Focusing on the Lord's "the Words Of Sufficiency" – deduced from Luke 23v34, as imbibed in the words: "Father forgive them…" Why sufficient? Because of: A) The Object Of Prayer - "Father forgive them…. The vitality the petition because of the relational/filial as aspect. The prayer was addressed – "to the Father". So, Jesus the persecuted, intervenes and prays for His persecutors JUST AS – He does today. HE is the interceding Christ (Heb. 7v27). Question: 1) Why are these "pleading Words for forgiveness" be of any worth? Because: a) Forgiveness Is A Divine Prerogative b) Forgiveness is man's primary & Greatest Need and c) In forgiveness, therein Lies The Triumph Of Redeeming Love c.f. I Cor. 13. Paul gives a picture of the triumph of redeeming love. Rom. 4v8 "Blessed is the man, to whom the Lord will not impute Sin…" Rom. 8v1 "there is therefore now, no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus..". By this, we all should say, if we have received His forgiveness that: "In whom we have redemption thru His blood , even the forgiveness of sin…" – Col. 1v14
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Pastor Sydney B. Kombe graduated from Christ Seminary in South Africa in December 2011. He served for just under 10 years as a missionary to Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mpika, Zambia, before relocating to the USA. He has been at Ballston Lake Baptist Church in Ballston Lake, New...
