Luke 23:33-34
Jesus Forgives Us For Crucifying Him
33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
John 14:6
The Way to Heaven is Through Jesus
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Being crucified on the cross by the Romans was a very, very terrible way to die...It was tortuous, very, very painful and a severely punishing way to die...Being hung from a cross was no ordinary way to die...Very little was ordinary about Jesus...Even His death was extreme and unique...
The cross is much about LOVE and forgiveness and faith...We will enter heaven because of Jesus' LOVE and forgiveness of each of us, and our faith in Him...He tells us that the Way to God and the Way to heaven can be done in only one Way...The to God and heaven is only through Him...Part of the Way to heaven is about Him dying on the cross...The perfect universe that God created was doomed by man's sin, and then saved by the LOVE of His Son on a cross...
And so we hung Jesus from a cross...But Jesus forgives us, even for doing that...Before He was nailed to the cross He was still so forgiving...Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”...He forgave us before we even hung Him on the cross...I say He forgives us because, it was our sins that sent Him to the cross...It is our sins that caused Him to hang from the cross...And it is our sins that caused Him to die on the cross...Jesus died graphically and tortured...We often see and think about the symbol of the cross and forget these things...And through these things He still forgives us...
These three things from the cross of love, forgiveness, and faith are very important is life...Let us learn from Jesus and the cross that we hung Him on...Let us know that forgiveness, love, and faith are three of the greatest virtues in life...Jesus, always forgiving...