The Last Seven Words of Jesus Christ

[Music] so down at the cross where my savior died down where for cleansing from sin i cry there to my glory to his name i'm singing glory to his name precious name singing glory to his name the precious of light singing glory to his name [Music] i am so unjustly saved [Music] where he took me singing glory to his name oh singing glory to his name praise his name singing glory to his name precious [Applause] [Music] this is the day that the lord hath made i don't know about you but i will be glad and rejoice in it oh magnify the lord with me and let us exalt his name together oh is anybody glad to be in the number one more time are you glad to be in the number one more time oh yes sir yes sir guess what yo it's almost a poem it's almost we've already had palm sunday and it's almost resurrection sunday anybody glad that he got up anybody glad that he got up oh yes sir yes sir he got up one song said living he loved me dying he saved me buried he carried my sins far away rising he justified freed me favorable one day he's coming back oh glorious day we just like to thank everyone for participating on this evening we welcome all of our viewers to the royal missionary baptist church where we're going to have the seven last sayings of christ we have some dynamic speakers on this evening some anointed preachers who've studied and laid before the lord for such a time as this so as we go further in our program we will have a scripture reading coming from minister deborah aiken after our scripture reading will be led in prayer by reverend frank reed and then i will come back and present to you all of us presenters in the order that they came in and as minister as minister aiken prepares i just want to give you a little history on the seven on the seven sayings of the christ on the cross the sayings of jesus on the cross sometime called the seven last words from the cross are seven expressions biblically attributed to jesus during his crucifixion and matthew and mark jesus cries out to god in luke he forgives his killers reassures the penitent thief and commands his spirit to the father the special good friday service called seven last words is an african-american tradition woven around the last utterance of christ before his death on a cross the seven sayings being last words may provide a way to understand what was ultimately important to this man who was dying on the cross the sparsity of sayings recorded in the biblical accounts suggests that jesus remained relatively silent for the hours he hung there the cross the principal symbol of the christian religion recalling the crucifixion of jesus christ himself and the redeeming benefits of his passion and death the cross a sign both of christ himself and of faith in christians the message of the cross is the truth about what happened on the cross of calvary he knows no sin became sin so that we could become the righteousness of him to god be the glory at this time we'll be led with our script reading following our scripture reading we will be led in prayer by reverend frank reed [Music] good evening church today i will be reading for your hearing mark chapter 14 verses 1 through 15 and it reads after two days was the feast of the passover and of unleavened bread and the chief priests and described sought how they might take him by craft and put him to death but they said not on the day of feast lest there be an uproar of the people and being in bethany in the house of simon the liver as he sat at meat there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious and she break the box and poured it on his head and there were some that had indignation within themselves and said why was this waste of the appointment made for it might have been sold for more than 300 pence and have been given to the poor and they murmured against her and jesus said let her alone why trouble you her she has wrought a good work on me for you have the poor with you always and whatsoever you will you may do them good but me you have not always she had done what she could she has come beforehand to anoint my body for burial verily i say unto you wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world this also she hath done shall be spoken of for as a memorial of her and judas iscariot one of the twelve went unto the chief priests to betray him unto them and when they heard it they were glad and promised to give him money and he sought how he might conveniently betray him and the first day of unleavened bread when they killed the passover his disciples said unto him wherewith thou we go and prepare that thou must eat the passover and he sent the forth to his disciples and said unto them go ye into the city and there shall you meet a man bearing a picture of water follow him and wheresoever he shall go and say he to the goodman of the house the master saith where is the guest chamber where i shall eat the passover with my disciples and he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared there make ready for us god's word for god's people god bless you [Music] do to god be the glory for all the things that he has already done as we come today with bow hairs and hummer heart on this friday a friday that the lamb of god that came to be slaughtered for folks like us father we thank you today lord we thank you today lord for that gift that gift that keep on giving your son jesus christ the one that was nailed to a curse the one that was nailed in his hand and nail in his feet the one that was spared in the side and the one that was placed across a sign upon his head and was written as the king of the jews but all holy merciful father they didn't understand and they didn't know that you are the king of kings and you are the lord of lords but lord merciful father we thank you today lord we thank you today lord for the blood that he shared on calvary cross he paid that awesome price lord for folks like us that we too lord that one of these day fathers that we will be able to be home with you lord o merciful father we thank you lord for having mercy upon us lord that he took them from that he said from judgment hall to judgment hall that they took them lord and they whip them all last night lord but on that early sunday morning lord that we've risen with all power in his hand and father we thank you to the lord because we'll never forget we'll never forget what the lord has done for us father we'll never forget lord that he put shoes on our feet he's been closed on our back he was pulled on our table he put in front he put money in our pocket he put gas in our car we'll never forget large that he