"The sea is his, and he made it," and all fountains and springs are of his digging. John 19:4-5. If we be true to our Master we shall soon lose the friendship of the world. Spurgeon left this earth for his heavenly hope in 1892. These are awful words, but they are not mine; they are the very words of God in Scripture. Hast thou laid thy hand upon his head, confessed thy sin, and trusted in him? I am not the One anointed of God to save mankind. John 1:21. "Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise" this is the Lord Jesus in kingly power, opening with the key of David a door which none can shut, admitting into the gates of heaven the poor soul who had confessed him on the tree. O my hearers, beware of praising Jesus and denying his atoning sacrifice. Lloyd-Jones opens John 19:31-37 to answer that very question. You young believers, who have lately followed Christ, should father and mother forsake you, remember you were bidden to reckon upon it; should brothers and sisters deride, you must put this down as part of the cost of being a Christian. Even if I may not come at him, yet shall I be full of consolation, for it is heaven to thirst after him, and surely he will never deny a poor soul liberty to admire him, and adore him, and thirst after him." ( John 19:1-4) Pilate hopes to satisfy the mob by having Jesus whipped and mocked. What if the bread be dry, what if the medicine be nauseous; yet for his thirst there was no relief but gall and vinegar, and dare we complain? See, brethren, where sin begins, and mark that there it ends. He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did. The voice of sympathy prevailed over the voice of scorn. is the fourth cry, and it illustrates the penalty endured by our Substitute when he bore our sins, and so was forsaken of his God. Our Lord, however, endured thirst to an extreme degree, for it was the thirst of death which was upon him, and more, it was the thirst of one whose death was not a common one, for "he tasted death for every man." He is thirsty still, you see, for our poor love, and surely we cannot deny it to him. Ray Stedman But how vast was the disparity! Weep not for him, but for these. The flood of his grief has passed the high-water mark, and began to be assuaged. I think that Roman soldier meant well, at least well for a rough warrior with his little light and knowledge. There is a fulness of meaning in each utterance which no man shall be able fully to bring forth, and when combined they make up a vast deep of thought, which no human line can fathom. The ceremonial of the Jewish religion denies him any participation in its pomps; the priests condemn him never again to tread the hallowed floors, never again to look upon the consecrated altars in the place of his people's worship. good God! We know from experience that the present effect of sin in every man who indulges in it is thirst of soul. Thou wast still straightened till the last pang was felt and the last word spoken to complete to full redemption, and hence thy cry, "I thirst." What joy, what satisfaotion this will give if we can sing, "My soul looks back to see The burden thou didst bear, When hastening to the accursed tree, And knows her guilt was there!". In the former cry, as he opened Paradise, you saw the Son of God; now you see him who was verily and truly born of a women, made under the law; and under the law you see him still, for he honours his mother and cares for her in the last article of death. "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." This was the homage which the Son of God received from men; harmless and gentle, he came here with no purpose but that of doing good, and this is how mankind treated him. Therefore while he thirsts give him to drink this day. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. He knew once how to turn water into wine, and in matchless love he has often turned our sour drink-offerings into something sweet to himself, though in themselves, methinks, they have been the juice of sour grapes, sharp enough to set his teeth on edge. Conservative, but not too much depth. He had been all night in agony, he had spent the early morning at the hall of Caiaphas, he had been hurried, as I described to you last Sunday, from Caiaphas to Pilate, from Pilate to Herod, and from Herod back again to Pilate; he had, therefore, but little strength left, and you will not wonder that by-and-bye we find him staggering beneath his load, and that another is called to bear it with him. The excitement of a great struggle makes men forget thirst and faintness; it is only when all is over that they come back to themselves and note the spending of their strength. Pilate, as we reminded you, scourged our Savior according to the common custom of Roman courts. Do not let us forget the infinite distance between the Lord of glory on his throne and the Crucified dried up with thirst. He calls for that: will you not give it to him? Our Lord says, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink," that thirst being the result of sin in every ungodly man at this moment. Whether a disciple then or not, we have every reason to believe that he became so afterwards; he was the father, we read, of Alexander and Rufus, two persons who appear to have been well known in the early Church; let us hope that salvation came to his house when he was compelled to bear the Savior's cross. I like to think of our Lord's saying, "It is finished," directly after he had exclaimed, "I thirst"; for these two voices come so naturally together. Revelation: The Lectio Continua Expository Commentary on the New Testament (Beeke) $30.00 $40.00. Was not the Redeemer led thither to aggravate his shame? The reed was no mere rush from the brook, it was of a stouter kind, of which easterns often make walkingstaves, the blows were cruel as well as insulting; and the crown was not of straw but thorn, hence it produced