SEVENTH WORD: FAITH
As He breathed His last, the heart of Jesus turned to His Father and he said, “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.” Luke 23:46. These words were His last words from the Cross and they were full of faith and comfort.
The Bible teaches that at death, our spirits go immediately into the presence of the Lord. Your physical body dies but your spirit enters God’s very presence. We see this truth in II Corinthians 5:8 and in Philippians 1:20-21. And here we see it demonstrated in the very life of Christ.
He had previously said in John 10:17-18 that He lays His life down willingly, voluntarily. He has power to lay it down and He has power to raise it up. Here, He willingly commits His spirit to His Father, fully believing that He will be raised from the dead!
Hebrews 9:24 says that Jesus offered up His spirit by the power of the Holy Spirit. There was no safer place for Christ to commend Himself than into the hands of His loving Father. Nobody took His life. Nobody snatched His spirit. All of this was orchestrated by a sovereign God.
Under tremendous physical pain and emotional distress Jesus demonstrated His own faith in His Father. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all could die in such faith? I want that kind of faith and I hope that you do, too. To God alone be the glory!
Enjoy this hymn medley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUHcofV1tLo
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