Let's open our Bibles to Luke 23:34

Jesus' prayer on the cross reveals our great need and God's greater grace.

1. This was not a prayer for pardon apart from repentance.

2. This was not a prayer to cancel God's temporal judgement on Israel.

3. This was not a prayer for every person in the crowd, but only for some.

4. This was not a prayer granting forgiveness to all the spiritually ignorant.