Cries from the Cross
My God, My God. Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Why did God forsake Jesus when He was on the cross?
Why has the Holy Spirit preserve Jesus cry in the original language ‘Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani?
How did Jesus make this statement and why?
Apart from Jesus Christ, name another person(s) that God has ever forsaken?
2 Corinthians 5:21
Matthew 27:45-49
Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing Luke 23:33-34
Words expected, Jesus taught forgiveness and came to bring forgiveness, –no surprise
Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” Luke 23:42-43
Words expected, Jesus came that we might have forgiveness, and one day go to heaven, - no surprise
Woman, behold, your son! “Behold, your mother! John 19:26-27
Words expected, Jesus fully obeyed the Law, the fifth commandment, honour your father and mother,
Jesus obeyed it in life and death - no surprise
Eli, Eli, lema sabaktanei?” “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Matthew 27:46
Words not expected, a surprise
Words introduce wonders
Three Wonders
The Darkness around the cross
The Loneliness of the Saviour on the cross
The Blindness of the people before the cross
The Darkness around the cross
Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. Matthew 27:45(NASB)
What kind of darkness was it?
Supernatural darkness from God
Why was there darkness as Jesus hung between heaven and earth?
Sympathy from creation
Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut its glories in
When Christ, the mighty maker, died
For man the creatures sin
When the first man, Adam, and the first woman, Eve sinned, it affected all creation Genesis 3:14-18
Adam’s sin
Affected all Creation -Genesis 3
Toil, sweat, struggle with thorns, pain, suffering
Death
The wages of sin is death -Romans 6:23
Through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind –Rm 5:12
Creation is suffering, sin and death are reigning in the world -Rm 5:14-21
Creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now -Rm 8:22
In Adam all die -1 Corinthians 15:22
Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross brought redemption
To mock Jesus, soldiers put crown of thorns on his head
Crown show Jesus was bearing creation’s pain as well as man’s sins
Creation shall be delivered from bondage and travail one day
There will be no more disease, disaster and death
Solemn atmosphere of God’s judgment on sin
Most solemn moment in the history of the world
The Just One died for the unjust, innocent Lamb of God shed his blood for guilty sinners
In Egypt, ninth plague Thick Darkness, before the final judgement, killing of the first born
In Egypt, ninth plague Passover -when the lamb was slain to protect the first born of Israel
Three hours of darkness before the lamb of God died
God was announcing “this is an hour of solemn judgement”
Jesus said “Now in the judgement of this world; now the ruler of this world shall be cast out (John 12:31)
Solemn because
Jesus was bearing the sins of the world
Jesus defeated Satan, the prince of this world
God put a curtain around the Cross
Historical Example -Annual day of Jewish atonement -Leviticus 16
Only time the high priest went into the Holy of Holies
The high priest went alone
Brought the blood of the sacrifice, sprinkled it on the mercy seat and before the ark of the covenant
Only God saw it
Three hours darkness showed secrecy around on the cross
Jesus was completing an eternal transaction with the Father, the work of salvation -John 17:4
Jesus alone could do it and Jesus went alone
Only God saw it
After three hours of darkness and silence, Jesus cried with a loud voice
“My God, My God, why have you forsaken me” -Matthew 27:46
Jesus was sinless, yet
He was made sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him -2 Corinthians 5:21
