THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF JESUS
Response: Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing. Luke 23: 34
Jesus realized that they thought they were doing religion the normal way. They didn’t realize the enormity of what they were doing.
Redemption: I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise. Luke 23: 43
Jesus has the ability to transform a life in a heartbeat. There is no second work of grace. We become holy when Jesus makes us holy.
Responsibility: Dear woman, here is your son, … Here is your mother. John 19: 26-7
Even though he was dying, he still took time to care for his mother.
Rejection: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? – which means, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Mark 15: 34
God forsook Jesus because he was sin. He became sin, who knew no sin. God had to turn from him.
Reaction: I am thirsty. John 19: 28
In the midst of it all, Jesus was thirsty. Such an innocuous comment in the light of all the other things he said.
Result: It is finished. John 19:30
He had done what he came to do. The sacrifice that had been foreordained from before the foundation of the world was made.
Reliance: Father, into your hands I commit my spirit. Luke 23:46
Even though he didn’t want to die, he knew that God was with him.
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