John 3:16-17
God's LOVE for Us
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Luke 23:26-34
Forgive Them Father, for They Do Not Know What They Are Doing
26 As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene, who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28 Jesus turned and said to them,“Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30 Then
“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 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.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.
God LOVES us and sent His Son to die on the cross for us...Jesus before He died on the cross forgave those who were about to crucify Him...He said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”...And we learn a lot about forgiveness from His Son...
God forgives us of our sins, with Jesus' death on the cross...Those who do not believe this are rejecting the message of the cross and God's Plan...