It's Enlightened Self-Interest

In one of the parables, the proportion that Jesus gave is somebody owes you $17, you owe God six million. So, you know, forgiving people isn’t being super spiritual. It’s enlightened self-interest.

Anybody that won’t let $17 go for the sake of being forgiven six million just hasn’t, hasn’t any business sense. So, I said, “If you want God to tear up his IOUs from you, you tear up your IOUs.”

And down the middle aisle came a very smartly dressed young lady, I would say about 30 years old. She marched right up to me, looked me full in the face, and she said, “Mr. Prince, I just want to tell you that while you were preaching, I got rid of about $30,000 worth of IOUs.” Turned round and walked out.

She got the message. She didn’t need counseling, she didn’t need prayer, she’d done the right thing.