So I Come to You My Lord Again
Question
Why did Jesus say, "Into your hands I commit my spirit," on the cross?
Respond
At the very end of Jesus' life, as He was hanging on the cross, the dominicus was darkened and the veil of the temple was torn downwardly the middle. And then "Jesus called out with a loud vocalization, 'Begetter, into your easily I commit my spirit.' When he had said this, he breathed his concluding" (Luke 23:46).
Of note is the fact that, when Jesus said, "Into your hands I commit my spirit," He was quoting Scripture, Psalm 31:5, to be exact. Before, Jesus had also quoted from Psalm 22:1 from the cross (Matthew 27:46). In everything Jesus did and said, He fulfilled the will of God and the discussion of God. Even in the throes of decease, our Lord was sensible of His mission and pointed those around Him to the fulfillment of prophecy. Psalm 31 is a prayer of David in distress, full of trust in God, and in Luke 23 the Son of David echoes the same prayer:
"In y'all, Lord, I have taken refuge;
allow me never exist put to shame;
deliver me in your righteousness.
Plow your ear to me,
come quickly to my rescue;
be my rock of refuge,
a strong fortress to save me.
Since you lot are my rock and my fortress,
for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,
for yous are my refuge.
Into your easily I commit my spirit;
deliver me, Lord, my faithful God"
(Psalm 31:1–5).
But Jesus' words from the cantankerous were non wholly didactic; they besides expressed the true feeling of His heart. As centuries earlier David in his extremity had cried out to God, and so does Jesus feel an astute and pressing need for assistance, and He turns to the "faithful God," the only truthful source of aid. In the midst of all His trouble, Jesus' spirit reaches upward for relief, with a strong conviction in the One who alone is a worthy refuge.
Jesus prays, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit," considering it is merely in the Father's hands that our spirits are rubber. In speaking of the security of believers, Jesus had taught, "My Male parent, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father'due south hand" (John x:29). Nosotros are in the habit of securing our most valuable earthly treasures in a safety or a bank vault, where nosotros know no damage will come up to them. From the cantankerous, Jesus shows us that our most valuable of treasures—our spirits—should exist committed for safekeeping into the Father's hands.
The moment we are saved, we commit our spirits into the Father'southward hands; nosotros trust Him for our salvation. From then on, life is lived in a solar day-to-mean solar day commitment of our spirits into the Father's hands. We commit our spirits to Him in our service to Him, in our daily decisions, and in all our joys and sorrows. And, when the fourth dimension of our death comes, we follow Jesus' instance and say yet again, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit."
As Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was being stoned to decease, he prayed a modified form of Jesus' prayer from the cross (Acts 7:59). Through the years, many other Christians have plant comfort in Psalm 31 and at the fourth dimension of their decease repeated Jesus' words from the cross. Amidst those who said, "Into your easily I commit my spirit," equally they were leaving this earth were Polycarp, Jan Hus, Martin Luther, and Philip Melanchthon.
Questions about Luke
Why did Jesus say, "Into your hands I commit my spirit," on the cantankerous?
Subscribe to the
Question of the Calendar week
Go our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox!
© Copyright 2002-2022 Got Questions Ministries. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy
This page last updated: Jan 4, 2022
Source: https://www.gotquestions.org/into-your-hands-I-commit-my-spirit.html
0 Response to "So I Come to You My Lord Again"
Post a Comment