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I suppose that the "I thirst" was uttered softly, so that perhaps only one and another who stood near the cross heard it at all; in contrast with the louder cry of "Lama sabachthani" and the triumphant shout of "It is finished": but that soft, expiring sigh, "I thirst," has ended for us the thirst which else, insatiably fierce, had preyed upon us throughout eternity. is the fourth cry, and it illustrates the penalty endured by our Substitute when he bore our sins, and so was forsaken of his God. Our first parents plucked forbidden fruit, and by eating slew the race. Mark then, Christian, Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your suffering. I am not the One anointed of God to save mankind. John 1:21. They force him without the walls, and are not satisfied till they have rid themselves of his obnoxious presence. In your chamber let the gasp of your Lord as he said, "I thirst," go through your ears, and as you hear it let it touch your heart and cause you to gird up yourself and say, "Doth he say, 'I thirst'? Let all your love be his. The more manifestly there shall be a great gulf between the Church and the world, the better shall it be for both; the better for the world, for it shall be thereby warned; the better for the Church, for it shall be thereby preserved. It was a thirst such as none of us have ever known, for not yet has the death dew condensed upon our brows. Then came, "Women, behold thy son!" He would have sacrificed himself to save his countrymen, so heartily did he desire their eternal welfare. They place the cross upon Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country. But power is wanted to dash down those idols, to overcome the hosts of error; where is it to be found? "Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, and touch not the unclean thing." There have been times, and the days may come again, when faithfulness to Christ has entailed exclusion from what is called "society." A new edition of Spurgeon's classic devotional using the ESV. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Romanists of all ages have wrought upon the feelings of the people in this manner, and to a degree the attempt is commendable, but if it shall all end in tears of pity, no good is done. Even now to a large extent the true Christian is like a Pariah, lower than the lowest caste, in the judgment of some. Think of the millions in this dark world! Largest collection of Spurgeon resources online, including a complete 63 volume set of sermons, audio sermons, books, and quotes. He is greatly to be commended and admired, for his sin is said to be seeking after God, and his superstition is a struggling after light. Yet, dear friends, to some eyes there will be more attraction in the procession of sorrow, of shame, and of blood, than in you display of grandeur and joy. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. points to the anguish of his soul; "I thirst" expresses in part the torture of his body; and they were both needful, because it is written of the God of justice that he is "able to destroy both soul and body in hell," and the pangs that are due to law are of both kinds, touching both heart and flesh. Alas poor African, thou hast been compelled to carry the cross even until now. Glorious stoop of our exalted Head! who would stand in your place, ye richest, ye merriest, ye most self-righteous sinners who would stand in your place when God shall say, "Awake O sword against the rebel, against the man that rejected me; smite him, and let him feel the smart for ever!" Here we behold his human soul in anguish, his inmost heart overwhelmed by the withdrawing of Jehovah's face, and made to cry out as if in perplexity and amazement. Universal manhood, left to itself, rejects, crucifies, and mocks the Christ of God. Oh! John 19 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. I cannot think that natural thirst was all he felt. "And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes," vinegar, and not wine; sourness, and not sweetness. You have, then, no true sympathy for Christ if you have not an earnest sympathy with those who would win souls for Christ. I show unto you a more excellent way. We see how the Holy Spirit wants us to pray. Ah, that I cannot tell, except his own great love. Volume 19, Sermons 1089-1149 (1873) Hide. A carnal appetite of the body, the satisfaction of the desire for food, first brought us down under the first Adam, and now the pang of thirst, the denial of what the body craved for, restores us to our place. Scripture provides a wealth . For him they have no tolerance. Weep not for him, but for these. We do not read that they removed the crown of thorns, and therefore it is most probable, though not absolutely certain, that our Savior wore it along the Via Dolorosa, and also bore it upon his head when he was fastened to the cross. I like to think of our Lord's saying, "It is finished," directly after he had exclaimed, "I thirst"; for these two voices come so naturally together. Our Lord felt that grievous drought of dissolution by which all moisture seems dried up, and the flesh returns to the dust of death: this those know who have commenced to tread the valley of the shadow of death. I do not think we should seek after needless persecution. If he was so poor that his garments were stripped from him, and he was hung up upon the tree, penniless and friendless, hungering and thirsting, will you henceforth groan and murmur because you bear the yoke of poverty and want? Jesus said, "I thirst," and this is the complaint of a man. She craved full flagons of love though she was already overpowered by it. "I thirst, but not as once I did, The vain delights of earth to share; Thy wounds, Emmanuel, all forbid That I should seek my pleasures there. After preaching his first sermon at the age of 16, he became pastor of the