brought us out of the darkness into the marvelous light oh merciful father you've been too good to us lord don't mess with the father you men we out of no way you are the bridge over troubled water you're the one that healed our sick sick soul father you're the ones that keep loving us father even when we didn't even love ourselves oh bless your father we thank you to the lord we thank you dear lord on that friday afternoon father almighty father you lay your life down for us lord all merciful father we thank you today lord because if it wasn't for you on our side or mr father we don't even know where we will be but our bless your father we just want to lift you up we want to give you prayers and we want to honor you lord for all the wonderful things you have done in our life but all merciful father right now lord we actually look upon those seven ministers that's coming before you lord lord we ask you lord to touch their clean lift laws we ask you lord to use them lord father and those that are looking upon them lord father we ask your lord to just touch this soul father and they made me cry out of yield and i yield that i can't hold out no longer so merciful father we thank you today lord we thank you today lord for our under shepherd reverend isaac j hope jr we thank you lord for his wife and his son we ask you to continue blessing the lord as he leads us father and he guide us through the power of the holy spirit father we thank you today lord we thank you today lord for what you have done in our life for our life and through our life father only you lord and your son jesus christ could have done it all we thank you lord in the mighty name of your son jesus christ pour out your spirit upon us lord move on our life lord and we thank you lord for this day is the day that we will lift you up and give you praise and honor you and jesus christ [Music] amen [Music] wash me off [Music] oh [Music] we want to thank sister dave raykin for the scripture reading and we want to thank reverend read for that prayer now our program goes as follows our first saying father forgive them for they do not know what they do luke 23 34 will be coming from minister mona lisa kelly a second saying you will be with me in paradise luke 23 43 from reverend calvin gathers a third saying woman behold your son john 19 26 through 27 from minister jacqueline russell after that we will have a solo coming from minister brunetta christian in that order [Music] so [Music] oh there's an old saying that ignorance is bliss ignorance is to have a lack of knowledge or understanding of something and to be bliss is to have great joy so for this to be true one must take pleasure and not knowing or wanting to know and as amazing as it is this describes a number of people in life there are two forms of ignorance unintentional and intentional unintentional ignorance is to be unaware of a need to learn or know something not knowing to park 30 feet away from a stop sign flashing beacons or signal lights is unintentional ignorance but intentional ignorance is choosing not to learn the things we need to know such as jesus saves being ignorant in this life is one thing but intentional ignorance of spiritual matters can lead to eternal destruction in this scripture jesus once again encounters ignorance of both forms jesus is dragged from court to court on trumped up and fabricated charges by divine order jesus stood accused of inciting a riot encouraging tax evasion and for revealing his true identity as christ the king jesus was innocent of the first two charges but blessed the name of yahweh he was undoubtedly guilty of the third pilot himself could find no fault but this didn't stop the accusations or the insults nor would it stop the executioners it was because of ignorance the leaders and the crowds pressed pilate to execute he who was lord and savior the leaders cast jesus as a liar and a thief but jesus was neither of those he was and is the holy lamb of god a lily in the valley and salvation to all who believe receive and trust in him and he is only the still only the still way to god jesus being god and flesh could have called for fire from heaven's throne he could have caused the earth to open and swallow the crowd hold but instead instead he prayed a prayer of forgiveness jesus shows jesus prayer shows the mercifulness of a loving god it exemplified what he taught on the mount when he said love your neighbor and pray for those who persecute you yet another example of who he is l.o.v.e love disciples of christ ought to be known by their actions of love not the swing of their hands not the sharpness of their words or the coldness of their behavior but by doing good to those that hate us bless those that curse us and pray for those that mistreat us [Applause] no your name may not be jesus but you are to be christ light and that means eliminate illuminating jesus and all we do and go through as jesus hung on the cross his body wrecked with pain and agony he took time to intercede on behalf of those who initiated participated and and comply with the crucifixion order jesus had loved for them and for was willing to forgive them he interceded for the roman soldiers who mocked him spared on him beat him yanked out his bed whipped him gambled for his clothes and for those who pleased and pushed a crown of thorns on his head he interceded for the thief on the to the left and to the right of him the one that mocked him and the one that received him jesus extended forgiveness because of their ignorance and who he was jesus prayer didn't begin and end on calvary's cross which was the epitome of forgiveness it extends to the end of time jesus ministry is for the ignorant of heart those who didn't know those who don't know and even for those who refuse to know him as lord and personal savior we all were ignorant at heart at some point in life but to god be the glory we came into the knowledge of christ as the son of god jesus calls us to let the mind say that was in him be in us so when they go low father forgive them when they do the unthinkable father forgive them when they say and do all manners of evil against you father forgive them father forgive them father forgive them father forgive them for they know not what they do [Music] feet glory to his name [Applause] i'm singing glory to his name praise his name singing glory to his name precious glory to his name [Music] good evening this good friday father in the name of jesus we thank you for your words i repray that it will minister in the supernatural way and we thank you that we pray to you it would bless those who hear and receive it in jesus name