Trusting God: Jesus' Final Words on the Cross
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Jesus gave seven cries from the cross, all of them powerful and all of them so very important. But I want to focus in on the very last words of Jesus before he died. They say famous words are important and most famous words are the final words that are ever given by a human being. If you've ever said goodbye to a loved one, someone near and dear, you lean in to that person. You lean in and you listen with great intent and purpose to hear and to receive those last moments, those last words that will last a lifetime. It has been said that last words are lasting words. [00:00:11] (48 seconds)
All throughout the Old and even New Testament, that number seven speaks of completion. And so how apropos that Jesus would complete his ministry here on earth. By declaring seven words and this one, so important for us today, because it teaches us not only how we ought to die, but how we ought to live. You see, Jesus' last words on the cross give us a template, they give us a guide, they model for us what it means for us to live as Christ did. [00:03:00] (33 seconds)
And then later on, while on the cross, at the darkest, most difficult of moments, he cried out, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? That's a cry of abandonment. That's a cry that no one ever wants to utter. But then we get to the seventh one, Father, into your hands. And what we hear is not a cry of intercession or a cry of abandonment. We have a declaration of reunion, a declaration of victory. It is not a moment of weakness, no friends, it is worship. It's not panic, it's peace. [00:04:04] (42 seconds)
The cross had been accomplished. Salvation had been brought to us. And as a result of that, here is this cry not of abandonment but a cry of affection, Father. A powerful reminder that the cross is not a destruction of fellowship. But friends, it is a path to restoring it. You see, what Jesus communicates is that in his final words, he's telling us the judgment is over. The wrath is done. The debt has been paid for. And now the only thing that we have to be concerned about is our Father in heaven. [00:06:33] (40 seconds)
He says, now I commit myself in this holy transfer to this great reversal, no longer in the hands of sinners, Jesus places himself in the hand of the Father, the strong and gentle and just and loving hands. And friends, this tells us that we have a Father in heaven, a Father who is calling us, and Jesus who is modeling for us, that we have a choice to make in this life. We can hand our lives and we can hand all that is near and dear to us into the hands of the world. [00:10:06] (36 seconds)
And God says, I want to give you life and to give it to you in all abundance. You see, the devil seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. But your Father in heaven desires that you would commit your life to him so that he could give you good gifts, gifts that a loving father longs to bestow upon his children. You see, we have a choice to make. Will we allow ourselves and our lives to be in the hands of the world? Or rightly, as they were created to be, in the hands of God. [00:11:52] (36 seconds)
we have this opportunity to give our lives as jesus did to the father now let's understand jesus didn't resist death he released his spirit nobody took it away he didn't do it in fear but he did it in faith he did it as a willing act and that's what we need to do as a willing act of our commitment to the lord we say to the lord with all that we have and all that we are i give you god my life i give you everything that i have everything that is near and dear i commit to you i entrust to you for safe keeping [00:14:58] (43 seconds)
And God says, I want to give you life and to give it to you in all abundance. You see, the devil seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. But your Father in heaven desires that you would commit your life to him so that he could give you good gifts, gifts that a loving father longs to bestow upon his children. You see, we have a choice to make. Will we allow ourselves and our lives to be in the hands of the world? Or rightly, as they were created to be, in the hands of God. Father, into your hands. Notice next, it's a word of commitment. I commit. I commit my spirit. [00:11:52] (46 seconds)
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All throughout the Old and even New Testament, that number seven speaks of completion. And so how apropos that Jesus would complete his ministry here on earth. By declaring seven words and this one, so important for us today, because it teaches us not only how we ought to die, but how we ought to live. You see, Jesus' last words on the cross give us a template, they give us a guide, they model for us what it means for us to live as Christ did. [00:03:00] (33 seconds)
And then later on, while on the cross, at the darkest, most difficult of moments, he cried out, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? That's a cry of abandonment. That's a cry that no one ever wants to utter. But then we get to the seventh one, Father, into your hands. And what we hear is not a cry of intercession or a cry of abandonment. We have a declaration of reunion, a declaration of victory. It is not a moment of weakness, no friends, it is worship. It's not panic, it's peace. [00:04:04] (42 seconds)
The cross had been accomplished. Salvation had been brought to us. And as a result of that, here is this cry not of abandonment but a cry of affection, Father. A powerful reminder that the cross is not a destruction of fellowship. But friends, it is a path to restoring it. You see, what Jesus communicates is that in his final words, he's telling us the judgment is over. The wrath is done. The debt has been paid for. And now the only thing that we have to be concerned about is our Father in heaven. [00:06:33] (40 seconds)
He says, now I commit myself in this holy transfer to this great reversal, no longer in the hands of sinners, Jesus places himself in the hand of the Father, the strong and gentle and just and loving hands. And friends, this tells us that we have a Father in heaven, a Father who is calling us, and Jesus who is modeling for us, that we have a choice to make in this life. We can hand our lives and we can hand all that is near and dear to us into the hands of the world. [00:10:06] (36 seconds)
And God says, I want to give you life and to give it to you in all abundance. You see, the devil seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. But your Father in heaven desires that you would commit your life to him so that he could give you good gifts, gifts that a loving father longs to bestow upon his children. You see, we have a choice to make. Will we allow ourselves and our lives to be in the hands of the world? Or rightly, as they were created to be, in the hands of God. [00:11:52] (36 seconds)
we have this opportunity to give our lives as jesus did to the father now let's understand jesus didn't resist death he released his spirit nobody took it away he didn't do it in fear but he did it in faith he did it as a willing act and that's what we need to do as a willing act of our commitment to the lord we say to the lord with all that we have and all that we are i give you god my life i give you everything that i have everything that is near and dear i commit to you i entrust to you for safe keeping [00:14:58] (43 seconds)
And God says, I want to give you life and to give it to you in all abundance. You see, the devil seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. But your Father in heaven desires that you would commit your life to him so that he could give you good gifts, gifts that a loving father longs to bestow upon his children. You see, we have a choice to make. Will we allow ourselves and our lives to be in the hands of the world? Or rightly, as they were created to be, in the hands of God. Father, into your hands. Notice next, it's a word of commitment. I commit. I commit my spirit. [00:11:52] (46 seconds)
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