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“I Thirst.”
John 19:28
“I Thirst.”
Since the beginning of Lent we’ve been looking at the Words of Jesus from the Cross.
I hope this series has been as rich for you as it has been for me.
We’ve heard the words of Jesus.
“Father forgive them, they know not what they do.”
and we talked about forgiveness and the importance of asking for it, but also the importance of saying the words of, “I forgive you.”
“Today you will be with me in Paradise.”
and we talked about hope.
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"Woman, behold, your son!" Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!"
and we talked about true religion caring for the orphan and the widow, and for each other.
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
and we talked about the seriousness of sin, and how we need to take it seriously.
And now we read these words:
“I thirst.”
Could there be any more fundamental statement that anyone of us could say.
We can only live a few days without water.
You can live weeks without food.
Liquid nourishment is the basic of all of our needs.
Our bodies are 50-65% water.
We read from Genesis we were made of dust, … and if we go back before that we read of the spirit of God hovering over the waters.
Let’s read the whole verse again:
After this...
After what?
We’re reading John’s account and in his account Jesus has just given responsibility for his mother to His disciples, John.
We’ve talked about that already.
Then John writes,
“Jesus, knowing that all was now finished...”
This is an important statement.
Jesus understands that his ministry here on earth is coming to a close.
The healings,
The rebuking of spirits,
the casting out of demons,
the calling for repentance of sinners
the chastising of the religious leaders
all of this was now finished.
So he says “to fulfill Scripture...”
Last week I challenge you all to look at , which comes directly before the famous Shepherd’s Psalm, the 23rd Psalm.
When we read we read:
There is no place in Scripture where we read “I thirst” other than in this spot.
So what Scripture is this to fulfill?
It is alluded to perhaps in the statement from
or perhaps
But neither of these specifically have the words, “I Thirst”...So how does that fulfill Scripture?
Let’s keep reading.
This wine was not the wine that was mixed with myrrh that was used as a sedative and that Jesus was offered and refused on his way to the cross, this is the sour wine that the soldiers used to quench their thirst.
They put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch...
The hyssop branch is what was used to sprinkle the blood on the doorposts at the original Passover.
If you remember that time in Israel’s history, the angel of death was about to come throughout Egypt.
The Israelites were told to make a sacrifice to God and sprinkle the blood of the lamb on the door posts of their home.
Then the Angel of Death would Passover their homes.
In his death on the cross, Jesus is paying the price, becoming the passover lamb.
By his stripes we are being made whole.
This takes us all back to the Lord’s Supper, something we would normally commemorate on the first day of each month.
- Jesus describes himself as the living water.
- Jesus describes himself as the living water.
Matthew 26:27-28
Wine represent Jesus Blood,
The sacrifices for sin.
That’s not such a long distance off when you also read t
This is Jesus fully becoming the sacrificial lamb that takes away the sins of many.
The blood -
Jesus blood is being poured out -
When he said that he was referring to the wine, and now win
The final part of this is in the statement
Thirst - wine, blood of the covenant, the price of the covenant
Jesus blood represent the wine a
Lastly we have
Thirst - Living water - water that gives life.
Do you see how this is fulfilling Scripture?
Back in the OT we read of sacrifices for the Israelites sins.
The wage of sin was death, and so the blood became the insurance so to speak that covered them
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