pain as well as pictured scorn. For several Sabbath mornings my mind has been directed into subjects which I might fitly call the deep things of God. How harshly grate the cruel syllables, "Crucify him! Amid all the anguish of his spirit his last words prove him to have remained fully self-possessed, true to his forgiving nature, true to his kingly office, true to his filial relationship, true to his God, true to his love of the written word, true to his glorious work, and true to his faith in his Father. Oh, wondrous substitution of the just for the unjust, of God for man, of the perfect Christ for us guilty, hell-deserving rebels. Christ was spit upon with shame; sinner, what shame will be yours! Of the many benefits we have in learning from Paul, a few stand out:1. So numerous has the family of man now become, that there is a death every second; and when we know how very smell a proportion of the human race have even nominally received the cross and there is none other name given under heaven among men whereby we must be saved oh! But power is wanted to dash down those idols, to overcome the hosts of error; where is it to be found? The sinful find our conversation distasteful; in our pursuits the carnal have no interest; things dear to us are dross to worldlings, while things precious to them are contemptible to us. A phantom, as some have called him, could not suffer in his fashion: but Jesus really suffered, not only the more refined pains of delicate and sensitive minds, but the rougher and commoner pangs of flesh and blood. He also knew well the terrible joy that comes only through suffering as he lived quite afflicted (both by illness and slander). And what makes him love us so? If not, bestir yourselves at once. He was innocent, and yet he thirsted; shall we marvel if guilty ones are now and then chastened? Think, dear friends, there are some in this congregation who as yet have no interest in Jesu's blood, some sitting next to you, your nearest friends who, if they were now to close their eyes in death, would open them in hell! We all know that a different dress will often raise a doubt about the identity of an individual; but lo! The sufferings of Christ should make us weep over those who have brought that blood upon their heads. See, brethren, here is a picture of what we may expect from men if we are faithful to our Master. Trust in the Son of God and you shall never die. "Weep for yourselves," says Christ, "rather than for me." And yet, though he was Lord of all he had so fully taken upon himself the form of a servant and was so perfectly made in the likeness of sinful flesh, that he cried with fainting voice, "I thirst." You may think that this remark is not needed; but I have met with one or two cases where it was required; and I have often said I would preach a sermon for even one person, and, therefore, I make this remark, even though it should rebuke but one. He sipped of the vinegar, and he was refreshed, and no sooner has he thrown off the thirst than he shouted like a conqueror, "It is finished," and quitted the field, covered with renown. Either Christ must die for me, or else I must die for myself the second death; if he did not carry the curse for me, then on me must it rest for ever and ever. From the sky the angels viewed him with wonder and amazement; the spirits of the just looked from the windows of heaven upon the scene, yea, the great God and Father watched each movement of his suffering Son. Jesus was deserted of God; and if he, who was only imputedly a sinner, was deserted, how much more shall you be? Hate sin, and heartily loathe it; but thirst to be holy as God is holy, thirst to be like Christ, thirst to bring glory to his sacred name by complete conformity to his will. It was a confirmation of the Scripture testimony with regard to man's natural enmity to God. John 19:28 J.R. Thomson This is both the shortest of all the dying utterances of Jesus, and it is the one which is most closely related to himself. You have seen Jesus led away by his enemies; so shall you be dragged away by fiends to the place appointed for you. I saw the other day the emblem of a serpent with its tail in its mouth, and if I carry it a little beyond the artist's intention the symbol may set forth appetite swallowing up itself. This very plainly sets forth the true and proper humanity of Christ, who to the end recognised his human relationship to Mary, of whom he was born. The last expiring word in which he commended his spirit to his Father, is the note of acceptance for himself and for us all. Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to their scorn. May the Holy Ghost work in you the complete pattern of Christ crucified, and to him shall be praise for ever and ever. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was born in Essex, England. Rutherford used words somewhat to this effect, "I thirst for my Lord and this is joy; a joy which no man taketh from me. For a biblical, reformed, and historic collection of commentaries, the Geneva Series is unsurpassed. So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. Did not the high-priest bring the scape-goat, and put both his hands upon its head, confessing the sins of the people, that thus those sins might be laid upon the goat? He loved the Gentile, but still Jerusalem was the city of the Great King. "I reckon that these light afflictions, which are but for a moment, are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" here we see the Mediator interceding: Jesus standing before the Father pleading for the guilty. "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Ah, beloved, our Lord was so truly man that all our griefs remind us of him: the next time we are thirsty we may gaze upon him; and whenever we see a friend faint and thirsting while dying we may behold our Lord dimly, but truly, mirrored in his members. The extreme tension produced a