The last words of any man are significant, but how much more when those last words are spoken by the God man, the Lord Jesus?

In today's study, we visit the cross and listen to the final words of Christ spoken just before his death.

You will find that they hold tremendous truth and application for all of us who live on this side of the cross.

Open your Bible and let's join Scott Paulie now at Calvary.

Men die as they live.

And that's why last words are so important because they reveal what was important to that

person.

I remember reading the story of a man who had been in the restaurant business all of his

life and had established restaurants all over

the country.

And on his deathbed, he was whispering something and his family leaned over to hear what it was

that Daddy wanted to say, and they heard him say, slice the ham thin.

Well, obviously, the man had been pretty consumed with his work, I would say.

When you come to the last words of the Lord Jesus,

his words are indeed connected to his work.

And so today, I'd like to connect in your thinking two of the last words of Christ.

Now, it'll take us a little while to study both of them,

but connect these two in your thinking.

The first is found in Matthew chapter 27.

Verse number 46 says, in about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice saying,

Eli, Eli, Lama sabathani.

That is to say, my God, my God god why hast thou forsaken me i think that may be one of the saddest and

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