{"id":2815,"date":"2022-04-11T14:10:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/5th-sunday-lent-april-3-2022-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-04-11T14:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:11:46","slug":"palm-sunday-sunday-of-the-passion-april-10-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/palm-sunday-sunday-of-the-passion-april-10-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday\/Sunday of the Passion &#8211; April 10, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u201cI Commit My Spirit\u201d &#8212; Luke 23:46<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0 \u00a0Introduction: Jesus\u2019 Cross-Words and the context<\/h4>\n<p>Today we continue our look at the words Jesus spoke from the cross, His \u2018Cross-Words\u2019. We can be amazed at what those Cross-Words have already revealed about His nature and the significance of His suffering and death. Today\u2019s Cross-Word is \u201cFather, into Your hands I commit my spirit.\u201d This may have been the last word Jesus spoke from the cross, or perhaps the second last. We don\u2019t know for sure, because none of the Gospel accounts record all seven of Jesus\u2019 words, or claim to record the words of Jesus from the cross in order. However, this entrusting statement of Jesus is packed with meaning and significance &#8211; a meaning that we want to dwell on, meditate on, reflect on and learn from this morning. First, we will concentrate on what this Cross-Word can teach us theologically and spiritually. Then we will focus on what implications and relationship these teachings have on our lives as God\u2019s people.<\/p>\n<p>Recall, first of all, the context of these words of Jesus. Jesus, although He had done nothing wrong, although He had never sinned, although He had always accomplished the will of God Almighty as He ministered to people here on earth &#8211; Jesus found Himself hanging on a cross, between two criminals. Jesus, too, had been accused, arrested, hastily tried and questionably convicted of blasphemy, subverting the nation, inciting rebellion, opposing Caesar. Hanging on the cross, Jesus endured the insults and jeers and taunting of the religious leaders, of the Roman soldiers, of the crowd. Not only that, He felt the real, gut-wrenching, soul-stirring, heart-stopping, God-forsaken feeling of being\u2026 well\u2026 forsaken by God. After all the suffering &#8211; the physical suffering of his trial, the whippings, the mistreatment at the hands of the soldiers, the gouging of a crown of thorns into His brow, the physical suffering of being nailed to the cross and of labouring for each breath, the mental anguish of the rejection and insults of the people and the emotional turmoil of being forsaken by God &#8211; yes, after all this was said and done, Jesus finally called out with a loud voice: \u201cFather!\u201d If He had spoken only that one word, it still would have been significant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0 \u00a01. The relationship affirmed \u2013 \u201cFather\u2026\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>That one word indicates a relationship, for you can\u2019t have a father without having a son or daughter, nor can you have a son without a father. That one word indicates that the relationship was still real, still important. That relationship wasn\u2019t shattered by the cross, it wasn\u2019t negated or denied by virtue of the Son\u2019s feeling of forsakenness by the Father.<\/p>\n<p>You know how cold and formal a human relationship can be when there are tense feelings. You can tell how close the relationship is by the form of address between the two parties: when a mother uses her daughter\u2019s full name, \u201cJennifer Victoria Taylor!\u201d\u2026 in that moment, you know that they aren\u2019t close, that something has happened; when a son, with mock respect says, \u201cOK, I\u2019ll do it <em>Father\u201d\u2026<\/em> in that moment, you know that there is a rift in the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>There was none of that cold formality on the cross. Jesus knew His relationship with the Father not only still existed but was very precious, and He affirmed: \u201cFather!\u201d That one word emphasizes trust.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0 2. Deep trust \u2013 \u201cInto Your hands\u2026\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cInto Your hands\u201d continues that emphasis on trust. We, as human beings, like to take matters into our own hands. We don\u2019t trust someone else to do the job right; we know how we want it done so we do it ourselves. When we take matters into our own hands, it shows our independence, but also our natural desire to be in control of every situation. Whether it\u2019s changing the oil, baking a birthday cake or being on time for a meeting &#8211; when we take matters into our own hands, we trust that it will be done to our own satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>When, on the cross, Jesus said \u201cinto your hands\u201d, it showed His deep, implicit, never-doubting trust in the Father, His Father.