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 Pauli now at Calvary.

There are seven distinct cries of Jesus Christ from the cross, and you'll remember that

seven is the number of divine completion. We've studied six of those. We come today to

the seventh, found in John chapter 19 and verse number 30 when jesus therefore

had received the vinegar he said it is finished and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost now

there's been some discussion and debate about the exact order of all these

last sayings. I don't know that anyone knows exactly, and that even that it is very important

that we know the exact order, just that the Holy Spirit said all of them were spoken. I think,

I think this is the appropriate order of the last sayings.

I believe very likely that the earliest was his word, Father, forgive them, for they know not

what they do, and that the first word from the cross was a word of mercy and forgiveness and a prayer.

Then the second, today thou shalt be with me in paradise. The third,

woman, behold thy son, behold thy mother. The fourth, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

The fifth, I thirst. The sixth, it is finished. And the seventh, Father into thy hands, I commend my spirit.

I wouldn't be adamant about it, but I think, as I reflect on all of them and compare Scripture

with Scripture, that's an appropriate listing, but there is some discussion over the last two.

So did he finally say it is finished, or did he finally

say, Father into thy hands, I commend my spirit. I'm not sure. But we do believe that it is finished

was one of the last two statements of Christ from the cross. And there's a lot of passionate,

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