Title: A Life Entrusted to God (7)
Series: The Sayings of Jesus on the Cross
Author: Jonathan McLeod
Text: Luke 23:46
The Seventh Saying
The Gospel writers record seven sayings of Jesus while he was dying on the cross. Let's review the first six.
1. "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34).
2. "Today you will be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:43).
3. "Woman, behold your son! Behold your mother!" (John 19:26-27).
4. "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matt. 27:46; cf. Mark 15:34).
5. "I thirst" (John 19:28).
6. "It is finished" (John 19:30).
The seventh and final saying of Jesus on the cross is found in Luke 23:46, where Jesus says, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit."
Trust Issues
To "commit" yourself into the hands of another person requires trust in that person. Another word for "commit" is "entrust.
I remember when I was very young, probably 3 years old, there were two activities in which I was afraid to commit myself into the hands of my parents. One was riding in the baby seat on the back of my mom's bicycle. The other was being held by my dad in a swimming pool. You could say that I had trust issues.
Jesus, on the other hand, didn't have any trust issues. He had committed his life into the Father's hands, and now, as he dies, he commits his spirit into the Father's hands.
Jesus and Psalm 31
When Jesus says, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit," he's quoting a line from Psalm 31. [Read Ps. 31:5a.]This psalm was written by David. It's a psalm of an innocent sufferer.
It seems clear that it is not merely these few words that Jesus and the Gospel writer wished to bring to the reader's attention, but the whole context of Psalm 31 in which they originally stood. In a position of public condemnation and shame, perceived by the surrounding community to have been a criminal, a charlatan, and a failure, Jesus made his last speech the words of this psalm.
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Series: The Sayings of Jesus on the Cross
Author: Jonathan McLeod
Text: Luke 23:46
The Seventh Saying
The Gospel writers record seven sayings of Jesus while he was dying on the cross. Let's review the first six.
1. "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34).
2. "Today you will be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:43).
3. "Woman, behold your son! Behold your mother!" (John 19:26-27).
4. "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matt. 27:46; cf. Mark 15:34).
5. "I thirst" (John 19:28).
6. "It is finished" (John 19:30).
The seventh and final saying of Jesus on the cross is found in Luke 23:46, where Jesus says, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit."
Trust Issues
To "commit" yourself into the hands of another person requires trust in that person. Another word for "commit" is "entrust.
I remember when I was very young, probably 3 years old, there were two activities in which I was afraid to commit myself into the hands of my parents. One was riding in the baby seat on the back of my mom's bicycle. The other was being held by my dad in a swimming pool. You could say that I had trust issues.
Jesus, on the other hand, didn't have any trust issues. He had committed his life into the Father's hands, and now, as he dies, he commits his spirit into the Father's hands.
Jesus and Psalm 31
When Jesus says, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit," he's quoting a line from Psalm 31. [Read Ps. 31:5a.]This psalm was written by David. It's a psalm of an innocent sufferer.
It seems clear that it is not merely these few words that Jesus and the Gospel writer wished to bring to the reader's attention, but the whole context of Psalm 31 in which they originally stood. In a position of public condemnation and shame, perceived by the surrounding community to have been a criminal, a charlatan, and a failure, Jesus made his last speech the words of this psalm.
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