literally huge chunks of debt just wiped off the books, but nev-
er have we heard (we stand to be corrected) that they passed
this benefit on to their people, beyond the occasional pittance.

Taxation is on the increase, with penalties and interests soar-
ing to levels where individuals with struggling businesses can
barely keep up. If you dare default, you face the legal sys-
tem and the possibility of being shamed and exposed by the
media. Demands for citizens to comply with higher duties
and austerity measures are put in place in the name of ser-
vicing debts, without due consideration for the impact this
will have on those who are already living on the edge finan-
cially and economically, and heartless governments saying
that people need to just put up with this for some time, but
later reports are leaked about millions of dollars being wast-
ed on vehicles and entertainment and snacks and mansions.

Are they not aware of the eternal consequences of their own
actions against their citizens who they are meant to be serv-
ing? Are they not aware of what God requires of each one

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