{"id":481,"date":"2020-08-01T01:02:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T01:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/?p=481"},"modified":"2020-08-01T01:04:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T01:04:48","slug":"the-forgiveness-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"The Forgiveness of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u201cForgiving through suffering\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.34\">Luke 23:34<\/a> &#8211; \u201cThen said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>put their hands on Him<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.1\">Luke 23:1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>accused and lied<\/strong> <strong>about Him<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.2\">Luke 23:2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd they began to accuse him, saying, We found this <em>fellow<\/em> perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>only wanted something of Him<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.8\">Luke 23:8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long <em>season<\/em>, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>became friends with enemies<\/strong> <strong>to persecute Him<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.12\">Luke 23:12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when <strong>He did nothing wrong<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.14\">Luke 23:14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cSaid unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined <em>him<\/em> before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>beat Him<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.16\">Luke 23:16<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cI will therefore chastise him, and release <em>him.\u201d<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>desired a murderer over Him<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.18-63.23.19\">Luke 23:18-19<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this <em>man<\/em>, and release unto us Barabbas:<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>murder, was cast into prison.)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>convicted Him with no proof<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.24\">Luke 23:24<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>compared Him to evil men<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.33\">Luke 23:33<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>took what was His<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.34\">Luke 23:34<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd they parted his raiment, and cast lots.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>mocked Him<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.36\">Luke 23:36<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; Even when they <strong>crucified Him<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ref.ly\/logosref\/bible$2Bkjv.63.23.33\">Luke 23:33<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cAnd when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Even when&#8230;.. He still forgave them. He was their Creator, their life source, and the One who set them free again and again. After all they had done to Him, He Still forgave them. If anyone had a right to not forgive If anyone had a right to hold a grudge&#8230;.It was Christ. But HE FORGAVE. <strong>Who are we to not forgive?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cForgiving through suffering\u201d Luke 23:34 &#8211; \u201cThen said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.\u201d &#8212; Even when they put their hands on Him &#8211; Luke 23:1 \u201cAnd the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.\u201d &#8212; Even when they&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/?p=481\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions\/484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reachingtaiwan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}