amen luke 23 chapter verse 43 and jesus said unto him today shalt thou be with me in paradise the title for this message is is now or never it's now or never this text of scripture is one of the only three of the seven last statements of jesus that luke recorded in his gospel verily i say unto thee today shalt thou be with me in paradise and paradise in paradise no it's not talking about the town in northern california that jesus is speaking about no as it is and the unincorporated population center just south of las vegas i submit to you today that jesus is speaking about a place that neither car train plane bus nor space shuttle are able to go there are only two other places in the new testament beside the gospel of luke in which the word paradise is used in second corinthians 12 chapter verse 4 where paul spoke about being caught up into paradise and in revelation the second chapter seventh first be clause where apostle paul wrote to the angel of the pastor of the church of ephesus as communicated to him by the angel of the lord to him that overcometh i will give the eat of the tree of life which is in the midst of the paradise of god the word paradise suggests also a garden the greek old testament which is the septuagint used paradise to translate the hebrew words for the garden of eden in genesis but in all three new testament texts it speaks of heaven many have traveled near and far looking for paradise but they always seem to fall short of their expectations they travel to paradise island in the bahamas they get caught up in the beauty the attractions and the amenities but most people cannot really enjoy it to the fullest because they are constantly thinking about how much of a hit the bank account is going to take or that laundry list of things they left undone at home i had worked so consequently they stay their stay there is short amen but not so in heaven there will be no need for money because we have an inheritance there our state cannot be cut short because we are there for all eternity eternity never ends in the context of our text we find jesus being crucified between two thieves the record is that he was numbered with the transgress transgressors so as we turn our attention for just a moment to the two criminals one in particular captures our attention now both matthew and mark tells us that in the beginning both thieves began to ridicule jesus they went even as far as to question his divinity glory to god but one of them suddenly had a change of heart he had heard jesus praying for the ones who were crucifying him and realized that he too needed for to be forgiven he realized it's now or never that's when we are laid up on the bed of affliction suffering from a terminal illness and our eternal destiny is hanging in the balance that we realize it's now or never you come to the conclusion that at that moment is all you have the next second is definitely not guaranteed he did not let us pass keeping from jesus and check this out he did not live for jesus a single day in his life but had the audacity to believe that jesus would honor his request lord remember me this man had extraordinary faith no you will not find his name listed with the heroes of faith in the book of hebrews but he had a faith that would have put some profession christians to shame he did not let the cross sounds them he did not let the suffering silence him have we see a crucified man trusting a crucified lord lord remember me i'm not asking for anything special just remember me jesus replied immediately today shalt thou be with me in paradise jesus granted him more than he could ever hope dream imagined there is assurance today for those who are in christ who are dying of corporate cancer and many of the other dreaded diseases there's also for assurance for the strong and the healthy who may one face death suddenly but more importantly there's hope for the worst of sinners and the chief of sinners that chief had some kind of a day that morning he was crucified by late evening he was justified air in your lungs as long as the blood is running warm in your being it's now or never what would you ask jesus for when you have walked the last mile of the way what would you ask jesus for when your head is pressed against a dying puller would you act for longer life i submit to you today that there is something far greater in closing both thieves had equal access to jesus both heard and prayed not for himself but for others both heard the inadvertent testimonies of others both were guilty of sins but most importantly both had a choice they represent all of humanity but we too have a choice but it's sad to say some will choose him and others will not where do you stand someone said god will not drag anyone in heaven who doesn't want to go and god will not send anyone in hell who desires to have a personal relationship with jesus no matter what you have done in life jesus wants you in paradise with him there's no sin so great that he cannot forgive so my job today is to sound alone letting you know that it's now unforever tomorrow is not promised we only have this minute only 60 seconds in it of course upon you you can't refuse it you didn't seek it you didn't choose it but it's up to you to use it suffer if you lose it give an account if you abuse it just a tiny little minute but 60 seconds and eternity are in it it's now or never [Music] oh [Music] glory to his name his name chris's name singing glory to his name precious glory to his name oh singing glory to his name christ's name saying glory to his glory to his name the lord everybody praise the lord everybody if i had ten thousand towns it wouldn't be enough to give god all the praises that he's due today john 19 26 27 reads when jesus saw his mother and the disciples whom he loved standing nearby he said to his mother woman behold your son then he said to the disciple behold your mother and from that hour the disciple took her to his own home that's the new english standard version jesus made our theologians believe that jesus made seven statements while he hung on the cross they were the dying words are his last words before he decided to die i could stop right there and give the benediction because you see the sadducees in the phages didn't take my savior's life he decided to die each one of jesus last word teaches us about the heart of god first let us reflect on what was taking place at this time jesus had been taken from judgment hall to judgment hall jesus was interrogated by the high priest then led to pilate to be crucified the soldiers planted a crown of thorns on his head he was slapped in the face and then