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Why, Lord? Why? Jun 24 2012
"My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" - Psalm 22:1
Many Christians have a hard time understanding why on the cross Christ cried out, "Father, why have You forsaken Me?" On the surface, it seems contradictory to what we know of Christ, His understanding of His earthly mission, and His relationship with God. But the truth is that instead of being a contradiction, these words are actually a wonderful blessing for all of us!
Understand that when Jesus said those words, it was the exact moment He took all our sins upon Himself. And because God will have nothing to do with sin, Jesus was separated from His Heavenly Father. It's a picture of God having to turn away when His Son took that awful punishment of absorbing all of our sins. So Jesus cried out because He was separated from His Father for the only time in all eternity.
Here is what is so wonderful about Christ doing this. What do we do when we face tragedy, disappointments, and rejection in our lives? Our tendency is to cry out to God, "Why? Why have You allowed this?" It's so encouraging to realize that the God of the universe understands when we ask Him why? He knows the pain. He knows what it's like to say, "Why Lord? Why?"
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Yes, report it NevermindWhen you are hitting bottom and you think no one understands, Jesus does. The ultimate rejection is being separated from God.
Everything you are going through, he went through. Much was while he was teaching. The people in his home town rejected him. He was falsely accused of a crime. His trial was not only unfair, but was illegal based on the law at that time. Even being separated from God - for just a little while - right there at the end. Only then, was his job finished.
So when you think no one understands, he does and he's always there for you.
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Yes, report it NevermindYes he does. That time, when the Father turned his face from his Son, was the only time in all eternity that they have been separated. In that time Jesus took on all the filthy sin I have ever, or will ever commit. When I think of my personal contribution to his suffering in that hour, I can only cry out "Thank You! and I'm Sorry!" and Jesus did the same for every one of his sheep, who know his voice and follow him. For, he said to the Father, "None that you give me, will I ever lose". Just think, you are the Father's love gift to the Son. What an unspeakable honor! What a humbling thing it is.