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One of the strangest statements in all of Scripture is Mark 15:34, when Jesus cries out to God in that moment "why have you forsaken me." Why would Jesus feel that God had forsaken him? Was Jesus trying to go back on the deal he made with the Father before coming in the flesh? Though many Christians just read right past this passage and deal with it only as an Easter speach, some of us would like to park it here for a second to understand the signinficance of it, which is what we are going to do now. It's kind of hard for us to fathom Jesus the Son being farsaken by the Father. The term sabachthani is a Hebrew Aramaic term the the text translates for us meaning forsaken me. But the modern English definition of the term is "You have left me," or you have abandoned me." Before I'm done today you will feel why Jesus in his humanity would make such a cry. The night before his crucifiction, Jesus revealed to his disciples that they would abandon him and scatter, each to there own homes, but not to worry, for the Father was with him. In other words I may get a little lonely after you guys abandon me, but the Father is always with me. How did we get from there to this extreme thought of abandonment just a day later? What happend? Inquiring minds want to know. Paul gives us a clue in 2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
21 For our sake he(God) made him(Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him(Jesus) we might become the righteousness of God. So in other words brothers and sisters, in that particular hour, the Father had to treat the Son as if the sins of the entire world were on his shoulders. Therefore the only Presence the one who's accused of sin experiences is the presence of His judgement. And in that case the Father goes silent, and allows the penalty of sin to take its course, which is death. How many times have we experienced a loved one, in ICU, and we prayed and we prayed and we prayed to God, to heal our loved one. Days, sometimes weeks pass, and their symptoms go from bad to worst to fatal, and God remains silent. At that moment, you've grown tired, and it becomes obvious that in this situation, God will not intervene, and death is inevitable. You feel abandoned. You feel forsakened. You feel that had God been here my loved one would not have died. And now you have to go home to an empty house, and a cold bed. The only cry from your heart now is God why? Now do you understand his cry, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” God why have you abandoned me. In His humanity he experienced what we experience at every point. Amen? So after it became obvious to Jesus, that though Jesus had asked the Father three times to let this cup pass from him, that God would remain silent, and the cup of judgement was at this point emptied, Jesus had determined in John 19:28 that since all had been accomplished, he needed to complete the abandonment prophecy by stating Psalm 69:21 "I Thirst."
One of the strangest statements in all of Scripture is Mark 15:34, when Jesus cries out to God in that moment "why have you forsaken me." Why would Jesus feel that God had forsaken him? Was Jesus trying to go back on the deal he made with the Father before coming in the flesh? Though many Christians just read right past this passage and deal with it only as an Easter speach, some of us would like to park it here for a second to understand the signinficance of it, which is what we are going to do now. It's kind of hard for us to fathom Jesus the Son being farsaken by the Father. The term sabachthani is a Hebrew Aramaic term the the text translates for us meaning forsaken me. But the modern English definition of the term is "You have left me," or you have abandoned me." Before I'm done today you will feel why Jesus in his humanity would make such a cry. The night before his crucifiction, Jesus revealed to his disciples that they would abandon him and scatter, each to there own homes, but not to worry, for the Father was with him. In other words I may get a little lonely after you guys abandon me, but the Father is always with me. How did we get from there to this extreme thought of abandonment just a day later? What happend? Inquiring minds want to know. Paul gives us a clue in 2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
21 For our sake he(God) made him(Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him(Jesus) we might become the righteousness of God. So in other words brothers and sisters, in that particular hour, the Father had to treat the Son as if the sins of the entire world were on his shoulders. Therefore the only Presence the one who's accused of sin experiences is the presence of His judgement. And in that case the Father goes silent, and allows the penalty of sin to take its course, which is death. How many times have we experienced a loved one, in ICU, and we prayed and we prayed and we prayed to God, to heal our loved one. Days, sometimes weeks pass, and their symptoms go from bad to worst to fatal, and God remains silent. At that moment, you've grown tired, and it becomes obvious that in this situation, God will not intervene, and death is inevitable. You feel abandoned. You feel forsakened. You feel that had God been here my loved one would not have died. And now you have to go home to an empty house, and a cold bed. The only cry from your heart now is God why? Now do you understand his cry, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” God why have you abandoned me. In His humanity he experienced what we experience at every point. Amen? So after it became obvious to Jesus, that though Jesus had asked the Father three times to let this cup pass from him, that God would remain silent, and the cup of judgement was at this point emptied, Jesus had determined in John 19:28 that since all had been accomplished, he needed to complete the abandonment prophecy by stating Psalm 69:21 "I Thirst."
The 5th of the last sayings of Christ is John 19:28 John 19:28 (ESV)
28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” Brothers and sisters, as you can see Jesus had accepted Gods will, even when Gods will would bring even the Messiah, the Christ, extreme pain. Though Jesus was extremely uncomfortable in this situation, he had signed up for this very thing to suffer and die in our stead. and so as we can see in verse 28 Jesus even instigated the things that would happen to him in order to fulfill all Scripture, even to it's last iota. Jesus signed up for this. But just because you sign up for something don't mean your going to enjoy it. Illustration: I remember signing up for overtime every week, but yet hoping that they wouldn't call it. And when they did call it I hated it, but I did it because my wife and I had some things that needed to be accomplished. Jesus, as he conveyed to the woman at the well and to his disciples, he had a thirst and hunger for things other than food and drink. His main goal is to do Gods will. Even though he suffered from extreme thirst at the cross, the only thing that could quench his thirst is that the will of the Father be accomplished. So in verse 29 it says John 19:29 (ESV)
29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.
The 5th of the last sayings of Christ is John 19:28 John 19:28 (ESV)
28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” Brothers and sisters, as you can see Jesus had accepted Gods will, even when Gods will would bring even the Messiah, the Christ, extreme pain. Though Jesus was extremely uncomfortable in this situation, he had signed up for this very thing to suffer and die in our stead. and so as we can see in verse 28 Jesus even instigated the things that would happen to him in order to fulfill all Scripture, even to it's last iota. Jesus signed up for this. But just because you sign up for something don't mean your going to enjoy it. Illustration: I remember signing up for overtime every week, but yet hoping that they wouldn't call it. And when they did call it I hated it, but I did it because my wife and I had some things that needed to be accomplished. Jesus, as he conveyed to the woman at the well and to his disciples, he had a thirst and hunger for things other than food and drink. His main goal is to do Gods will. Even though he suffered from extreme thirst at the cross, the only thing that could quench his thirst is that the will of the Father be accomplished. So in verse 29 it says John 19:29 (ESV)
29 A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.
And that leads us to the 6th of Jesus seven last sayings. John 19:30 (ESV)
30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
And that leads us to the 6th of Jesus seven last sayings. John 19:30 (ESV)
30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.