I want us to look at those seven things our Lord Jesus Christ spoke from the cross, as he hung upon the cursed tree, bearing our sin, suffering all the horror of the wrath of God for us, when he was made sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. I am certain that our Redeemer said many things that are not recorded in the four gospels (Psalms 22, 40, 69). But God the Holy Ghost inspired Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John to record seven specific statements spoken by the Lamb of God, as he hung upon the cursed tree as our sin-atoning Sacrifice, bearing all the fury of Divine justice and wrath as our Substitute.
These last seven words that fell from the lips of the Lord Jesus Christ are recorded in the Book of God by Divine purpose and inspiration for our learning, edification, comfort, and hope. This is what God himself declares in Romans 15:4. — “Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” |
