THIRST: WHO HAS IT?
by Nelson Price
Scripture: EXODUS 12:22, HEBREWS 2:9, JOHN 4:14, JOHN 19:28-29, MATTHEW 26:53, PHILIPPIANS 2:6-8, PSALMS 22:15, PSALMS 42:2, PSALMS 69:21, REVELATION 7:16, REVELATION 22:17
Thirst: Who has it?
Nelson Price
John 19: 28, 29
JESUS CHRIST said, ''Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.'' Now come to Calvary and observe the author of that statement as His leaf ebbs. We who are blessed by the carols of Christmas and thrilled by the hymns of Easter must not forget that between the events represented by such triumphant music there is a cross. Between the miracles of the babe's birth in Bethlehem and the triumph of the resurrection is the agony of Calvary. Come now to Calvary where we come with our ruin and receive righteousness. We come with our bitterness and receive His sweetness. We come with our darkness and receive His light. We come with our sorrow and receive His joy. Light has returned to that barren dark hill after a three hour absence. The voice of our Lord had been heard four times from the cross. First, a word for His persecutors; second, a word of pardon for a repentant thief; third, a word of provision for His mother; fourth, a word of pathos expressed to God. Now having provided for others there is a personal word. It has been over eighteen hours since the Passover, the last time He has been given anything to drink. The shortest and perhaps nearly inaudible word: ''I thirst.'' Quote: Philippians 2: 6 - 8. He could have spared Himself. Those who mocked in decision appealed to Him to save Himself. He could have. Matthew 26:53told us He could have called 12 legions of angels. I know the song says 10,000 but the book says 72,000. In the O.T. one angel killed 185,000 people. That number times 72,000 equals 13,320,000,000. I.NATURAL A. Process. Why this thirst? It was natural. The last recorded beverage was in the Upper Room. Then followed Gethsemane where He sweat drops of blood, Judas, Caiaphas (held until morning), Pilate for the legal trial, Herod for mocking, Pilate for scourging. Crucifixion was so despicable that Cicero wrote: ''Let it never come near the body ...
Nelson Price
John 19: 28, 29
JESUS CHRIST said, ''Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.'' Now come to Calvary and observe the author of that statement as His leaf ebbs. We who are blessed by the carols of Christmas and thrilled by the hymns of Easter must not forget that between the events represented by such triumphant music there is a cross. Between the miracles of the babe's birth in Bethlehem and the triumph of the resurrection is the agony of Calvary. Come now to Calvary where we come with our ruin and receive righteousness. We come with our bitterness and receive His sweetness. We come with our darkness and receive His light. We come with our sorrow and receive His joy. Light has returned to that barren dark hill after a three hour absence. The voice of our Lord had been heard four times from the cross. First, a word for His persecutors; second, a word of pardon for a repentant thief; third, a word of provision for His mother; fourth, a word of pathos expressed to God. Now having provided for others there is a personal word. It has been over eighteen hours since the Passover, the last time He has been given anything to drink. The shortest and perhaps nearly inaudible word: ''I thirst.'' Quote: Philippians 2: 6 - 8. He could have spared Himself. Those who mocked in decision appealed to Him to save Himself. He could have. Matthew 26:53told us He could have called 12 legions of angels. I know the song says 10,000 but the book says 72,000. In the O.T. one angel killed 185,000 people. That number times 72,000 equals 13,320,000,000. I.NATURAL A. Process. Why this thirst? It was natural. The last recorded beverage was in the Upper Room. Then followed Gethsemane where He sweat drops of blood, Judas, Caiaphas (held until morning), Pilate for the legal trial, Herod for mocking, Pilate for scourging. Crucifixion was so despicable that Cicero wrote: ''Let it never come near the body ...
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