undoubtedly he was crucified but in spite of all that was happening to my jesus before he decided to die jesus my savior jesus might the bishop of my soul jesus my healer jesus my deliverer jesus the great i am jesus the one who said before abraham i was jesus who is the great shepherd jesus who is the bright and morning star [Applause] jesus this same jesus was conceived by the holy ghost and given birth by his virgin mother remembered how and how he had compassion on his mother at the cross behold women behold your son these last words are one of the most misunderstood words of jesus just like you and i ask why jesus being omniscient he knew the heart of his mother he knew the helplessness and sorrow of her heart but in spite of jesus being all god jesus could didn't didn't have jesus was all god but yet he was all man what son wouldn't have compassion on his mother being a witness of him being crucified you all do remember george floyd right he cried out to his dead mother as others witnessed him being murdered by those who were supposed to protect him i'm just saying jesus was all god and a man on the cross it was his humanity being crucified so i asked why did jesus said to mary behold your son to his disciple john behold your mother you see five years ago i was given the same word to preach and i came from the perspective that god held family relationship at the highest regard so much so that he reminded husbands to love your wives just as jesus loved the church children obey your father and your mother which is the first commandment with promise which is still true today but you know one thing the word would never go against himself by disobeying his mother so we can just dispel the mess that jesus was being ruled are disrespectful jesus made seven this commandment he was known to be close to john the disciple jesus trusted john so that he gave john the responsibility to provide for his mother upon his death this act of filial love was on display by my savior on the cross i leave you with this question to ponder what will you leave to your loved ones upon your death as jesus crucif as jesus suffered crucifixion on the cross he had compassion for his mother and his dearest friend women behold your son son behold your mother jesus not only showed compassion but he released his humanity to his mother and his friend for you see jesus release humanity to provide eternal life for his mother and his son his beloved disciple jesus releases humanity to give us the power and the authority over everything that looks like smell like tastes like sin jesus releases humanity so we can live a life of righteousness remember i say to you today the god that we serve the god that we saw jesus the resurrected one who was written on the third on sunday morning the one they called mary's baby rose again on sunday morning what would you release [Music] um [Music] there is no greater love [Music] there is no greater love greater love there is no greater love no greater life [Music] oh no greater love no greater love [Music] there is no no greater love there is no no greater love or love hallelujah no [Music] jesus went to calvary to savor it like you and me that's love that's love [Music] stretched him wide he hung his head and for me he died that's love [Music] jesus went jesus went to calvary [Music] like you and me that's love that's love that's love [Applause] they hung my savior he hung his head [Music] that could is your life jesus when jesus [Music] no greater love no greater love [Music] no greater love greater love [Music] no [Music] greater love no greater love [Music] [Applause] [Music] there's no greater love some have searched all over but there's no greater love [Music] hallelujah glory glory glory graham [Music] all i can say is the windows of heaven open the fire is burning on the ceiling oh there's joy and speak about joy hallelujah glory glory glory hallelujah let's just give god some praise hallelujah he's worthy he's worthy he's worthy he's worthy he's worthy hallelujah [Music] and guess what y'all that's only the first three we have four more to go and they've already said the atmosphere the atmosphere said deliverance and healing is in the room whatever you need it's in the room [Music] let me go ahead let me go ahead and do what i'm supposed to be doing at this time our fourth speakers evangelists polite will be coming from matthew 27 verse 46 eli eli lama sabachthani that is my god my god why have you forsaken me after her behalf minister nathan wright coming from john 19 28 simply saying i thirst [Music] [Music] he justified and freed me forever one day he's coming back glorious day oh living in love me dying he saved me buried he carried my sins far he's coming back gloria everybody he's coming back oh glorious tell god thank you y'all forget we in church and i'm in heaven yeah tell god thank you thank you father in heaven we thank you for your grace and your mercy [Music] god thank you for being on the list this morning you woke us up and we thank you for this seven speaker program we pray your blessings over your word anoint the ears of the hearers in the hearts of the receivers holy spirit you are welcome in jesus name i pray amen i have matthew chapter 27 verse 46 and at the ninth hour which was 3 p.m jesus christ eli eli that is to say my god my god why hast thou forsaken me so my subject is his cry and why jesus hung on the cross from the midday until the mid-afternoon he did this and guess what it was darkness on the land this is not to say it was the eclipse of the sun as the moon was full at pass over time we don't know whether the darkness is caught was caused by dust or cloud cover over but matthew signals it was god's judgment signal darkness was one of the plagues which preceded the exodus in exodus chapter 20 10 and 22 after three hours jesus cried out with great passion my god my god why have thou forsaken me when he said why he wasn't asking a question he was saying before this purpose these are the opening words of psalm 22 the prayer of the person who washes feel cut off from god the word for eli in hebrew means eli and the people who were standing by around thought jesus was calling for eli jews expected evil the prophet eli to appear at the end of the age or to help in the time of need he was so we could be the bible said jesus brought our sins in his body his own body on the cross he suffered for sin the just for the unjust he was made sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of god in christ jesus he was made a curse and guess what y'all fought us my jesus was offered up to bear the sins of the world he watches