"Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they
do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting
lots."
{Luke 23:34} (NIV1984)
I wonder
if we believe that God answers this prayer of His Son? Here He is dying in
obedience to His Father, watching His enemies gamble over His clothes, and He
prays that God would forgive them for killing Him. This is love! This is
perfect love!
We look at this text and marvel at the person of Jesus; the
person of the Son of God, the person who is love. Oh, that we may know the
width, the height and the depths of this love. Yet, do we believe that God
answered His Son’s prayer? Friend, believe it, God forgave those men. How could
He not? The gospel indicates that the centurion believed and was saved, we will
know the stories of the rest of them one day. Imagine sitting in heaven beside
a roman who crucified our Lord.
We can pray for our enemies because our Lord
did and Stephen did. We can do this because Jesus is alive in us, and we
should do this, if we are His disciples.
Father, forgive them… bless them
Father.
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