My God, My God,

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My God, My God, Why Has Thou Forsaken Me?
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My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why
art thou so far from helping me, and from the
words of my roaring? Psalm 221
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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?
which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me? Mark 1534
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A most profound question, especially as uttered
by Jesus
Sadder than the wail of death, yet more beautiful
than all creation
Deals with the God of Heaven, the Son of man, and
the scheme of redemption
Examine this solemn cry of our sinless Savior
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It Was a
Prophetic Cry
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The words of Psalm 221 are the same words Jesus
cried from the cross
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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that
is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me? Matthew 2746
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The words of Psalm 221 are the same words Jesus
cried from the cross
Psalm 22 is said to contain some 33 distinct
prophecies which were fulfilled at Calvary yet,
it was written by David 1000 years before Christ
was born
The Psalmist gives a more vivid description of
Christ on the cross than do the gospel writers
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At the time David wrote, crucifixion was not even
known when the gospel writers penned their words
it was widely known
David spoke in hyperbole never suffered such
things literally
Only the Lord fulfilled these matters completely
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It Was a
Personal Cry
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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that
is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me? Matthew 2746
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In his flight from Saul, abandonment by
associates and close brushes with death, David
likely felt as if God had deserted him
No man can realize the agony of separation within
the Godhead as Christ would experience it
Being Himself God (Deity, the Son- Jn. 11-14),
He cried unto God (His Father)
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I and my Father are one. John 1030
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Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not for I am not
yet ascended to my Father but go to my brethren,
and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and
your Father and to my God, and your God.
John 2017
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It Was a
Plaintive Cry
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If ever one deserved compassion, it was Christ
This was no ordinary human being dying on the
cross
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The officers answered, Never man spake like this
man. John 746
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Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay
down my life, that I might take it again. No man
taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I
have power to lay it down, and I have power to
take it again. This commandment have I received
of my Father. John 1017, 18
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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life no man cometh unto the Father, but
by me. John 146
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If ever one deserved compassion, it was Christ
This was no ordinary human being dying on the
cross
This was the Lamb of God (Jn. 129), the Only
Begotten of the Father (Jn. 316, 17), the Prince
of life (Acts 315)
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It Was a
Perplexing Cry
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Difficult to comprehend the idea of Deity being
abandoned by Deity of One being separated
One Who lived a perfect life was forsaken by One
Who never forsakes the righteous
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The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and
his ears are open unto their cry.
Psalm 3415
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Difficult to comprehend the idea of Deity being
abandoned by Deity of One being separated
One Who lived a perfect life was forsaken by One
Who never forsakes the righteous
How was it that the Son was forsaken by the
Father?
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Partly, because He did not come to His rescue
After His temptation, angels ministered to Him
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Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels
came and ministered unto him. Matthew
411
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Partly, because He did not come to His rescue
After His temptation, angels ministered to Him
At His transfiguration, Moses and Elijah spoke to
Him about His death
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And, behold, there talked with him two men, which
were Moses and Elias Who appeared in glory, and
spake of his decease which he should accomplish
at Jerusalem. Luke 930, 31
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Partly, because He did not come to His rescue
After His temptation, angels ministered to Him
At His transfiguration, Moses and Elijah spoke to
Him about His death
Even in Gethsemane angels strengthened Him
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And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven,
strengthening him. Luke 2243
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However, at this most pressing hour there was
nothing but silence and darkness from heaven
He Who knew no sin became sin for us (not a
sinner, but the curse for sin)
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For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew
no sin that we might be made the righteousness
of God in him. II Corinthians 521
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Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the
law, being made a curse for us for it is
written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a
tree Galatians 313
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However, at this most pressing hour there was
nothing but silence and darkness from heaven
He Who knew no sin became sin for us (not a
sinner, but the curse for sin)
He that was all-righteous was tasting death for
us, experiencing what all who are separated from
God will know, what it was like to be
God-abandoned in the darkness
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Christ was suffering the penalty of sins
separation for us
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But your iniquities have separated between you
and your God, and your sins have hid his face
from you, that he will not hear.
