At the heart of the atonement is divine hospitality, where God invites the undeserving and unexpected to come home with him.
The final words of Jesus on the cross, as recorded in the Gospels, provide us with an entry point to understand the essence of the Christian faith. Each of the sayings crucially invites us to share in God’s revolutionary hospitality, not only being welcomed as the strangers and enemies we once were but also welcoming other strangers and enemies in his name and for his sake.
‘FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.’
Luke 23:34
‘I AM THIRSTY’
John 19:28-29
‘TRULY I TELL YOU, TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.’
Luke 23:43
‘HERE IS YOUR SON.... HERE IS YOUR MOTHER’
John 19.26
‘MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?’
Matthew 27:46
‘FATHER, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT’
Luke 23:46
Watch an interview on radical hospitality between noted author and thought leader Andy Crouch and Krish.
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