church in Waterbeach at the age of 17. Did we not do so years ago before we knew him? No man dare call him friend now, or whisper a word of comfort to him. Jesus took the wrath; Jesus carried the sin; and now all that you endure is but for his sake, that you may be conformed unto his image, and may aid in gathering his people into his family. Have we not often given him vinegar to drink? What learn we here as we see Christ led forth? There were two other cross-bearers in the throng; they were malefactors; their crosses were just as heavy as the Lord's, and yet, at least, one of them had no sympathy with him, and his bearing the cross only led to his death, and not to his salvation. We do not know what may have been the color of alimony face, but it was most likely black. Fix your hearts upon some unsaved one, and thirst until he is saved. Some of these were persons of considerable rank; many of them had ministered to him of their substance; amidst the din and howling of the crowd, and the noise of the soldiery, they raised an exceeding loud and bitter cry, like Rachel weeping for her children, who would not be comforted, because they were not. "After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst." These are awful words, but they are not mine; they are the very words of God in Scripture. In the fourth place, one or two words upon CHRIST'S FELLOW-SUFFERERS. My Lord is not altogether without his espoused one. What a cataract of immortal souls dashes downwards to the pit every hour! In the former cry, as he opened Paradise, you saw the Son of God; now you see him who was verily and truly born of a women, made under the law; and under the law you see him still, for he honours his mother and cares for her in the last article of death. He poureth out the streams that run among the hills, the torrents which rush adown the mountains, and the flowing rivers which enrich the plains. The last expiring word in which he commended his spirit to his Father, is the note of acceptance for himself and for us all. Neither in torture of body nor in sadness of heart are we deserted by our Lord; his line is parallel with ours. Remember, dear friends, that what Christ suffered for us, these unregenerate ones must suffer for themselves, except they put their trust in Christ. Beeke, Joel R. & Thompson, Nick. We shall perhaps know it in our measure in our dying hour, but not yet, nor ever so terribly as he did. Let us now gaze for awhile upon CHRIST CARRYING HIS CROSS. Either Christ must die for me, or else I must die for myself the second death; if he did not carry the curse for me, then on me must it rest for ever and ever. See, it has been blackened with bruises, and stained with the shameful spittle of them that derided him. The woes which broke the Savior's heart must crush theirs. It is not likely that we shall be able to worship with their worship. Are you so frozen at heart that not a cup of cold water can be melted for Jesus? With "I thirst" the evil is destroyed and receives its expiation. ( John 19:1-4) Pilate hopes to satisfy the mob by having Jesus whipped and mocked. Betrayal and arrest in the garden. This very plainly sets forth the true and proper humanity of Christ, who to the end recognised his human relationship to Mary, of whom he was born. They are these Weep not because the Savior bled, but because your sins made him bleed. "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani," what an awful shriek! Always was he in harmony with himself, and his own body was always expressive of his soul's cravings as well as of its own longings. But further, my brethren; this, I think, is the great lesson from Christ's being slaughtered without the gate of the city let us go forth, therefore, without the camp, bearing his reproach. There are many other ways in which these words might be read, and they would be found to be all full of instruction. It began with the mouth of appetite, when it was sinfully gratified, and it ends when a kindred appetite is graciously denied. Of the many benefits we have in learning from Paul, a few stand out:1. There are some who in company hold their tongues, and never say a good word for Christ. And now, brethren, our blessed Lord has at this time a thirst for communion with each one of you who are his people, not because you can do him good, but because he can do you good. He ran and filled a sponge with vinegar: it was the best way he knew of putting a few drops of moisture to the lips of one who was suffering so much; but though he felt a degree of pity, it was such as one might show to a dog; he felt no reverence, but mocked as he relieved. sinner, if God hides his face from Christ, how much less will he spare you! Our Lord Jesus came forth, willing to be exposed to their scorn. His most fruitful years of ministry were at the New Park Street and later the Metropolitan Tabernacle pulpit in London. So numerous has the family of man now become, that there is a death every second; and when we know how very smell a proportion of the human race have even nominally received the cross and there is none other name given under heaven among men whereby we must be saved oh! Did he not tell his disciples, "I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished?" What was he looking for from his vineyard and its winepress? Now recollect, if Jesus had not thirsted, every one of us would have thirsted for ever afar off from God, with an impassable gulf between us and heaven. But ye ask me where is the spouse, the king's daughter fair and beautiful? Well, then, what means this cry, "I thirst," but this, that we should thirst too? John preached a sacrificial Saviour, a sin-bearing Saviour, a sin-atoning Saviour. The most careless eye discerns it. what a black thought crosses our mind! Secondly, we shall regard these words, "I thirst," as THE TOKEN OF HIS SUFFERING SUBSTITUTION. wherein we see the Son of man in the