"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani(My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me)?" - Jesus

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"It is finished!"-Jesus

Thank you Jesus!

"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."-Jesus

Lord i thought i was doing this for others, but now i know that i also needed to be reminded about this myself!

jesusjnr:
Lord i thought i was doing this for others, but now i know that i also needed to be reminded about this myself!

shey o gbadun

I think the better question would be what has Jesus done for us

Jesus you loved me too much oh!

The glorification of human sacrifice. How did it become accepted that Jesus died for anyone ? The level of brainwash needs to be applauded.

But why did Jesus question God here? I have a lot to understand and pray God helps me with understanding.

See as dem beat some people god to nonsense.. $mh

The demis wouldn't even take such beating from mere mortals. If you can't take them out with a single stroke, you'll surely be pulverized.

Cool23:
I think the better question would be what has Jesus done for us

As Nigerians living in Africa? Next to nothing to most of us.

Of course so much to some. Their bank accounts and godlike respect from their sheeples can testify.

CodeTemplar:
But why did Jesus question God here? I have a lot to understand and pray God helps me with understanding.

This level of understanding you seek from God is one which requires a very rare level of willingness for him to be able to give it to you, as this represents one of the deepest mysteries of His Kingdom.

So all I would just do here is to try give my own explanation of what transpired there based on the understanding I believe he had given to me, then leave the rest up to Him to do if you'd let Him.

If you are very familiar with the teachings of Jesus, you will understand that the most important thing to him while on Earth was His Father's presence, that is the Spirit of God in full measure.

Therefore you'll keep hearing him talk about about His Father, His Father, and then His Father again, as His father meant everything thing to Him, that if everyone else left Him, that is inclusive of His disciples, as long as His Father was with Him, He would be satisfied and perfectly okay. And this He illustrated in this saying of His:

"And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him." Jn 8:29(KJV)

Therefore you may be able to see the reason behind Jesus's focus and why he could displease all men if possible just to please His Father, because it was what would ensure that His Father remained always with Him and never left Him.

But that was all going to change if He was going to do what God had commanded Him to do and die for man's sin, for that's was going to be something unprecedented, which is for a man who was perfect in every respect and hence had eternal life to die.

Hence it was going to take something unprecedented for that to take place, which was that the presence of His Father which meant everything to Him, even the Fullness of the Spirit of God was going to have to leave Him for a while, for that to possibly take place, for there was no way God would be with Him to that extent of His Spirit, and he would still be able to die!

Therefore you may be able to see His sacrifice in a different light, and why it troubled Him so much more than anything else, that He had to ask God to possibly take the cup away from Him, and also His question on the cross in that respect, because it wasn't so much about the death in itself, but that the Father's presence to that extent which meant everything to him was going to be taken away from Him for the first time ever, for he had never experienced that before.

Therefore that was what he had to sacrifice on the cross for man's sake because of the love that he had for His Father!

And based on my own spiritual experience, and also from thorough observation of God's ways and how he walks, i've come to learn that there's nothing wrong with asking God such questions from the inside, that is as long as you are doing his will and obeying his command, that it's fine with him.

It's only a problem when you are doing it from the outside, than is from the position of rebellion and disobedience, because then God wouldn't consider you as worthy of asking such a question, needless say giving you an answer!

And this position you can deduce from His walk with men in the past such as Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Job, Jonah, etc.

So it's not a sin in God's sight as long as it being done from a point of Obedience, it's fine with Him, in fact it is even something He seems to want such ones of His to do, that is for them to ask Him questions, as that avails Him the opportunity to even teach them more about Himself!

What manner of love is this?

What is man that you're so mindful of him?

Jim cavizel is your God?!

The good shepherd that laid down his life for his sheep!

"I Gave My Life On the Cross For You. What Have You Done For Me?" - Jesus

I'm not worthy Lord!

Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world!

Excess love oh!

Words alone cannot describe what you did for me!

CodeTemplar:
But why did Jesus question God here? I have a lot to understand and pray God helps me with understanding.

because at that historical transcending moment of his compassionate sacrifice to a very sinful world as this,the loads of sin he carried was too much that made
God momentarily turned His face from him. Because the Eyes God is too holy to behold inquity.

Reality Check!

The perfect illustration of the word called love!

I promise to do my part to ensure that your sacrifice on the cross is not wasted!

Oshe Jesu!

Sacrificial love!

Lord no worry you are not alone, for I dey here with you in your suffering!

Nagode Yesu!