Father, forgive them

Posted : 7 Apr, 2012 02:20 AM

"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." (Luke 23: 34) Is these pardon with God for enemies? How inexcusable then are all they that persist and perish in their enmity to Christ! John Flavel, The Fountain of Life, p.377) This first of the seven cross-sayings of our Lord presents Him in the attitude of prayer. How significant! How instructive! His public ministry had opened with prayer (Luke 3:21), and here we see it closing in prayer. Surely He has left us an example! No longer might those hands minister to the sick, for they are nailed to the cross; no longer may those feet carry Him on errands of mercy, for they are fastened to the cruel tree; no longer may He engage in instructing the apostles, for they have forsaken Him and fled. How then does He occupy Himself? In the ministry of prayer! What a lesson for us! A. W. Pink If your spirits be full of tumult and revenge, the Spirit of Christ will grow a stranger to you: that dove delights in clean and quiet. O then imitate Christ in this excellency also! John Flavel

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