gentleness of a son caring for his bereaved mother. NOTICE the connection, or you will miss the meaning of the words; for at first sight it looks as if our Saviour taught us that it John:6:29 The Marvellous Magnet You may die so, you may die now. Let us muse upon the fact that Jesus was conducted without the gates of the city. As for myself, I would grow more and more insatiable after my divine Lord, and when I have much of him I would still cry for more; and then for more, and still for more. Spurgeon left this earth for his heavenly hope in 1892. "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" is the first. If not, bestir yourselves at once. Oh! Christ was spit upon with shame; sinner, what shame will be yours! Pilate, as we reminded you, scourged our Savior according to the common custom of Roman courts. The cup of which thou art made to drink, though it be very bitter, bears the mark of his lips about its brim. Now, I am not sure that we ought to blame ourselves for this. (6) John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the sour wine, He said, " It is finished! Our glorious Samson had been fighting our foes; heaps upon heaps he had slain his thousands, and now like Samson he was sore athirst. What doth he say? We will now take the text in a third way, and may the Spirit of God instruct us once again. Jesus is formally condemned to crucifixion, but before he is led away he is given over to the Praetorian guards that those rough legionaries may insult him. One would have said, If he were thirsty he would not tell us, for all the clouds and rains would be glad to refresh his brow, and the brooks and streams would joyously flow at his feet. When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid: It shows he was afraid all along the coward the vacillating coward and now a fresh superstition seizes upon him. The sorrow of these good women was a very proper sorrow; Jesus did not by any means forbid it, he only recommended another sorrow as being better; not finding fault with this, but still commending that. And what makes him love us so? This is man's treatment of his Saviour. According to modern thought man is a very fine and noble creature, struggling to become better. As Spurgeon puts it "Faith is described as 'receiving' Jesus. The sinful find our conversation distasteful; in our pursuits the carnal have no interest; things dear to us are dross to worldlings, while things precious to them are contemptible to us. Hail, everlasting King in heaven, thou dost admit to thy paradise whomsoever thou wilt! "I thirst," is his human body tormented by grievous pain. Oh, shame that men should find so much applause for Princes and none for the King of kings. We all know that a different dress will often raise a doubt about the identity of an individual; but lo! (7) Luke 23:46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO THY HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT. Beloved, let us comfort ourselves with this thought, that in our case, as in Simon's, it is not our cross, but Christ's cross which we carry. Angels cannot suffer thirst. Certain philosophers have said that they love the pursuit of truth even better than the knowledge of truth. "And they took Jesus, and led him away." Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. Then they said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck Him with their hands. Christ was always thirsty to save men, and to be loved of men; and we see a type of his life-long desire when, being weary, he sat thus on the well and said to the woman of Samaria, "Give me to drink." I do not know how far it was from Pilate's house to the Mount of Doom. Simon was an African; he came from Cyrene. "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" here we see the Mediator interceding: Jesus standing before the Father pleading for the guilty. Perhaps, dear sister, you carry about with you a gnawing disease which eats at your heart, but Jesus took our sicknesses, and his cup was more bitter than yours. You must consider Jesus, and not yourself; turn your eye to Christ, the great substitute for sinners, but never dream of trusting in yourselves. John 19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. It is the opinion of some commentators that Simon only carried one end of the cross, and not the whole of it. He knew once how to turn water into wine, and in matchless love he has often turned our sour drink-offerings into something sweet to himself, though in themselves, methinks, they have been the juice of sour grapes, sharp enough to set his teeth on edge. Rutherford used words somewhat to this effect, "I thirst for my Lord and this is joy; a joy which no man taketh from me. May we not despise our loaded table while he is neglected? He had no sooner said "I thirst," and sipped the vinegar, than he shouted, "It is finished"; and all was over: the battle was fought and the victory won for ever, and our great Deliverer's thirst was the sign of his having smitten the last foe. Oh! V. Lastly, the cry of "I thirst" is to us THE PATTERN OF OUR DEATH WITH HIM. There are more unlikely things than that you will be dead before next Sunday. The sufferings of Christ should make us weep over those who have brought that blood upon their heads. John 19:28 . I wonder he has ever received them, as one marvels why he received this vinegar; and yet he has received them, and smiled upon us for presenting them. Rutherford says, "Whenever Christ gives us a cross, he cries, 'Halves, my love.'" Among other things methinks he meant this "If I, the innocent substitute for sinners, suffer thus, what will be done when the sinner himself the dry tree whose sins are his own, and not merely imputed to him, shall fall into the hands of an angry God." Mark you, the ransom of men was all paid by Christ; that was redemption by price. Appetite was the door of sin, and therefore in that point