![]() Which one are you? Which one am I? Which one are we? It’s why Jesus has so many admirers and so few followers. And it’s why most of us would rather just believe than choose to follow, because following Jesus will cost you something. It’s so uneverything in us for most of us. And this was the posture that he insisted they take if they were going to be his follower.īut it’s so disturbing. “I’ve come to demonstrate a different way “to respond and to react.” And when his followers realize he’s not even going to resist, you know the story, they all unfollowed and they all fled, but they shouldn’t have been surprised at Jesus’ response to his arrest, because this is how he had lived his entire life. “I’ve come to demonstrate a different way to resist. “That’s so kingdoms of this world one on one, “and I have come to pave a new way. And when his followers who were with him in the garden that night tried to resist, he said, “No more of this, “no more of this, stop this, put away your sword. When they came to arrest him, he didn’t even resist. When they came to arrest him, you know the story. In fact, this is the story by first century standards by 21st century standards. Forgive them? Come on, how weak is that? How passive. And while Jesus is dying and while Jesus is forgiving, Luke says while this is going on, “And they divided up his clothes” right at his feet, “By casting lots.” What did he say? I don’t know, who cares. Listen to this, this next callous line that Luke adds, because this is what happened. And the evidence is the evidence that they didn’t know what they’re doing is because they just kept on doing exactly what they were doing. ![]() ![]() “Forgive them, because they don’t really know what they’re doing.” They thought they did, but they did not. Luke 23:34įrom the cross he said, “Father, forgive them. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. ![]()
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