When Jesus was on the cross, thirsty, bleeding, suffering extreme agony and dying, He prayed for all the enemies who put Him in such a state – Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34)
Those who crucified Jesus and those who wished Him crucified, of course, were self-conscious people, they were rational beings and they knew exactly what they were doing. It was a self-conscious decision of the people to have Jesus killed, and the governor and the soldiers who were accomplishing their desire were self-conscious enough; yet, Jesus said, “…they do not know what they are doing.” The truth is, the unbeliever, though a conscious person, is very blind. The Bible says, “…if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost, in whom the god of this world (the devil) has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God) should not dawn on them.” (2 Corin. 4:3-4) The devil has blinded the minds of the unbelievers; as a result of this, they do not see; they don’t understand spiritual things; neither do they see the eternal consequence of their evil deeds and of course they do not acknowledge Jesus Christ, their Savior. They are spiritually blind; they are spiritually handicapped, yet they never realize it; that is what the devil has made them to be.
So, we need to pray for God to open AMY’S EYES and release godly sorrow in her heart to reveal her sin to her.
-Bill Stockham