oh god he was wounded for our transgression and bruised for our iniquity and god laid the sins of the world on him he was so we could be he was our substitute he was our representative he was our head he's our surety he's our proxy our divine friend who took our place y'all and by his suffering purchase our re uh redemption he died through washington he died that through his stripes we might be healed our lord was condemned although he was innocent it was so we could be acquitted even though we were guilty he was so we could be he wore a crown of thorns so we can wear a crown of glory he washes he was stripped of his raiment so we can be clothed in his everlasting righteousness lord have mercy he was mocked and reviled he washed it so we could be honored and blessed he was so we could be he was reckoned as a male factor and numbered among the transgressors so we can be reckoned as innocent and justified for all our sins jesus died the most painful death so we can live forever he watches in him with him in glory he was a it was a forsaken cry it was a fervent cry it was a finishing cry let me leave you with this and keep this in mind first a suffering then the glory first the cross then the crown remember the cross the next time you tempted to give up remember the cross but last and not least i need to tell you this remember the passion of christ we should hate sin deeply sin was the cause i'm closing y'all sin was the cause for our savior's suffering it was the sin that planted the thorns on his head our sin drove the nails in his feet and his hands though jesus washes being crucified should make us hate sin and the image of the crucifixion could cause us to live [Applause] [Music] and right loved me dying he saved me buried he carried my sins far away oh rising and justified freed me for heaven rising he justified and freed me for heaven one day he's coming back glorious day let us pray the grass withers the flower may feed but the word of our god shall stand for heaven amen i have been tasked today to come to you before you out of the book of john the 19th chapter and the 28th verse and you will find that the writer put pen to parchment and came up with this pericope that says after this jesus now knowing that all things were accomplished that the scripture might be fulfilled saith i thirst if you would just be so kind to me would you just look to your neighbor if you're looking through virtual reality if you're looking on facebook and youtube find somebody and give them my subject my subject is after this after this after this we would find that in this scripture if i be very honest with you the first time and many times looking at this scripture i really didn't see anything but jesus asking for something to drink i really didn't understand uh what would be so prevalent what was evident in the text because all i really saw was two words and it really just said i thirst and in my ignorance in my in my in my naivety i am led to believe that jesus just wanted something to drink but i would humble myself and pray and i came before the lord lord what is it that you would have me to tell your people and jesus gave me these words he said nathan look at the first two words he said after this and i asked him i said lord what do you mean what is it that you're trying to say he said david i need my people to know isn't after this you're living in a time where most people can't see the end of a pandemic they don't know where the end of the virus is but i come from heaven to tell somebody after this we see jesus is in what some folks would consider a precarious position some would say jesus is in a situation where his time is ending you will find out that he is at the number of he is doing the fifth thing on the seven things of this journey number five we understand in the biblical preference and biblical numbering is the number of grace but it looks like my savior doesn't have any grace jesus is dying we are seeing jesus is being suffocated he is going through the process of exficiation in other words jesus is dying of his own internal organs and i want to stop right there and i want to know have you ever been dying on the inside have you ever gone through some things that caused you to feel like you were dying on the inside but i come by having to tell somebody after this after the virus is over and after divorce is finalized after the children have graduated after this jesus is going through the process of asphyxiation we find out the first thing he does he says father forgive the second thing he says is today you'll be with me in paradise he's situated he's sandwiched between two thieves the third thing he does is he said he told his mama woman behold me i and then we get to the first thing he says my god my god why he asking a question but now we see that jesus is making a request and the bible says now jesus knowing that all things had to be accomplished and i know my time is running out but i got three c's that i see in the text the first she is i see jesus is conscious how do you know he's conscious brother preacher because he says knowing all things and i don't know about you but before i can know something i've still got to have my senses together i've still got to have my mind straight jesus says and knowing that that all things were accomplished jesus what are you telling us what have you accomplished jesus t he said jason tell him i healed the sick david tell him i went down to lazarus and told lazarus to get out the grave tell them out here i healed that woman with the issue of blood and uh he said tell him i let peter walk on water and i told the winds peace be still jesus what have you accomplished he said let them know of my accomplishments and let them know that i spit on the ground and cleared blinded eyes let them let them know that i unstopped the deaf ears let them know that i fed 5 000 men not to include the women and the children jesus now we look at this scripture and i believe that i have about two minutes and 12 seconds he said that the scripture might be fulfilled in other words jesus now i told you that the first seed is he's conscious the next seed lets me know that he is consistent jesus is saying that i need the scripture to be fulfilled what scripture is that jesus said you know it's in scripture in in the book of psalms chapter 22 and verse 15 where he talks about the parchment of his mouth they talk about jesus mouth being so dry that his tongue is cleaving to his mouth hey but he said david don't let him know but i knew that the scripture had not been done yet jesus is consistent let him know that in scripture says that there