Jesus, on the Cross, cried out one of the most significant prayers, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
To forgive someone despite of what he did is to separate his identity from his sin.
The Jews didn't know what they were doing to Jesus. They were blinded from their true identity. Because if they really know what they were doing, they would not do what they did.
They say, "Hurt people hurt people." People who hurt others do not really know what they do, because they do not really know their true identity. If the light comes on them and gives them a revelation and understanding of who they truly are, they would not have hurt you.
Jesus saw that clearly. He separated our sin from our identity on the Cross. For He did not just come to die for our sin. He came to restore our identity.
Once you know your identity, you will not want to do what you do. If you are worthless and undeserving, you will do what is worthless and useless. But if you are worthy and deserving because of what Jesus saw in your value, you will do what is honourable because of Whose you are.
We don't have to try hard to forgive others, if we separate their identity from their sin against us. If we can't forgive, that's because we haven't truly seen and understood our own identity. We haven't understood the forgiveness on the Cross --- Jesus separated who we are from what we do.
The reality of what Jesus did on the Cross doesn't just empower us to forgive. It becomes who we are. We BECOME forgiveness. We BECOME ministers of reconciliation. The very nature of forgiveness is in our identity.
You don't need an inner healing if you hold on to the inner truth of who you are. Because inner healing may set you free for a season. But it won't keep you free forever.
Yet if we realise who we are, we can cancel our lifetime subscription to unforgiveness. #identity
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