Hey – it's Pastor Allen, and I'm working through some questions
that you submitted a few weeks ago.
One of the questions you posed was about the
relationship between forgiveness and ignorance.
And I think it emerged out of a statement Jesus made on the cross when He said,
"Father, forgive them, because they don't know what
they're doing."
Well, I think He was praying for several groups
of people that day. I think He is praying for the religious
leaders that are gathered there mocking Him.
I'm certain He's praying for the Roman soldiers that nailed Him to a cross.
What did He mean?
Well, I think that the soldiers that stretched
His arms out and nailed Him to that Roman
cross, they were very aware that what they
were doing was extraordinarily painful - that
they were actually condemning Him, that it
was a death sentence to be nailed to that cross.
So I think Jesus was extending to them forgiveness,
for they didn't fully understand what was happening.
They didn't understand the battle of the
ages was coming to fulfillment on that cross.
The religious leaders, motivated by their
own selfish ambition - their own jealousy,
a whole host of inappropriate things – Jesus
still extends to them forgiveness.
It's a lesson in God's forgiveness, and it's an invitation to you and me.
Most of the hurts and the pains and the things
we suffer in life come from people who don't fully
understand the depth of the wounds they cause.
They may understand on some level the pain,
but we still choose to forgive.
Forgiveness is a decision. It's not an emotion.
It's a choice we make to release somebody
from a debt that we think is owed to us.
And forgiveness is so powerful.
If you will choose to turn loose those people
you've been holding captive with anger and
resentment, it will bring an enormous freedom
to your life.
In fact, why don't we do that before we go?
Father, we choose to forgive.
We choose to release, to set free every person
that has wounded and hurt us, in Jesus' name, amen.
God bless you, and enjoy your freedom!
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