As we look today to Jesus’ last words from the cross, we need to remember just how important last words can be. If you’re a United Methodist minister, for instance, you probably know the last words of John Wesley: “The best of all is, God is with us!” The best of all, indeed, is that God is with us. In just a few short words, and because they were his last—so important, John Wesley gave us words of hope, and words to live by, as he did. The reality of...
Jesus last two statements or phrases from the cross were “It is finished” and “Into your hands I commit my spirit.” Today, we’re going to explore both of these final statements and the Gospel’s record of what happened in the Temple in Jerusalem as Jesus was dying on the cross. It’s very important we understand the significance of that, if we really want to understand what Jesus’ final words were all about… Let’s get to them now as we go to today’s scripture verses—one from the Gospel of John (19:30a,...
According to English author G.K. Chesterton, “Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all…As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength.” HOPE, folks, is the gift of Easter! It was for the earliest of disciples … and it still is for us! It’s the ‘sign of Jonah’ that Jesus spoke of, isn’t it? Jonah spent how many days in the belly of the whale (3)?...
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