THE SEVENTH WORD FROM THE CROSS (15 OF 19)
Scripture: Luke 23:46
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The Seventh Word from the Cross (15 of 19)
Series: Cross Examination
Wyman Richardson
Luke 23:46
Luke 23
46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, ''Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!'' And having said this he breathed his last.
We come now to the seventh word from the cross, the last word. It is a beautiful word. It is a powerful word. When we think of the cross, we think naturally of the hands of Christ. But here in this last word, Jesus draws our attention to the hands of the Father. Our hope is in the pierced hands of Jesus. Jesus' hope was in the sovereign hands of the Father.
J. Barrie Shepherd has written a beautiful poem entitled, ''Father, Into Thy Hands.'' In it, he imagines what Jesus was saying in this moment.
''Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.''
Into thy hands, Father, into thine,?for these hands that have been mine?are just too broken now to hold it any longer. They have served well for thirty years and more, these hands you gave me.
.....
The hands you gave me, Lord, have done their task-complete-?and now can do no more. This spirit they have held and worked for, expressed in countless loving ways, is ready to return. Into thy hands, then,?O Father, thy hands that have been ever under mine, thy hands that have supported, guided every move and every moment, into thy hands I commit my
soul,?my self; knowing that the hands that have?so tended me in grace will not forsake me now, will never let me go, but will embrace me?in eternal love from this day's ending?onward even to forever.
Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.
That is a poignant way of imagining what Jesus was saying in the seventh word, ''Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.'' I suspect this seventh word might hit us all in different ways. In truth, I suspect it hit the original hearers in different ways. It certainly was saying something to people right where they were then and right where they are now. Let us consider ...
Series: Cross Examination
Wyman Richardson
Luke 23:46
Luke 23
46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, ''Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!'' And having said this he breathed his last.
We come now to the seventh word from the cross, the last word. It is a beautiful word. It is a powerful word. When we think of the cross, we think naturally of the hands of Christ. But here in this last word, Jesus draws our attention to the hands of the Father. Our hope is in the pierced hands of Jesus. Jesus' hope was in the sovereign hands of the Father.
J. Barrie Shepherd has written a beautiful poem entitled, ''Father, Into Thy Hands.'' In it, he imagines what Jesus was saying in this moment.
''Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.''
Into thy hands, Father, into thine,?for these hands that have been mine?are just too broken now to hold it any longer. They have served well for thirty years and more, these hands you gave me.
.....
The hands you gave me, Lord, have done their task-complete-?and now can do no more. This spirit they have held and worked for, expressed in countless loving ways, is ready to return. Into thy hands, then,?O Father, thy hands that have been ever under mine, thy hands that have supported, guided every move and every moment, into thy hands I commit my
soul,?my self; knowing that the hands that have?so tended me in grace will not forsake me now, will never let me go, but will embrace me?in eternal love from this day's ending?onward even to forever.
Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.
That is a poignant way of imagining what Jesus was saying in the seventh word, ''Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.'' I suspect this seventh word might hit us all in different ways. In truth, I suspect it hit the original hearers in different ways. It certainly was saying something to people right where they were then and right where they are now. Let us consider ...
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