What Jesus Said ... On the Cross

What Jesus said on the cross helps us understand the Gospel. As soldiers hammered nails into His hands and feet, He said, “Father, forgive them.” The cross stands as a symbol of forgiveness. It stands as proof of God’s amazing grace. As Jesus hung on the cross, He cried out, “My God, why have you forsaken Me?” His Father turned away. But why? Because Jesus became sin. He did not merely carry our sin and nail it to the cross, He absorbed our sin and nailed Himself to the cross. And with His last breath, He cried out, “It is finished.” Jesus accomplished everything that needed to be done so that we might be saved. But the cross is not the end of the story. Three days later, amazingly and miraculously, Jesus rose from the dead proving to be the Son of God and proving that everything He said is true. So why retell the story? Why review the words of Jesus on the cross? To remember and to worship!