our Lord was put to pain. II. Let me add, that when we look at the sufferings of Christ, we ought to sorrow deeply for the souls of all unregenerate men and women. There is the complete justification of the believer, since the work by which he is accepted is fully accomplished. Hast thou laid thy hand upon his head, confessed thy sin, and trusted in him? While thus we admire his condescension let our thoughts also turn with delight to his sure sympathy: for if Jesus said, "I thirst," then he knows all our frailties and woes. When they had mocked him they pulled off the purple garment he had worn, this rough operation would cause much pain. ", When a brother makes confession of his transgressions, when on his knees before God he humbles himself with many tears, I am sure the Lord thinks far more of the tears of repentance than he would do of the mere drops of human sympathy. If he carried all the cross, yet he only carried the wood of it; he did not bear the sin which made it such a load. I cannot roll up into one word all the mass of sorrows which met upon the head of Christ who died for us, therefore it is impossible for me to tell you what streams, what oceans of grief must roll over your spirit if you die as you now are. He must love his chosen whom he has once begun to love, for he is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. While other religions create what appear to be worship-filled gatherings, they are empty and void of fact. Therefore while he thirsts give him to drink this day. It is done. "He that taketh not up his cross and followeth not after me," says Christ, "is not worthy of me." You and I have nothing else to preach. Do not forget, also, that you bear this cross in partnership. This was the homage which the Son of God received from men; harmless and gentle, he came here with no purpose but that of doing good, and this is how mankind treated him. Dear friends, we must remember that, although no one died on the cross with Christ, for atonement must be executed by a solitary Savior, yet another person did carry the cross for Christ; for this world, while redeemed by price by Christ, and by Christ alone, is to be redeemed by divine power manifested in the sufferings and labors of the saints as well as those of Christ. Let each of us say "Tis all my business here below To cry, Behold the Lamb!" John 1:30-31. As these seven sayings were so faithfully recorded, we do not wonder that they have frequently been the subject of devout meditation. and they smote him with their hands. How they led him forth we do not know. Yes, he loves to be with his people; they are the garden where he walks for refreshment, and their love, their graces, are the milk and wine which he delights to drink. We should love the cross, and count it very dear, because it works out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. II. There were, as you know, seven of those last words, and seven is the number of perfection and fulness; the number which blends the three of the infinite God with the four of complete creation. We ought not to forget the Jews. I think, beloved friends, that the cry of "I thirst" was THE MYSTICAL EXPRESSION OF THE DESIRE OF HIS HEART "I thirst." John 19:4-5. "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" You have been ill, and you have been parched with fever as he was, and then you too have gasped out "I thirst." Christ does exempt you from sin, but not from sorrow; he does take the curse of the cross, but he does not take the cross of the curse away from you. Yet his language teaches us not to worship her, for he calls her "woman," but to honor him in whom his direst agony thought of her needs and griefs, as he also thinks of all his people, for these are his mother and sister and brother. I will give you one of his thirsty prayers "Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory." "I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk; eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved." I cannot give you more than a mere taste of this rich subject, but I have been most struck with two ways of regarding our Lord's last words. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. I have sometimes met with persons who have suffered much; they have lost money, they have worked hard all their lives, or they have laid for years upon a bed of sickness, and they therefore suppose that because they have suffered so much in this life, they shall thus escape the punishment of sin hereafter. John 19:16 . I pray you, lend your ears to such faint words as I can utter on a subject all too high for me, the march of the world's Maker along the way of his great sorrow; your Redeemer traversing the rugged path of suffering, along which he went with heaving heart and heavy footsteps, that he might pave a royal road of mercy for his enemies. They prefer a ceremonial pompous and gaudy; the swell of music, the glitter of costly garments, the parade of learning all these must minister grandeur to the world's religion, and thus shut out the simple followers of the Lamb. Think of that! They would be very proper, very proper; God forbid that we should stay them, except with the gentle words of Christ, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me." He said, "I thirst," in order that one might bring him drink, even as you have wished to have a cooling draught handed to you when you could not help yourself. Simon had to carry the cross but for a very little time, yet his name is in this Book for ever, and we may envy him his honor. Then comes the "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" . The reed was no mere rush from the brook, it was of a stouter kind, of which easterns often make walkingstaves, the blows were cruel as well as insulting; and the crown was not of straw but thorn, hence it produced pain as well as pictured scorn. 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