This is my point of view on the 7 words; I kind of copied a little of what they said, word by word:
Luke 23:34
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."
-We can be quick to shut someone out of our life because of something they have done to us. Sometimes we can say 'I forgive but I don't forget.' But how many times do we stop to think everything that Jesus went through when he was on earth? He was still able to forgive everybody, and ask the Lord to forgive them. These people didn't know who He really was. The ones that hurt Him didn't believe he was the Savior.
How many times do we keep bitterness inside our hearts by not forgiving something that someone has done to us? Nothing we can possibly live on earth compares to what Jesus went through. He came here to heal, forgive, feed, save, give life to the death, and give us eternal life. His own people paid him back by giving Him death. Jesus still forgave them!
Luke 23:43
Jesus answered him, "Truly I tell you, today will be with me in paradise."
Even when crucified, Jesus didn't abandon His merciful ways. He granted the thief eternal life, because this man recognized and believed that the man standing next to him was the Son of God, the only way to the Lord.
John 19:27
When Jesus saw his mother standing there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, "Woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother."
These words really touched me. It shows the selflessness Jesus had. He was slowly dying, pouring blood through different holes they made on his body. People all around Him were making fun of Him shouting that He should be able to save Himself from the death and walk down from the cross. None of this stopped Him from worrying about the woman that gave Him human birth. He cared so much for her that even on his darkest hours, He needed to assure her wellbeing. He saw the disciple for whom He had great love, and gave him Mary, Jesus' mother, for him to look after. He knew that she would be fine. The disciple took her to his home.
Matthew 27:46
About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachtani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Jesus couldn't back down at this point. He couldn't change His mind now, because He knew the prophecy had to come true. He came to earth as a human being, therefore even being the Son of God, He felt pain. Such pain was so big that He asked the Lord if He had forgotten about His only Son. We might say 'of course He didn't forget about Jesus', but it was a great amount of pain that He was feeling.
John 19:28
Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."
Jesus' journey didn't start in the cross. He had to walk miles carrying His own cross on His back. He had to go uphill, sweating, hurting, struggling. If we think about it, as lazy as we have become with the years, we would probably die before getting to the top of the mountain. Jesus' body got weaker by the minute, but He couldn't die there. The prophecy had to be fulfilled. He had to complete His journey to give us Salvation.
John 19:30
When He had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, He bowed his head and gave up His spirit.
Jesus had lost all His strength. He knew that what He had come to earth to do was done. His journey as a human had ended. I can only imagine how things would be if these days we all had to be punished like this every time we sinned. This is how great God's love for us is!
Luke 23:46
Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When He had said this, He breathed His last.
The punishment our Savior received was commonly given to criminals in those days. But before Jesus died things happened. The sun stopped shining and the curtain of the temple was torn. The fact that none of this had happened before, with any other person that had been crucified, proved to many that this man was with no doubt the Son of God. Some people had been changing their minds sine they saw Jesus walk into the city. Non believers were feeling guilty because they had doubted Jesus. Others still didn't agree. Not until He had completely died and His spirit was lifted. But after these phenomenon had occurred they understood who they had been treating like a criminal and impostor the whole time.
Be blessed by the Lord!
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