Isaiah 592
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For when we were yet without strength, in due
time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely
for a righteous man will one die yet
peradventure for a good man some would even dare
to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in
that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for
us. Romans 56-8
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Christ was suffering the penalty of sins
separation for us
As He became the sin offering for mankind, He Who
is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity turned
His face from Him
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Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and
canst not look on iniquity wherefore lookest
thou upon them that deal treacherously, and
holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the
man that is more righteous than he?
Habakkuk 113
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Christ was suffering the penalty of sins
separation for us
As He became the sin offering for mankind, He Who
is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity turned
His face from Him
For the only time in eternity, Deity was separated
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It Was a
Penalizing Cry
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A cry from sinless lips for sinful man
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For even hereunto were ye called because Christ
also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that
ye should follow his steps Who did no sin,
neither was guile found in his mouth Who, when
he was reviled, reviled not again when he
suffered, he threatened not but committed
himself to him that judgeth righteously Who his
own self bare our sins in his own body on the
tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live
unto righteousness by whose stripes ye were
healed. I Peter 221-24
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A cry from sinless lips for sinful man
Jesus paid the penalty for our sins
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Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten
of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our
transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities the chastisement of our peace was
upon him and with his stripes we are healed. All
we like sheep have gone astray we have turned
every one to his own way and the LORD hath laid
on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 534-6
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A cry from sinless lips for sinful man
Jesus paid the penalty for our sins
He tasted death (separation) for every man, so
that man need not know it
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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower
than the angels for the suffering of death,
crowned with glory and honour that he by the
grace of God should taste death for every
man. Hebrews 29
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A cry from sinless lips for sinful man
Jesus paid the penalty for our sins
He tasted death (separation) for every man, so
that man need not know it
He gave His life a ransom for all
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For even the Son of man came not to be ministered
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a
ransom for many. Mark 1045
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It Was a
Painful Cry
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Could never fully consider the cross without
considering the pain that accompanied it
Jesus was taunted, ridiculed, shamefully treated
He was beaten by both Jews and Romans
He suffered tremendously even before the
crucifixion itself
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He was nailed to a rough cross and suffered a
painful, humiliating death between two common
thieves
All this in addition to His being forsaken by His
Father
He came into the world knowing this was to be His
end
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For it is not possible that the blood of bulls
and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore
when he cometh into the world, he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a
body hast thou prepared me Hebrews
104, 5
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It Was a
Priceless Cry
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Reveals the priceless debt He paid for us
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For ye are bought with a price therefore glorify
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are
God's. I Corinthians 620
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Reveals the priceless debt He paid for us
Reveals the priceless aspect of the church He
purchased
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Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all
the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath
made you overseers, to feed the church of God,
which he hath purchased with his own
blood. Acts 2028
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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the church, and gave himself for it
Ephesians 525
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Reveals the priceless debt He paid for us
Reveals the priceless aspect of the church He
purchased
Reveals the priceless nature of the human soul
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Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed
with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from
your vain conversation received by tradition from
your fathers But with the precious blood of
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without
spot Who verily was foreordained before the
foundation of the world, but was manifest in
these last times for you, I Peter
118-20
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Reveals the priceless debt He paid for us
Reveals the priceless aspect of the church He
purchased
Reveals the priceless nature of the human soul
Reveals the lengths to which God was willing to
go to redeem mankind
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting
life. John 316
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Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable
gift. II Corinthians 915
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Calvarys cry, My God, My God, why has Thou
forsaken me, was
A Prophetic Cry
A Personal Cry
A Plaintive Cry
A Perplexing Cry
A Penalizing Cry
A Painful Cry
A Priceless Cry
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Sources -Dan Bailey, Why Hast Thou
Forsaken Me? When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
(Clifford Newell, ed.), 2005 -Exploring the
Psalms, John Phillips