burning feverishness. Beware of rendering him homage and dishonouring his name at the same time. Are you lukewarm? I invite your attention to CHRIST AS LED FORTH. The power to suffer for another, the capacity to be self-denying even to an extreme to accomplish some great work for God this is a thing to be sought after, and must be gained before our work is done, and in this Jesus is before us our example and our strength. He thirsts to bless you and to receive your grateful love in return; he thirsts to see you looking with believing eye to his fulness, and holding out your emptiness that he may supply it. The more manifestly there shall be a great gulf between the Church and the world, the better shall it be for both; the better for the world, for it shall be thereby warned; the better for the Church, for it shall be thereby preserved. Now Christ standing in the stead of the ungodly suffers thirst as a type of his enduring the result of sin. 1. Today! The lictors executed their cruel office upon his shoulders with their rods and scourges, until the stripes had reached the full number. Last Sunday the remark was made to me "If the story of the sufferings of Christ had been told of any other man, all the congregation would have been in tears." Mine is adorned with garments crimsoned with his own blood. This hint only. See, it has been blackened with bruises, and stained with the shameful spittle of them that derided him. As Christ went through the streets, a great multitude looked on. You must consider Jesus, and not yourself; turn your eye to Christ, the great substitute for sinners, but never dream of trusting in yourselves. Scripture provides a wealth . Amen. And said, Hail, King of the Jews!_ Think of the millions in this dark world! This was the act too of man at his best, when he is moved to pity; for it seems clear that he who lifted up the wet sponge to the Redeemer's lips, did it in compassion. Hail, everlasting King in heaven, thou dost admit to thy paradise whomsoever thou wilt! So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. He saw its streets flowing like bloody rivers; he saw the temple naming up to heaven; he marked the walls loaded with Jewish captives crucified by command of Titus; he saw the city razed to the ground and sown with salt, and he said, "Weep not for me, but for yourselves and for your children, for the day shall come when ye shall say to the rocks, Hide us, and to the mountains, Fall upon us." What doth he say? Will your thoroughfares be thronged? Shall it ever be a hardship to be denied the satisfying draught when he said, "I thirst." And yet again in the eighth chapter the bride saith, "I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate." Remember how Paul said, "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. you that are ashamed of Christ, how can you read that text, "He that is ashamed of me, and of my words, of him will I be ashamed when I come in the glory of my Father, and all my holy angels with me." Remember that, and expect to suffer. It was one of Death's castles; here he stored his gloomiest trophies; he was the grim lord of that stronghold. This is a kind of sweet whereof if a man hath much he must have more, and when he hath more he is under a still greater necessity to receive more, and so on, his appetite for ever growing by that which it feeds upon, till he is filled with all the fulness of God. Christ was always thirsty to save men, and to be loved of men; and we see a type of his life-long desire when, being weary, he sat thus on the well and said to the woman of Samaria, "Give me to drink." I will not say it is because we are unfaithful to our Master that the world is more kind to us, but I half suspect it is, and it is very possible that if we were more thoroughly Christians the world would more heartily detest us, and if we would cleave more closely to Christ we might expect to receive more slander, more abuse, less tolerance, and less favor from men. Nay more; he is banished from their society, as if he were a leper whose breath would be infectious whose presence would scatter plague. July 2nd, 1882 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them." John 17:26 . He did not spare his Son the stripes. Yet his language teaches us not to worship her, for he calls her "woman," but to honor him in whom his direst agony thought of her needs and griefs, as he also thinks of all his people, for these are his mother and sister and brother. Others think that Simon carried the whole of the cross. Oh! As for myself, I would grow more and more insatiable after my divine Lord, and when I have much of him I would still cry for more; and then for more, and still for more. The great Surety says, "I thirst," because he is placed in the sinner's stead, and he must therefore undergo the penalty of sin for the ungodly. "Women, behold thy son!" Take up your cross daily and follow him. And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. "I thirst," is his human body tormented by grievous pain. Perhaps, dear sister, you carry about with you a gnawing disease which eats at your heart, but Jesus took our sicknesses, and his cup was more bitter than yours. There were two other cross-bearers in the throng; they were malefactors; their crosses were just as heavy as the Lord's, and yet, at least, one of them had no sympathy with him, and his bearing the cross only led to his death, and not to his salvation. II. why hast thou forsaken me?" That is very possible; Christ may have carried the heavier end, against the transverse beam, and Simon may have borne the lighter end. (1-3) Jesus enters the garden, followed by Judas and his troops. Let me show what I think he meant. Thirst is a common-place misery, such as may happen to peasants or beggars; it is a real pain, and not a thing of a fancy or a nightmare of dreamland. Now recollect, if Jesus had not thirsted, every one of us would have thirsted for ever afar off from God, with an impassable gulf between us and heaven. O thou blessed Master, if we are indeed nailed up to the tree with thee, give us a thirst after thee with a thirst which only the cup of "the new covenant in thy blood" can ever satisfy. