Probably the most amazing, deep, and most ponderous things that Jesus ever said was when he was hanging on the cross. He said: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
They do not know what they are doing.
Don't they know that they're murdering someone? Don't they see someone with open wounds all over body, hanging from nails in his hands, moaning in agony? Don't they know that this is wrong?
They do not know what they are doing.
I think Jesus was preaching a little sermon as he was pleading to God. The sermon is: Don't judge... because you never know if someone is simply acting in ignorance.
In other words, we are all learning, all of the time. Because we're all learning different lessons all of the time, we will never know when someone else is in the middle of learning a lesson. We don't know what we're doing, much of the time, because we're always growing and becoming wiser. More importantly, we're hopefully becoming more loving and selfless like Jesus.
Jesus was willing to forgive people who were in the act of murder. What does that tell you about Jesus?
Are we willing to forgive murderers? Terrorists? Racists? Abusers? Homophobes? Liberals? Conservatives?
Jesus loved people and forgave people right where they are at. For all we know, they do not know what they are doing.
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