would be one who would be like a sheep that led to the slaughter the scripture he's still consistent so number one he's conscience number two he's consistent and the last three or the last seal of my text is and y'all about to shout he's christ glory to god glory to god i thank god that he's still christ uh how is it that he's still christ here brother me god if you put me in b flat i'm gonna fly out of here uh i wanna let somebody know today that you still are serving a risen christ i know that they have a vaccine that's 70 percent effective but we got a 100 percent god and i'm so glad today to know i have a 100 christ he said david let him know let him know that i'm still christ because when they put the thorn on his head and the blood came out he said that's my blood that i shared for you yeah for the remission of your sins he said dave and when they when they pierced me in messiah and nothing came out but blood and water he said i was still christ he said nathan when they spat on me and when they beat me with the cat of nine tails and the flesh was ripped from my back he said let them know that i was wounded for their transgressions bruised for their iniquities the chastisement of their peace was upon me and by my stripes we are healed i just came by the royal to let somebody know he's still christ yes yes uh and as i go to my seat today i've told you that he is conscious he's consistent and he is christ and i want to let you know the last part of the text as i go to prepare my seat ears the last thing he says i'm i thirst and i said lord did you want a drink he said no david i wasn't thirsty i said i thirst jesus what do you mean you thirst he's saying i wanted to i was thirsting for a soul i was looking for you and i was looking for you i read he had you on his mind he read he had you on his mind pastor he had you on his mind how rev he had you on his mind he says i thirst for a soul god bless you may god [Music] i'm somebody somebody is [Music] praise the lord ah the train is almost nearing the station the fires burn in the night there's joy joy unspeakable full of glory as we prepare at this time we will have a solo a selection coming from minister carrie wales after minister carrie wales we will have the sixth word coming from minister david white it is finished from john 19 verse 30 and the final word from reverend patricia reid father into your hands i commit my spirit coming from luke 23 verse 46 and after they have completed we will have words coming from our pastor in that order love [Music] that jesus said for me [Music] that gives me strength from day to [Applause] [Music] is [Music] my feet [Music] and it dries all [Music] that gives me strength today it will never lose [Music] [Music] [Music] and it flows [Music] that gives me strange today it will never [Music] it will never [Music] is [Music] lose its power i greet you somebody had a shout right there [Applause] preaching the name of my lord and savior jesus christ scripture that i'm coming from is john 19 30 that says when jesus had received the sour wine he said it is finished and bowing his head he gave up the ghost if i had a subject i used for the subject jesus the finisher let us pray they heavenly father like to thank you for your holy spirit forgive us for anything we've committed or left out there with the speaking in your sight and cleanse us from unrighteousness father as we confess those things yes god and we pray father as we come before you that the world are following good ground in each and every hearer right now father bringing forth fruit in each and every life and that we bind the enemy in the name of jesus that he would not steal it away and your son jesus name we pray amen the finisher jesus the finisher that word finish in the text was taken from the greek verb which means complete and accomplished was the cry according to taney a cry of a winner a shout of victory but we must also consider the opposite of finished incomplete insufficient partial to quit see in the first and second century when a debt was paid it would say on the receipt and we're familiar with his seats after we paid for something it was say on it an ancient greek word telestyle which means it is finished that's why charles spurgeon said it was the cry of a conqueror it is finished but the question is axe and i uh or what was the reason that jesus had to finish this way by dying dying on the cross quite simple it was because all of us are sin and fell short of god's glory according to romans 3 10 and 23 deeming us all as unrighteous dirty rotten sinners i mean all of us no good down to the core dirty rotten sinners but here's the good part in romans 5 8 and romans 5 and paul said but god commanded his love toward us while we were yet dirty rotten sinners christ died for us that's why paul said to the corinthians church of any one being christ we are new creatures all things passed away all your dirty rotten sin passed away and all things become brand new because see he redeemed us he purchased us with his blood and that's why he said that that that he that knew no sin the finisher they knew no sin and and even though he knew no sin he be he became sin for us that we may be made the righteousness of god in him praise god for jesus and because he finished we can trust him in all that we go through emotionally physically mentally and spiritually that's why in isaiah 53 4 and 5 it says surely he has borne our grace and carries our sorrows yet we esteem him stricken smitten of god and afflicted but he was wounded for our transgression rules for our iniquities every sin that you had in your mind the chastisement of our peace was a punishment and with his stripes we are healed everything that sin caused that's why i like to hymnologist when he said that jesus paid it all all to him i owe sin has left a crimson stain but i'm so glad he washed us he washed us wider than snow and in my conclusion and in my conclusion and because he's the author and finisher of our faith according to the writer of hebrews we don't have to fail oh no we can also finish looking out to jesus looking out to jesus who for the joy that was set before him endured the crush despising the shaman and he sat down at the right hand of the throne of god victorious because he finished we can finish and we can finish according to how paul uh encouraged the corinthians church by being steadfast unmovable always abounding in the work of the god and as much as we know our labor will not go in vain in him he told the galatians church we could finish by not being weary and well doing knowing that in due season that's the season god has for