Even now, at the right hand of God, the Lord is continually praying a prayer of anticipatory forgiveness out of compassion for the ignorance of a sinner like me, repeatedly saying, “Father, forgive James … forgive James …” [Prayer of anticipatory forgiveness: Before the perpetrators had repented of their wrongdoing or even asked for forgiveness, Jesus first proclaimed forgiveness at the very height of the most terrible suffering, as the cross was being erected.] “Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him. When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right and the other on his left. Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if h...
우리는 두려워하지 않습니다. 환란 중에 만날 큰 도움이 되시는 우리의 피난처시요 힘이신 하나님으로 인하여 우리는 두려워하지 않습니다 ( 시편 46:1, 3).