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0 \u00a03. Element of surrender \u2013 \u201cI commit\u2026\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>When Jesus added the words \u201cI commit\u201d this includes an element of surrender to the Father\u2019s will. It is really simply a continuation of Jesus\u2019 prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane: \u201cNot my will, but thine be done.\u201d Jesus wasn\u2019t about to take matters into His own hands &#8211; not at this late stage of the plan of salvation. In the Garden of Gethsemane, after praying \u201cYour will be done,\u201d He was arrested and Peter, in his enthusiasm to defend his teacher cut off the ear of the high priest\u2019s servant. Jesus said to Peter: \u201cPut your sword back in its place for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and He will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?\u201d Jesus did not accept human help when he was arrested, nor did he call on divine help when He was arrested. Jesus would also leave things in the Father\u2019s hands on the cross. After all, it was the Father\u2019s plan from the beginning, and it was the Father\u2019s people who were at stake, and it was the Father\u2019s great love that just now, yes even and especially from the cross, was being fully demonstrated and wonderfully realized. \u201cInto your hands,\u201d Jesus surrendered. \u201cI commit\u201d Jesus surrendered. No, the cross wasn\u2019t the place to have second thoughts about saving humanity, nor the place to have an identity crisis or a power struggle within the Godhead. The will of the Father and the will of the Son would be one, for the Father and the Son were themselves one. \u201cFather, into your hands I commit\u201d showed clearly that unity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0 \u00a04. Our key word \u2013 \u201cSpirit\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cI commit my spirit.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cWhen He had said this,\u201d Luke tells us, \u201cHe breathed His last.\u201d So, what died there on the cross of Calvary on that first Good Friday? Did God die? Did God the Son die? Well, yes and no! Jesus\u2019 body, the physical, human part of Him died, just like every one of us will also die. He, however, died a painful, torturous death. But &#8211; and that\u2019s usually a BIG word, and in this case it is an ENORMOUS word! &#8211; BUT, the spirit of Jesus did not die. He had committed, given over His spirit to the care and keeping of the Father. Being fully divine, Jesus was and is pure spirit. \u201cGod is spirit,\u201d John 4:24 tells us. In human form, Jesus, of course, had a physical body, but He was still in very essence \u2018spirit.\u2019 His spirit did not die; only the outward shell of His physical body was crucified, dead and buried. Oh, and that\u2019s the key word of our crossword puzzle today\u2026 \u2018spirit.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0 \u00a05. The implication for us \u2013 a spirit inside<\/h4>\n<p>Already, I believe, you can see the implication of that for us and for our lives and for our faith. Perhaps none of you here today are considering the thought of dying soon &#8211; although that thought, and preparation for that time, ought never be so far away from our thinking. What Jesus is saying in this Cross-Word is that there is the opportunity, better yet, the promise for you and I to not really or completely die at the time of death. Like Jesus, only our body will die, not our spirit! You see, when God created the human race, when God first made Adam and Eve, He not only breathed into them His breath of life, but He also created them in His image. \u201cSo God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created them.\u201d What does being created in God&#8217;s image mean? Well, among other things, it means that immortality, eternity was built into us by the great designer, the almighty and eternal creator.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I can use a puppet to illustrate: When I do a puppet show, what the children see is the puppet, the cloth, the plastic eyes, the fake hair. The children know, however, that the puppet is not real; they know that there is a hand underneath. What\u2019s real about the puppet is not what you see, but what is inside what you see. What is real about us is not our bodies &#8211; oh, sure, that\u2019s what people see &#8211; but what\u2019s real about us is our spirit, our soul, the inner person, the person that God has called us and created us to be. And that part of us never dies&#8230;. if&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0 \u00a06. Jesus as Saviour and Lord<\/h4>\n<p>If we commit our spirits, our lives, if we surrender our spirits, our lives into the Father\u2019s hands. Christians speak of believing in Jesus as your own personal Saviour and Lord. To say that Jesus is your Saviour &#8211; and you have to know that that encompasses the whole sequence of events surrounding Jesus\u2019 suffering and death (to set us free from sin, death and the devil) and His resurrection (guaranteeing our future resurrection) &#8211; to say that Jesus is your Saviour involves some committing of your spirits, your lives to Him in trust and faith. And this must be personal. When you stand before God on the last day, it\u2019s not going to be good enough to say: \u201cMy grandpa and grandma were Christians!