Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.

ten words.
ten words.
ten words.
ten words.
ten words!



ten words start a full two days of confusion.
God says to forgive others right?
then why in the world did Jesus, while dying on the cross, call upon God to forgive these people? Why did he not say, "Father, I forgive them for they know not what they do?"

so i searched, and guess what? nowhere in the bible does it say to "forgive" one another for a moral wrong that they committed against you. (or at least not from what i have seen) in the OT, it states that we are to forgive the debts of others, the physical aspect. even in the NT, in the Lord's prayer, it states "..as we forgive those who have debts against us"
yes, the NT states that we need to forgive others, in the general sense, but never NEVER does it say to forgive against moral wrongs.
why?
because that is not our job!


who are we to think that we have the same power of forgiveness as our Father? even Jesus, dying on the cross, knew it was not his place. He asked God to forgive them.


so now what? i don't think that it means that there is no forgiveness through us, but i think it means that we simply have to call upon God to let us receive the peace of his forgiveness in order for us to make it right. think about it.
our job is to reconcile with that person and reconcile in our hearts.
forgiveness is for God
reconciliation is for us.




yea.
that's what's in my head lately.
the end.