us that's his favorite season and due season we will reap if we never sing we never faint him then we can see as paul said to timothy f and nearing of his journey he said i fought a good fight i have finished my course i have kept the favor now is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the lord jesus the righteous judger the mighty god and the everlasting father the prince of pisa who's all that and a bag of jibs the king of glory will give to me on that day and all those that love his appearing uh do you love his appearing yeah yeah so saints peace be sober be vigilant rooted built up in the faith yeah because we got an enemy who walketh around as a roaring lion who wants you to be incomplete who wants you to be insufficient who wants you to quit but i know i got a savior because he finished i can finish that because he finished you can finish because he finished wow hallelujah and i'm finished hallelujah oh we need [Music] to god be all of the glory for the great things that he has done and the great things that he is doing let us pray lord do it again in jesus name amen [Music] [Applause] my word is the seventh word the seventh word with eight words father into thy hands i commend my spirit my word that seventh word is completion but the eighth word means new beginning so as i sought the lord on what he wanted me to say to you on tonight while jesus was dealing with me god began to deal with me with the word father now if i was to use a subject tonight it would be put it all in his hands put it all in his hands as i began to seek the lord about what he wanted me to say to you tonight one thing caught my eye was the word father now as often as we talk about jesus's father we have to remember that before jesus was born we saw god as all-powerful we saw god as holy we saw god as being a god of obedience and we also saw god being a god who did not like sin so god began to reveal to me that when jesus was saying father he was not talking about our god but he was talking about his daddy so because he was talking about his daddy god began to give me this in a different way he said well jesus was on the cross jesus spoke six sayings before the seventh the first word he spoke about he spoke about forgiveness the second word was for salvation the thief that was on the cross the third words was affection for his mother the fourth word was anguish because he was talking about god forsaking him the fifth word was about being thirsty it was about suffering the sixth word was about his victory and the seventh word is about his contentment jesus was focused on heaven if we were to look back at what happened on the good friday with all of the tragic deaths that happened since then all of the tragic deaths that's happening in the world now communities families white police officers shooting black men and i'm not trying to minimize death but i'm here to tell you that there has never been a death like this one this was a horrible murder this was a gouging this was a suffering this was a death that man can't even comprehend according to theologians it was physically impossible for god to for jesus to still be alive but what i found in these last words that jesus spoke were the same words that was spoken by david in the book of psalms where david said into thy hands i commend my spirit you have redeemed me o lord of faith what david was doing was expressing complete dependence on god then stephen uttered something similar in the book of acts where he has this and they stoned me as he was calling on god he said lord jesus receive my spirit oh god oh god but in this last word jesus commends his spirit to god one might wonder why jesus commends his spirit to god when man is a triune being we are body soul and spirit or some say mind body and soul well in the book of genesis it reads that the lord god formed man out of the dust of the ground and he breathed into his nostril the breath of life and man became a busy of living soul and ecclesiastes is read that then shall the dust return to the earth as it was and the spirit shall return unto god who gave it the truth of the matter is the body dies and the spirit really lives for those who are wondering whether there is life after death there is your answer but here when jesus placed his spirit in the hands of the father it was an act of faith him knowing that god would know what to do with his spirit now the word command means to entrust to someone for safe keeping to trust to someone for safekeeping let me ask you this question how many times in your life you have gone through something and you said you gave it to god and you took it back i'm here to tell you that if you if you commend it to god you're putting in somebody who is capable of protecting what you have given him i came tonight just to tell someone that even though you have been dealing with issues that had you up all night my advice to you is put it in his hands god will take care of you i know a lot of us are continuously worrying about this pandemic but i came by just to say put it in his hands some of us are worried about whether to take the vaccine or whether not to take the vaccine but i'm here tonight to tell you put it in his hands god is capable of taking care of you there are three reasons why you need to place it in god's hand number one god has creative hands he created the heavens and the earth the heavens and the work are the works of thy hands his hands have fashioned me the second thing is he have protected hands my father gave me the greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand the third reason you need to put it in his hand is because god has destructive hands if it is a fearful thing to fall in the hands of a living god i'm here to tell you tonight that i don't know what's bothering you but put it in the master's hand i don't know what's going on on the inside but put it in the master's hand i don't care how your enemies come at you put it in the master's hand greater is the work of the master's hand mighty is the work of the master's hand he's able he's able put it in god's hand put it in god's hand put it in god's hands god bless you lord i just wanna thank you lord i just wanna thank you oh lord i just wanna thank you oh lord i just wanna thank you i wanna thank you for being so good to me oh lord i just wanna thank you oh lord i just wanna thank you oh lord i just wanna thank you lord i just wanna thank you i wanna thank you is so good wanna thank you oh lord i just wanna thank you i wanna thank you for being so good to me i know i know you've been blessed tonight i i i need you to share this with somebody hey we we