Sunday, March 22, 2015

THE CROSS SAYINGS OF JESUS – “FATHER FORGIVE THEM…”

LUKE 23:32-34

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THEIR ACTIONS [v. 32-33]

 

1. They Came to Calvary [v. 33, Mt. 27:33, Mk. 5:22] kranion, Gr.  a skull ("cranium") Aramaic-Golgotha

 

2. They Crucified Christ “Him” [v. 33, Acts 2:36, 4:10; 1 Cor. 1:23, 2:2] not Judas or someone else

 

3. They Crucified Criminals “malefactors” [v. 33, 40-41] worthless workers of evil [Rm. 5:8]

 

II. HIS PRAYER [v. 34]

 

1. Directed to the Father [the distinction in the Godhead-denies modalism-the doctrine that the persons of the Trinity represent only three modes or aspects of the divine revelation, not distinct and coexisting persons in the divine nature.]

 

2. Directed for the Soldiers [designees of the work, v. 34, 1 Cor. 2:8, Rm. 13:1-4]

 

3. Direction for the Request [this action- not all their sins, that forgiveness is theirs upon accepting Him]

 

III. OUR LESSONS

 

1. Jesus Knows Us [1 Sam. 16:7, Jer. 17:9, Jn. 2:24-25] –like Zaccheus

 

2. Jesus Wants to Forgive Us [2 Peter 3:9, Acts 5:31, 13:38, 26:18]

 

3. Jesus Will Save Us if we Receive Him [v. 47, Mk. 15:39, Jn. 1:12]

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