Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 18:35

"So shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts." — Matthew 18:35 (ASV)

This is the great moral lesson. We incur greater wrath by refusing to forgive than by all the rest of our indebtedness. We cannot escape from condemnation if we refuse to pardon others. If we forgive in words only, but not from our hearts, we remain under the same condemnation.

Continued anger against our brother shuts heaven’s gate in our own faces. The heavenly Father of the Lord Jesus will be righteously wrathful against us and will deliver us to the tormentors if we do not from our hearts forgive everyone their brother’s trespasses.

Lord, make me of a meek, forgiving spirit! May my heart be as ready to pardon offenses as it is to beat!