\u201d or \u201cMy mom and dad went to church almost every Sunday!\u201d or \u201cI had a great uncle who was a pastor!\u201d It will not be your grandma\u2019s faith nor your parents\u2019 church activities that stand you in good stead with God. To say that Jesus is Saviour does you no good unless you can say with all honesty and sincerity, from the bottom of your heart \u2013 \u201cJesus is MY Saviour!\u201d \u201cHe died for ME!\u201d \u201cHe has forgiven ME MY sins!\u201d \u201cHe rose again for ME!\u201d \u201cYes, Jesus really is MY Saviour!\u201d That is a real, that is a personal trust and belief in Jesus, who did die for the sake of all people, but who died especially for YOU! When you say \u201cI commit,\u201d you are saying \u201cI believe in Jesus as MY Saviour!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To say that Jesus is my \u2018Lord\u2019 involves a little bit more \u2013 here\u2019s where the surrender part of \u201cI commit\u201d comes in. Faith is a commitment to Christ, but surrender is more. They really should go hand in hand &#8211; that is, surrender should immediately follow faith. To commit or surrender my spirit, my life to Jesus means that He is my Lord, my Master, my Ruler. He\u2019s the boss, He\u2019s the general, He gives the marching orders for my life, He\u2019s # 1 &#8211; not me! It\u2019s YOUR will be done, Jesus, not mine. He\u2019s the king, I am the loyal citizen.<\/p>\n<p>To say that Jesus is my Lord is to say that everything that I do, everything that I say, everything that I think, everything that I am reflects His Lordship, His will in my life. Someone has said that Christianity is believing, living, praying, breathing Christ! That\u2019s true! Christianity is not an abstract, shallow belief in some historical figure. A Christian life is not characterized only by \u2018religious\u2019 adherence to the Sunday morning holy hour. In fact, someone else has said that Christianity is not a religion at all, it is a way of life, a relationship. That\u2019s true, too! Jesus\u2019 Lordship is shown in our whole life, not just the Sunday morning worship service. His Lordship is shown by our honesty in all dealings with others, by our love for others, by our total surrender and obedience to His will by our words, by our thoughts, by our deeds. His Lordship is ultimately shown in every area of life, in all of life. That\u2019s a goal for which you can strive, a challenge which you can accept &#8211; to commit your spirit, your whole life to the Lord Jesus. Why?? Because He committed His whole life, even to the point of death for you, to save you, so that you can be His for all eternity. Yes, our committing of ourselves, our surrender of ourselves to Jesus is based on Him, on His work on the cross, on His relationship with His Father, on His relationship with us. He is our Lord because He is our Saviour!<\/p>\n<p>My sincere prayer for all of you is that Jesus\u2019 words from the cross: \u201cFather, into your hands I commit my spirit,\u201d would be your constant prayer not only during this Lenten season, but also the constant prayer of your lives, displaying that you do have a relationship of trust and faith in God, and that, based on that trust relationship, you also commit your whole being to His Lordship, to His care and keeping, and to His service. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Cross-Word-Crossword_wk_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2814 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Cross-Word-Crossword_wk_6-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Cross-Word-Crossword_wk_6-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Cross-Word-Crossword_wk_6-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Cross-Word-Crossword_wk_6-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Cross-Word-Crossword_wk_6-958x740.jpg 958w, https:\/\/hopelcs.ca\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/Cross-Word-Crossword_wk_6.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI Commit My Spirit\u201d &#8212; Luke 23:46 &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0Introduction: Jesus\u2019 Cross-Words and the context Today we continue our look at the words Jesus spoke from the cross, His \u2018Cross-Words\u2019. 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