" Then said Iesus, Father, forgiue them, for they know not what they doe: And they parted his raiment, and cast lots."
(Sorry 1611 version copied-you get the point)
Acts 7:59-60
59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
There is a similar event here regarding the death of Stephen and Jesus as to their asking for God to forgive their enemies.
Could we say in some sense Jesus was not only invoking in prayer for the forgiveness of those actually present but all of those whose sin He was going to take on? Food for thought...
We are reminded in this of past times when God in His wrath would destroy nations through great signs; or destroyed the sons of Korah for another example. Elijah and the contest with the prophets of Baal is yet another incident where those who continued in pagan practices even though they acknowledged He was God were killed; this warning certainly is pertinent to those in the Revelation 6 conundrum largely of their own making who hide from God's wrath which they no doubt were largely responsible for in the death of the martyrs of the 5th Seal worldwide and continuing to attempt to find solace in the governments and system of this world.
Christ died for His enemies; and as there is not room for middle ground here we all have to decide what to do with this fact.
Unbelief dictates that we aren't broken over this act of sacrificial love beyond comprehension; but we find some substitution; some attempt to save face as it were to make ourselves acceptable to God some other way. The reason why God sometimes destroys someone for acknowledgment that He is God can be seen with Judas Iscariot; He could only see a righteous man in Christ not that He was God the Son. Not accepting God's free gift because it offends our sensibilities is a way o whitewashing our own sin.
" Then said Iesus, Father, forgiue them, for they know not what they doe: And they parted his raiment, and cast lots."
(Sorry 1611 version copied-you get the point)
Acts 7:59-60
59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 60 Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
There is a similar event here regarding the death of Stephen and Jesus as to their asking for God to forgive their enemies.
Could we say in some sense Jesus was not only invoking in prayer for the forgiveness of those actually present but all of those whose sin He was going to take on? Food for thought...
We are reminded in this of past times when God in His wrath would destroy nations through great signs; or destroyed the sons of Korah for another example. Elijah and the contest with the prophets of Baal is yet another incident where those who continued in pagan practices even though they acknowledged He was God were killed; this warning certainly is pertinent to those in the Revelation 6 conundrum largely of their own making who hide from God's wrath which they no doubt were largely responsible for in the death of the martyrs of the 5th Seal worldwide and continuing to attempt to find solace in the governments and system of this world.
Christ died for His enemies; and as there is not room for middle ground here we all have to decide what to do with this fact.
Unbelief dictates that we aren't broken over this act of sacrificial love beyond comprehension; but we find some substitution; some attempt to save face as it were to make ourselves acceptable to God some other way. The reason why God sometimes destroys someone for acknowledgment that He is God can be seen with Judas Iscariot; He could only see a righteous man in Christ not that He was God the Son. Not accepting God's free gift because it offends our sensibilities is a way o whitewashing our own sin.
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