This excerpt from Max Lucado’s book, No Wonder They Call Him the Savior, is gripping and illustrates the impact of forgiveness.
Have you ever wondered how Jesus kept from retaliating against the mob that killed him?… Here’s the answer. It’s…this statement: “for they do not know what they are doing.”… It’s as if Jesus considered this bloodthirsty, death-hungry crowd not as murderers but as victims. It’s as if He saw in their faces not hatred but confusion… “sheep without a shepherd.”…
And when you think about it…they hadn’t the faintest idea what they were doing. They were a stir-crazy mob, mad at something they couldn’t see so they took it out on, of all people, God. But they didn’t know what they were doing.
No Wonder They Call Him The Savior
