SERMON NOTES
Good Friday 2022
Jesus, you said, “Father, forgive them.” Jesus, who is ‘them?’
Jesus, why did you say, “…forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing?" How could they not know what they were doing?
Jesus, why did you pray, “Father, forgive them…?” Why didn’t you just say, “I forgive you?”
Jesus, did the Father answer this prayer?
“…we are still learning to forgive. Forgiveness is not a skill that is mastered and becomes second nature. It must be faced each time injury or injustice strikes.
“Forgiveness is not a gift one claims, internalizes, and then possesses for life. It must be rediscovered in each situation of pain. We never grow beyond the learning stage….”
-David Augsburger, The Freedom of Forgiveness.
