Unyime Akpan -December 12, 2021 - a podcast by NBC Podium

Cries from the Cross
Jesus’ Heart Revealed

“Father forgive them!” thus did He pray
Even while His lifeblood flowed fast away
Praying for sinners while in such woe
No one but Jesus ever loved so

Blessed Redeemer! Precious Redeemer
Seems now I see Him on Calvary's tree
Wounded and bleeding, for sinner pleading
Blind and unheeding -dying for me! Avis B. Christiansen

And when they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. But Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.”
Forgiveness Luke 23:33-34
So when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!”
Family Love John 19:26-27

Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Substitution Atonement Matthew 27:45-46
After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, in order that the Scripture would be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.
Identification with humanity John 19:28

Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!”
Paid in full John 19:30
And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.
Rest Luke 23:46

Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!”
Paid in full John 19:30
And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.
Rest Luke 23:46
First Three Words
“Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing”
“Today you will be with Me in Paradise”
“Mother, behold, your son, Son behold your mother”
In Daylight (9 am till 12 pm)
Emphasis Jesus Compassion
Last Four Words
“My God, My God why have You forsaken Me”
“I am thirsty”
“It is finished”
“Father Into Your hands I commit my spirit”

In Darkness (12 pm till 3 pm)
Emphasis on Jesus’ Suffering
Spoken to His Father
Words Relates to Jesus’ Anguish & Triumph
Spoken to/about Others
First Words (Prayer) to God for Enemies
Second Words (Promise) to a Thief (Robber, Criminal)
Third Words (Instruction) to Family Members

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