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NASB | Luke 23:34 But Jesus was saying, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 23:34 And Jesus was saying, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast lots, dividing His clothes among themselves. [Ps 22:18] |
Subject: What do you think? |
Bible Note: Jesus..... stopped being God, that is not possible, as Jesus said, if you have seen me you have seen the Father. God does not lie, God remains the same, always.... It isn't so difficult to understand Jesus "taking our sins" if you view it from different eyes. If at anytime, one has ever felt the pain, the fear, the heartbreak, or even the shame of another person, then you know that this can be a phisical reality. These things that are not of yourself, can be felt in the body... it is simply a matter of to what degree one is spiritualy aware of others, the degree we are willing to accept it. Mothers are very adapt at this sort of thing, Now if we, as pitiful as we are in comparison to Jesus, are capable of this, then it really isn't that much of a leap to understand how Jesus was capable of it. He bore the sins, I know at times that I have felt the physical heaviness in my chest from the shame alone of anothers sin, and the the physical ache of someonelse broken heart. And mind you these are just byproducts of sin, sin causes pain, if it didn't none of us would try so hard to be rid of it. Bring to mind a sin you are guilty of, that you haven't given to Jesus, or recall how painful one was to you before you did take it to him. Did not this sin create a physical sensation within you.... Jesus did take these sins, and it did create a physical sensation, he wept, he wept tears of blood. He came in physical form, willingly, and he was given by his Father willingly... for our salvation. Just because Jesus ask his Father to forgive them, because they know not what they do , doesn't mean that he stopped being God, or that he was unable to forgive these sins himself.. it just means that he had this conversation with his father.... no where does he imply his lack of diety. Jesus is still petitioning his father on our behalf, this began at the cross... |