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. That impenitent thief went from the cross of his great agony and it was agony indeed to die on a cross he went to that place, to the flames of hell; and you, too, may go from the bed of sickness, and from the abode of poverty, to perdition, quite as readily as from the home of ease and the house of plenty. No man dare call him friend now, or whisper a word of comfort to him. The sharpness of that sentence no exposition can fully disclose to us: it is keen as the very edge and point of the sword which pierced his heart. Once again, as we think of this "I thirst," which proves our Lord's humanity, let us resolve to shun no denials, but rather court them that we may be conformed to his image. After preaching his first sermon at the age of 16, he became pastor of the church in Waterbeach at the age of 17. He can receive vinegar, but not lukewarm love. It seems to me very wonderful that this "I thirst" should be, as it were, the clearance of it all. How near akin the thirsty Saviour is to us; let us love him more and more. Some of us, indeed, confess that, if we had read this narrative of suffering in a romance, we should have wept copiously, but the story of Christ's sufferings does not cause the excitement and emotion one would expect. But what shall be your cry when you shall say, "Good God! There was nothing behind in the price, but there is something behind in the manifested power, and we must continue to fill up that measure of revealed power, carrying each one of us the cross with Christ, till the last shame shall have been poured upon his cause, and he shall reign for ever and ever. I cannot give you more than a mere taste of this rich subject, but I have been most struck with two ways of regarding our Lord's last words. I have touched that point very lightly because I want a little more time to dwell upon a fourth view of this scene. If he carried all the cross, yet he only carried the wood of it; he did not bear the sin which made it such a load. Though Simon had to bear the cross for a very little while, it gave him lasting honor. Yet, dear friends, to some eyes there will be more attraction in the procession of sorrow, of shame, and of blood, than in you display of grandeur and joy. Like the steps of a ladder or the links of a golden chain, there is a mutual dependence and interlinking of each of the cries, so that one leads to another and that to a third. John 19:28 . Glorious stoop of our exalted Head! The Church must suffer, that the gospel may be spread by her means. "And they took Jesus, and led him away." What was he looking for from his vineyard and its winepress? "Deliver him to the tormentors," was the word of the king in the parable; it shall be fulfilled to you "Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels." 1. Hunger and thirst after righteousness, for you shall be filled. This is man's treatment of his Saviour. A second mode of treating these seven cries is to view them as setting forth the person and offices of our Lord who uttered them. "Wist ye not," said he, while yet a boy, "that I must be about my Father's business?" It is a blow at the fable of purgatory which strikes it to the heart. Let us magnify and bless our Redeemer's name. They put his own clothes upon him, because they were the perquisites of the executioner, as modern hangmen take the garments of those whom they execute, so did the four soldiers claim a right to his raiment. While thus we admire his condescension let our thoughts also turn with delight to his sure sympathy: for if Jesus said, "I thirst," then he knows all our frailties and woes. There are no passages in all the public ministry of Jesus so tender as those which have regard to Jerusalem. Volume 19, Sermons 1089-1149 (1873) Hide. Is not this a fertile field of thought? "After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst." Will your Prince be sumptuously arrayed? He poureth out the streams that run among the hills, the torrents which rush adown the mountains, and the flowing rivers which enrich the plains. And said, Hail, King of the Jews! Those once highly favored people of God who cursed themselves with, "His blood be upon us and upon our children," ought to make us mourn when we think of their present degradation. We do not thirst after the old manner wherein we were bitterly afflicted, for he hath said, "He that drinketh of this water shall never thirst:" but now we covet a new thirst. Our Lord felt that grievous drought of dissolution by which all moisture seems dried up, and the flesh returns to the dust of death: this those know who have commenced to tread the valley of the shadow of death. As these seven sayings were so faithfully recorded, we do not wonder that they have frequently been the subject of devout meditation. Though bitter to him in the speaking it will be sweet to us in the hearing, so sweet that all the bitterness of our trials shall be forgotten as we remember the vinegar and gall of which he drank. We do not read that they removed the crown of thorns, and therefore it is most probable, though not absolutely certain, that our Savior wore it along the Via Dolorosa, and also bore it upon his head when he was fastened to the cross. You do suffer. For him they have no tolerance. "He that taketh not up his cross and followeth not after me," says Christ, "is not worthy of me." Cover it with a cloak? It was most fitting that every word of our Lord upon the cross should be gathered up and preserved. First, they teach and confirm many of the doctrines of our holy faith. V. 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