Lord’s concluding words as He applies His own story: “So shall My heavenly Father also do to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.” Sobering words! Frightening words! Words too sobering and frightening to be dismissed or softened. While I would never suggest that someone might lose his or her salvation by committing some sin—it is by grace, through faith, that we are saved, and our salvation depends wholly on the finished work of Christ on the cross and nothing else—yet