As Jesus hung on the cross,He gave a profound statementFATHER,FOEGIVE THEM,FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY DO(Luke 23:34) The fact that Jesus first words from the cross consisted of a prayer does not surprise us.Jesus had been a man of prayer.Even those who generally refuse to pray will usually do so in their hour of crisis. But we would have expected Jesus to prayFATHER,HELP MEor even His later statement being His firstMY GOD,MY GOD WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME? (matt.27:46).But knowing Jesus like we do,it was only fitting that He shoul say what He said in the very order He said it. He did not pray in the darkhour for His loved ones first,or for His friends.He prayed for His enemies!He modeled exactly what He taught.What He had spoken one sunnyday on the mount of Beatitudes,He modeled on this very death day at mount Calvary the words of matt.5:44LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU.Jesus had told Peter to forgive seventy seven times.Now He was doing just that.But when we pray under such circumstances,it is usually for ourselves:LORD HELP ME. We see this ex.of Jesus that no one is beyond the reach of prayer.Jesus was actually praying for the very people who had whipped,beaten, and crucified Him. Let us follow the ex.of Jesus on the cross no matter how hopeless it may look,keep praying for that person. Have a nice day brethren.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:17:02 +0000
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