I Commit My Spirit (7 of 7)
Series: Cries from the Cross
Tony Thomas
Luke 23:44-47
We are concluding an Easter series we started seven weeks ago. We've been talking about the last seven statements that Jesus spoke while hanging on the cross. These statements are literally the last words of Christ before he was resurrected from death. Last statements are usually important statement, but sometimes, last words are downright funny.
For example, James Rogers was a criminal who was about to be executed by a firing squad. The warden asked, ''Do you have a final request?'' Rogers replied, ''Yes. I'd like a bulletproof vest!''
Any of you historians ever read about General John Sedgwick? He was a Union officer during the Civil War, he was wounded in battle three times, and he thought he was invincible. Eventually, he was killed by sniper fire at the Spotsylvania Court House. His last words? ''They couldn't hit an elephant from this dis- .........''
Remember Poncho Villa? I love his last words. He said, ''Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something!''
Today we're looking at the most famous last words - the last of the last words spoken by Jesus. Here's how Luke tells the story (Luke 23):
44 It was about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
45 The sun stopped shining, and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, ''Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.'' When he had said this, he breathed his last.
47 The centurion praised God and said, ''Surely this man was the Son of God!''
John doesn't reveal to us the name of the centurion, but he had obviously witnessed hundreds of crucifixions. If he were here he'd probably tell you something like, ''If you've seen one, you've seen them all.'' I hate to sound glib, but they were all pretty much the same. You nailed them to a cross and waited for them to die.
But this crucifixion was different. It was unique! When ...
Series: Cries from the Cross
Tony Thomas
Luke 23:44-47
We are concluding an Easter series we started seven weeks ago. We've been talking about the last seven statements that Jesus spoke while hanging on the cross. These statements are literally the last words of Christ before he was resurrected from death. Last statements are usually important statement, but sometimes, last words are downright funny.
For example, James Rogers was a criminal who was about to be executed by a firing squad. The warden asked, ''Do you have a final request?'' Rogers replied, ''Yes. I'd like a bulletproof vest!''
Any of you historians ever read about General John Sedgwick? He was a Union officer during the Civil War, he was wounded in battle three times, and he thought he was invincible. Eventually, he was killed by sniper fire at the Spotsylvania Court House. His last words? ''They couldn't hit an elephant from this dis- .........''
Remember Poncho Villa? I love his last words. He said, ''Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something!''
Today we're looking at the most famous last words - the last of the last words spoken by Jesus. Here's how Luke tells the story (Luke 23):
44 It was about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
45 The sun stopped shining, and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, ''Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.'' When he had said this, he breathed his last.
47 The centurion praised God and said, ''Surely this man was the Son of God!''
John doesn't reveal to us the name of the centurion, but he had obviously witnessed hundreds of crucifixions. If he were here he'd probably tell you something like, ''If you've seen one, you've seen them all.'' I hate to sound glib, but they were all pretty much the same. You nailed them to a cross and waited for them to die.
But this crucifixion was different. It was unique! When ...
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