For us to be faithful
to the command of Jesus
to our Master, to Christ;
we are to love as He loved us,
to forgive as He forgave us.
His prayer, “Father, forgive them
for they know not what they do”,
spoken by a man, by Jesus.
Yes, He was fully divine;
but He was also fully human.
God hung on the tree,
the man on the altar, the cross;
His prayer for us,
“Father, forgive them
for they know not what they do”.
The same prayer for us
if we are to be faithful,
to forgive our neighbors
a sister, a brother,
anyone who would harm us.
If we are to be faithful
disciples of Jesus,
we must take up His prayer,
“Father, forgive them
for they know not what they do.”
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edited February 16, 2015
Father, forgive them – 2 –
v7
(editing version 5)
first drafted February 11,
2015
&
1 Corinthians
13:1-13
Galatians
5:13-26
John 13:33-34
Matthew 18:
sermon “Love,
Confession, and Forgiveness. . .”
by Ray Foss
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
February 15,
2015
&
edited January 28, 2015
Father, forgive them – 2 –
v6
(editing original again
but mindful of other versions)
edited January 27, 2015
Father, forgive them – 2 –
v5
(editing version 4)
edited January 26, 2015
Father, forgive them – 2 –
v4
(editing version 3)
edited January 26, 2015
Father, forgive them – 2 –
v3
(editing version 2)
edited April 17, 2014
Father forgive them – 2 –
v2
April 16, 2014
Father forgive them – 2
edited March 26, 2014
With our spit on Christ’s
face – v5
(editing version 3)
edited February 13, 2014
“With our spit on Christ’s
face – v4”
edited March 23, 2013
“with my spit drying on
Christ’s face”
edited March 22, 2012
“with our spit on Christ’s
face – v3”
version 2 was included in
my sermon,
“Love like you’ll never be
hurt”
March 21, 2012
&
edited March 7, 2012
with our spit on Christ’s
face – v2
March 7, 2012
“with our spit on Christ’s
face”
Chapter 2
“Today You Will Be with Me
in Paradise”
Luke 23:43
“And Jesus said unto him,
Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (KJV)
Luke 23:32, 39-43
Final Words from the
Cross
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
read March 4, 2012
and bible study
led by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation
blog
“God’s
Whisper” blog
&
video 3/4/2012
Introduction and Chapter
1,
“Father Forgive them”
Luke 23:34
“Then said Jesus, Father,
forgive them; for they know not what they do.” (KJV)
Final Words from the
Cross
by Reverend Adam Hamilton
read February 25, 2012
and read February 26, 2012
&
January
12, 2015 to January 18, 2015
“+am I my brother’s keeper?”
Devozine
for January and February 2015
&
Genesis
4:1-16
devotion “Yes!”
devotion by Raeann Dalton
devotion for January 12, 2015
read January 25, 2015
&
Youth Group
Stetson
Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
January 25, 2015
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