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Lol he's actually argued "I don't need to abide to be saved, only to bear fruit"--meaning he regards being thrown into fire (for not bearing fruit) as a "saved" condition! You couldn't make the stuff they believe up.

You're free to make your own thread where you decide the topic, but, no, that's not the question.

Obviously, your view doesn't pass the scratch test. It's more believable, for all the reasons I've enumerated, that the parable is the genuine article, not a lie that has no actual reality it corresponds to. No, I'm saying that is the conclusion from what YOU were saying, and I'm rejecting...

The text is unambiguous. "I forgave you". What makes it difficult for you is not mysterious--you have theological pre-commitments. If your views are challenged by what is plainly stated, is that my fault? It's a story, and Jesus tells us what it means, so we don't have to guess : "So will My...

Begging the question

Are you saying the Holy Spirit is insufficient to lead and empower a person to do God's will, and they need the written lies of Jesus to scare them into doing God's will? New creatures, born of God, need to be scared into obedience? I thought you believed otherwise. How many Christians...

Which parables have no correspondences with reality?

The parables Jesus teaches have elements corresponding to reality. Agreed? The King, Jesus says, corresponds to God. The King forgiving the servant, Jesus says, corresponds to God forgiving a disciple of His. The King rescinding His forgiveness because the servant did not forgive, Jesus says...

Yup. Beside the point of the OP, but yup.

The point was it is an error to call Christian works "filthy rags" when they're actually "fine linen bright and clean" because they're not our own righteousness but God's revealed from faith to faith.

Do you really need to have it explained to you that Jesus tells parables to teach lessons about reality? You're saying there is no reality to which this parable corresponds, but, again, this would be a complete severance from Jesus's habit, so I and all other reasonable people reject the notion.

Even though the King, representing God, in the parable, says "I forgave you all that debt". Past-tense. Forgave. Not sure why you're pretending not to understand my point : God didn't turn a forgiven person over to tormentors, God RESCINDED His forgiveness, so the guy was no longer forgiven. Do...

What are some other examples of Jesus teaching parables that don't need to be taught, that He teaches in vain, because the lesson doesn't need to be learned, because the lesson He is teaching in the parable can never occur, and where He depicts God as doing something that He will never do? Is...

No, it doesn't. It says "I forgave you all that debt". Was that a lie? Should I believe you or the Word of God?

The guy was saved in the parable.

Jesus not only says "if", He paints the picture for us about the eventuality--depicting God as rescinding forgiveness. Why would Jesus do that? Is that Jesus's habit? When else does He do that--depict God in a way that is impossible and will never occur? In the parable, was the unforgiving...

Why are you here pretending to discuss Scripture, then? Either answer the questions put to you, or quit pretending. Had the unforgiving steward been forgiven or not?

Oooooh! Spooky! I'm shivering! Engage with the topic, quit the nonsense.

I didn't ask you about that passage, I asked you about Matthew 18. Why are you pretending to answer Matthew 18 when you are not answering it?

The man was forgiven. Do you agree?