we coming broadcasting on youtube we on facebook when you watch it share it to somebody to need to hear this people people say well i just ain't feeling i'm gonna ain't in the resurrection spirit this week well you need this word because i tell you i feel fired up hallelujah that makes you next year i'm gonna give y'all a one more minute amen six minutes praise god that what that wasn't jesus it was good up in here praise the lord i wanna i wanna give my gratefulness to these preachers they all are here at royal and they are not only just up here on the pulpit they're working in ministries they're helping other people grow strong in the lord and i'm just so happy we have this opportunity that we can bring them and and you can see the gifts that god has endowed in each one of them isn't god a unique god he can make us so different and yet be individually in effective in how he created us and i want to thank each and every one of you for what you've done i want to thank our soul lords tonight give them a hand brunello and sister carey amen and our president reverend doctor robert ford another all preachers everybody you heard tonight is a preacher just one bootleg preacher jeffrey but we we we we put him up with the preachers just in case the lord called him he just we said he'd be hanging around the bike but we thank him for his gift because he has a he has a gift of saying and just uh that people just you know you you you feel it and you want to get with him because he puts it all into it and god's gonna honor that god gonna honor that and then he loves the word so thank all of you we want to thank our musicians for being here and i want to thank all give a hand for all of those that tune here this friday good friday evening this good friday evening that thought it not robbie we want to remind you that we're going to have two services this sunday this easter resurrection sunday we're going to be live streaming 7 a.m and 10 a.m on all our social media platforms you can watch us live seven o'clock service and the 10 o'clock service and we're gonna have limited uh in person attendance and that's already been filled up we already have the max on that and we are prepared to go into that day after tomorrow sunday morning to give god praise for truly man if you save you ought to feel something on easter sunday and i know it's just a day and i know it may not be the exact day but it's pretty close to it because it ties right into the first day of the week after after the passover and uh we we celebrated uh we celebrate victory as the preacher said tonight jesus is a finisher hallelujah he commended his he commanded the most valuable thing he had into the hands of god amen and if it really means something you ought to let god have it thank all of you preach uh evangelist polite uh five ball jacket russell mona lisa my god david white my god kevin gathers nathan wright my god what can we say about this reverend trisha reed amen trisha reid bringing this word and we thank reverend reid for giving us that that that that soul-touching prayer to open us up and our own tell the lord thank you deborah ankin herself in person the one and only world known started a whole culture in royal baptist church amen and you know i've been missing your bread pudding too i hope you probably got stuff in your pocket book right now power cake or something but uh don't tell nobody i asked for it oh it's too late okay pray she got something in the pocketbook right there look at that this girl does oh she's a giver she's just a giver she she don't feel right if she don't give yourself before she leaves so we thank god for all i'm i'm just happy i'm happy to be around all of them and i know you i just want you to know i can't wait to see all of you and i believe that if we stay safe be protective you see us being socially uh safe tonight in our distancing we're scared but a few of us but we scattered out went out of mass when we greet each other you do the same thing as reverend miller said you know put it in god's hands about this vaccination you know we pray for god to send healing to the land and one thing is we should be sure about the virus is not going away so many people prophesied you know just well it's for a month or two you know but it's still here it's went through winter spring summer and fall not like the flu the flu goes away in the weather but it's still here and and be careful a lot of people tell you not to get vaccinated already been vaccinated amen you know so so so so put it in god's hands and and he'll take care of you as i said one day a few weeks ago as much pause and i didn't put in my mouth and in my body and thought nothing of it and i'm still here if god can keep me through all that when i didn't serve him i i know he's able to take care of me now so i've been vaccinated i've been vaccinated me and the wife we've been blessed to be vaccinated and we had a little soreness in the arm everything is over in 24 hours and and as the doctor said it's a good thing to show that your body is resisting it because that's what you want so when that virus come in it'll be strong enough to kick it back out we are supposed to be so thank you uh we're going to close in a prayer and and and and just personally make this resurrection [Music] important to you make it personal make it mean something think about what jesus was going through on that friday evening for you and for me father god we thank you now this evening we thank you for for allowing all of this word to show the beauty of your written word how two thousand years later you can call people into ministry and they can read that text and see something brand new that's your word god so i pray that you bless each one of them for truly in this season we all have our challenges but we pray that the word that was brought forth tonight shall be a blessing to those that heard it and to those that brought it may it be another brick on their wall and father we pray in jesus name for the loss to hear for those who are straddling the fence to here as we spread this broadcast wherever you would open door for it to go that would be a blessing in many ways we pray in jesus name amen and i want to thank the technical people i didn't thank them up in the sound room and the and the camera room for being here to make this happen we love you much and we'll see you real soon come on come on jeffy give me a little hot number as we get ready to go here come on [Music] god bless you can you feel god moving oh [Music] in my soul can you feel god moving in can you feel god moving my soul

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