Seven (7) sayings of Jesus on the Cross!

    The cross  is the most important point in the life of Jesus Christ on this earth along with His burial and resurrection.  It is the power of God (1Cor. 1:18) for everyone who believes.  When Christ died the new covenant was put into effect and the old one was done away with (Heb. 8:13 and 9:16). At the cross Jesus did away with the sins of the whole world (Jn 1:29, 1Jn.2:2, Heb. 10:14, Col. 2:13) and made provision to forgive every sin of everyone except the sin of unbelief in Jesus. We receive this total forgiveness of all our sins (past, present and future) when we receive Jesus by faith.

    At the cross God laid on Jesus the sin of the whole world and made Jesus a curse (2 Cor 5:21, Gal 3:13) so that God could give us the righteousness of Christ. We are forgiven by His death on the cross but we are saved by His resurrected life (Rom. 5:9-10).

    On the cross, as he was dying, Jesus made seven statements.  These statements show what he was going through on the cross, as he was dying for the sins of the whole world.  These statements also have meaning for us in that they bring us more understanding of Jesus and the work of redmeption and they apply to us as we think of them in light of our relationship to God.

1.    My God, My God why have you forsaken me? Mt. 27:46 and Mk. 15:34  

2.    Forgive them Father they know not what they do. Lk. 23:34

3.    I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise. Lk. 23:43

4.    Father into your hands I commit my spirit. Lk. 23:46

5.    Dear woman her is your son. Here is your mother. Jn. 19:26-27

6.    I am thirsty. Jn. 19:28

7.    It is finished. Jn. 19:30

1.  "My God, My God why have you forsaken me" is showing that God momentarily turned his back on Jesus when the sin of the whole world was placed on him.

 2.  God the Father answered this prayer by making Jesus death a propitiation for the sins of the whole world.  This means Jesus' death satisfies God's wrath against our sin. God is never angry about sin of those who are in Christ.  We are never out of fellowship witht eh father once we are in Christ evenif we sin.