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Saturday, March 15, 2008

The Courier Times - New Castle, IN | On Good Friday: Jesus was thirsting after us

Link: The Courier Times - New Castle, IN | On Good Friday: Jesus was thirsting after us.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

On Good Friday: Jesus was thirsting after us

Saturday, March 15, 2008

By THE REV. REX ESPIRITU

First Presbyterian

The following is an adaptation of a sermon given on Good Friday at last year's joint community service sponsored by the Henry County Ministerial Association.

In the fifth of seven sayings, the second reading from the 19th chapter of the Johannine gospel account tells us: After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), "I thirst." I thirst (John 19:28 ESV).

He said, "I thirst." I AM thirsty. I AM the One Who thirsts. I AM experiencing for you, such thirst-your thirst. In your place, "I thirst."

Among all the other sayings, this one perhaps represents the total humanity of Jesus. These few words may very well also reflect the profound distance He felt-the large, huge gap he experienced at that moment when he was keenly aware of the "forsakenness" of God in the very face of the totality of humanity's sin. The veritable massive volume of the sheer weight of sin - yours, mine and ours, together - was bearing down upon His body and being upheld on the cross by the nails of His spirit.%

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