We're still alive aren't we?
Is God saving us from our sin, and freeing us to become Christ-like in our lives?
Nope.... NOT ignorance.
Forgiveness.
According to Psalm 103, God casts our sin as far as the east is from the west.
In Micah 7:19 he says
You will cast all our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
there's a whole lot more on this.
This is not ignoring our sin. Jesus' death paid for our sin--- all sin, the sin of every single human being to ever have lived, all the way to all who every will live.
So, God isn't ignoring them, he's forgiving them. He's releasing us from the debt we owe him.
In 1 John 1:9 we read---
If we confess our sin, God is faithful (he can be relied upon), and Just to forgive our sin, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Justice due sin was handled by Jesus' death. So God is totally just to forgive our sin, and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness....
Not some, but ALL.
We then have Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is also quoted in Hebrews 10
God will not remember our sins, ever again.
For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
So.... and this cannot be overemphasized......
God does not ignore our sin. He forgives our sin. He cleanses us, he forgives us, he wipes our debt away.
"Father forgive them, for they know not what they do."
Maybe Jesus is just being true to himself... to what he taught us to do.
Luke 6:27"But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
29To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.
30Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
31"And as you would like people to do to you, you also do the same to them.
32If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
33If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
34If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.
35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
36Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
37Do not judge, and you won't be judged. Do not condemn, and you won't be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."