Blog Archives: April 2020

These are the first words that Jesus utters at the very beginning of His crucifixion. He has already been mocked with false worship, and flogged to within an inch of his life, and now Christ hangs on a Roman cross with nails through his hands and feet. The agonizing pain has begun, an unparalleled injustice is being carried out against Jesus, and yet rather than lashing out at these people for what they are doing to Him…Jesus offers a prayer to His heavenly Father on their behalf! It’s not a prayer for God the Father to “smite” His enemies – ...