Unforgiveness Is Destroying you

Jun 2, 2026 • Pastor Sean Pinder

Welcome to "UNFORGIVENESS Is DESTROYING YOU…And YOU Don't Even Know It." Today, Pastor Sean invites you to receive a word that will expose something that may be silently destroying your health, your peace, your relationships, and your connection with God — because Matthew 18:21-35 reveals the most dangerous thing about unforgiveness. It does not imprison the person you will not forgive. It imprisons YOU.

Peter came to Jesus and asked — "Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?" Jesus replied —

"No, not seven times, but seventy times seven!" — Matthew 18:22 (NLT)

Let these words resonate within your heart today. Seventy times seven is not a mathematical limit. It is the declaration that forgiveness has no ceiling. Jesus was not giving Peter a number — He was abolishing the concept of a limit altogether. Take comfort in this — the God who asks you to forgive without limit is the same God who forgave YOUR debt without limit. And that is exactly the lesson the servant in this parable forgot.

"Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, 'You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?'" — Matthew 18:32-33 (NLT)

"Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt. That's what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart." — Matthew 18:34-35 (NLT)

The torture in this parable is not a future punishment alone. Every person holding unforgiveness is already experiencing its torture — sleepless nights, bitterness, health issues, broken relationships, blocked prayers. UNFORGIVENESS is DESTROYING YOU — and most people never connect the destruction to the root.

May this powerful teaching from Matthew 18:21-35 fill your heart with the courage to release what you have been holding — and remind you that forgiveness is not for the person who hurt you. It is for YOU. Thank you for joining me today. Subscribe for daily teachings, morning prayer broadcasts, and live services.