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*7 LAST WORDS OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS!*
*LAST WORDS OF JESUS*
FATHER FORGIVE
Luke 23:33,34
Joy Free Church 4~/15~/84.
GOOD FRIDAY April 14, 1995
The final words uttered by a person before his death are often of great significance.
Those surroundings them lean in to catch even the faintest of their expressions.
On the day that, KARL MARX died, March 14, 1883 his housekeeper came to him & said, "Tell me your last words, & I'll write them down."
Marx replied, "Go on, get out!
Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!"
Last words can be very revealing.
P.T. BARNUM of the Barnum & Baily Circus, said, as he was dying ,"WHAT WERE TODAY'S RECEIPTS?"
NAPOLEON said, "CHIEF OF THE ARMY!"
The great Baptist preacher, CHARLES SPURGEON, said as his last words, "JESUS DIED FOR ME."
And JOHN WESLEY, the founder of Methodist said "THE BEST OF ALL IS, GOD IS WITH US."
This evening we are going to look at the last statements that our Lord made from the cross.
These statements are very important to us, not only because of the Person who spoke them but also because of the place were they were said.
When our Lord was doing His greatest work on earth, He was uttering some of His greatest words.
These words are windows that enable us to look into eternity & see the heart of God.
! SATURDAY Our Lord entry into Jerusalem as a RIDING on the colt of a donkey as King.
As King Jesus he received the worship & homage & adoration of the People.
But this worship did not last long.
Less than a week later the same crowd demanded his crucifixion.
! SUNDAY WALKED into Jerusalem as PRIEST
He went directly to the temple and began to clean the temple.
As The HIGH PRIEST cast out the money changers, the deceivers.
He cleansed the temple and then began to heal the blind & lame He did the work of a Priest.
*MONDAY he walked into Jerusalem as PROPHET and went to the temple.*
There He began to teach as a Prophet.
The Authorities questioned Him as to what authority
He had to teach & to preach.
The people rejected Him because He did not do what they expected Him to do.
If we examine our own hearts we find we are NO different than the people then we will Honor Him as King on one day of the year but the rest of the week we live like the world.
We like what He does if He will heal us or feed us or provide for us but we question his authority when he tells us what to do & how to live, & what to say.
Even his disciples had turned their backs on him.
BUT OUR LORD'S MOST IMPORTANT WORK & WORDS WERE DONE UPON THE CROSS.
I want to look at the first of the 7 Last words of Christ on the Cross.
! 1ST.
THE ADDRESS THE FIRST OF THE STATEMENTS IS FOUND IN LUKE 23:33,34
One of the most difficult things for us to do is to forgive others.
It is easy to harbor an unforgiving spirit.
Someone hurts us, some-one says something against us & in our hearts we cannot forgive that person.
Listen to this prayer, "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO." V34
If we grasp the wonders of this statement, it will enable us to forgive & to experience the joy that comes when we forgive.
We live in a culture that says and practice, Do not forgive, Get even.
Do not forgive, sue.
Do not forgive make them pay.
Jesus forgave those whom He knew deliberately put him to death.
They wanted Him crucified because of the awful torture that went with the death;
Crucifixion was one of the most painful ways to die.
They wanted Him crucified because the object was to make an example by displaying the dead man's body slowly falling to pieces.
Through out the Roman Empire men were being crucified & left to rot on the cross.
For this reason it was customary to set the crosses at some distance from the city because of the odor created.
Jesus knew what their intentions were & yet He forgave them.
Crucifixion was the only death by which a person could remain alive long enough to bear the sins of the world.
All other forms of execution are fairly swift.
*STONING * -after a few seconds the person is unconscious.
*DECAPITATION* -the person dies instantly
*BURNING * -the person dies in a few minutes after losing consciousness.
*HANGING * -the person dies in a few seconds, after their neck breaks.
*CRUCIFIXION * -is the only method by which our Lord could bear our sins & suffer in agony for 3 hours and chose when to die.
All the other methods the executioner sets the time of death.
But with crucifixion Our Lord set the time of His own death.
Jesus said "*NO MAN TAKETH (MY LIFE) FROM ME, I LAY IT DOWN OF MYSELF*".
John10:18
Phil.
2:8 "*HE HUMBLED HIMSELF & BECAME OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH".*
Our Lord chose the form of death by which he could suffer the full weight of the wrath of God.
That is why just as He died He cried out in triumph "TETELESTAI PAID IN FULL
The debt of our sins has been marked in bold letter PAID IN FULL.
*WE ARE HUMBLED IN DEATH: HE HUMBLED HIMSELF.*
*WE ARE SUBJECT TO DEATH; HE BECAME SUBJECT TO DEATH.*
*WE ARE OFFERED IN DEATH; HE OFFERED HIMSELF.*
*WE SURRENDER TO DEATH; HE EMBRACED DEATH.*
*WE RELINQUISH OUR SPIRIT; HE DISMISSED HIS SPIRIT*
*OUR DEATH IS PASSIVE; HIS DEATH WAS ACTIVE.*
WE CAN ONLY SHORTEN OUR LIVES; HIS LIFE WAS POTENTIALLY ENDLESS AND COULD NEVER BE SHORTED.
*OUR DEATH IS THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF FLESH OVER SPIRIT; *
*HIS DEATH WAS THE TRIUMPH OF SPIRIT OVER FLESH.*
*WE ARE DEFEATED BY DEATH; HE CONQUERED DEATH.*
*HE DIED ON THE CROSS BUT NOT BECAUSE OF IT.*
*HE MAY POSSIBLY HAVE DIED WITH A BROKEN HEART BUT NOT BECAUSE OF IT.*
*HE DISENGAGED SPIRIT & BODY IN HIS DEATH & RE-ENGAGED THEM IN HIS RESURRECTION.*
*HIS LIFE BY HIS OWN WILL WAS CUT OFF NOT CUT SHORT.*
THE ADDRESS First, there is the wonder of the address- " FATHER " v34
Our Lord addresses God three times when He was upon the cross.
Statement was *"FATHER FORGIVE THEM; FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO*" and then the: Statement was "*MY GOD, MY GOD WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?* " Matt.
27:46 and then that final statement "*FATHER INTO THEY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT*."
Luke 23:46
When our Lord entered into His suffering, & when our Lord was enduring suffering, and our Lord emerged victoriously from His suffering, He spoke to His Father in Heaven.
Some Christian's will say "I can't talk to God!
I can't pray!
I don't believe anymore-after the way people have treated me!"
But look at the way they treated the Lord Jesus!
His nation sinned against Him.
His own disciples failed Him & fled.
The Father was willing for the Son to suffer.
Yet Jesus was able to look up and say, " FATHER " He lived in fellowship with His Father.
When He began His ministry the Father said, "*THIS IS MY BELOVED SON.*" Matt.
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