Sermon Outlines . Volume 02 | Issue 05

Forsaken By His Father

By Michael Catt

The following outlines are from Michael Catt’s sermon series on the Cross and the seven last words of our Savior spoken on the Cross. The message is available at https://sherwoodbaptist.net/bookstore/products/seven-sayings-from-the-cross-series/257/.

Forsaken By His Father

Matthew 27:46

  1. The Spectacle of Suffering.
    Rederick Farrar, The Life of Christ, “A death by crucifixion seems to include all that pain and death can have of the horrible and ghastly – dizziness, cramp, thirst, starvation, sleeplessness, traumatic fever, shame, publicity of shame, long continuous torment, horror of anticipation, mortification of intended wounds – all intensified just up to the point at which they can be endured at all, but all stopping just short of the point which would give to the sufferer the relief of unconsciousness.

    The unnatural position made every movement painful; the lacerated veins and crushed tendons throbbed with incessant anguish; the wounds, inflamed by exposure, gradually gangrene; the arteries – especially at the head and stomach – became swollen and oppressed with surcharged blood, and while each variety of misery went on gradually increasing, there was added to them the intolerable pang of a burning and raging thirst, and all these physical complications caused an internal excitement and anxiety, which made the prospect of death itself – of death, the unknown enemy, at whose approach man usually shudders most – bear the aspect of a delicious and exquisite release. One thing is clear. The 1st century executions were not like the modern ones, for they did not seek a quick, painless death or the preservation of any measure of dignity for the criminal. On the contrary, they sought an agonizing torture which completely humiliated him. And it is important that we understand this, for it helps us realize the agony of Christ’s death.”
  2. The Scream of Suffering.
    Max Lucado, “It is more than Jesus can take. He withstood the beatings and remained strong at the mock trials. He watched in silence as those he loved ran away. He did not retaliate when the insults were hurled. But when God turned His head, that was more than he could handle. ‘My God’ the wail rises from parched lips. The holy heart is broken.”

    Dr. Samuel Zwemer, “If the cross is the central truth of the New Testament, this cry is the heart of this truth and its deepest expression.”

    Max Lucado, “The undiluted wrath of a sin-hating Father falls upon his sin-filled Son. The Son looks for his Father, but his Father can not be seen. ‘My God, my God…why?'”
  3. The Sacrifice For Sin.
    1. The Sinless Son Fulfills Prophecy. Psalm 22:1
    2. The Reality of Sin. Gen. 3:15
    3. The Totality of Sin. Isa. 53:3
    4. The Fatality of Sin. Ezekiel 18:4, Romans 6:23, 1 Peter 2:24.
    5. The Availability of the Savior.

Living Water – I Thirst

JOHN 19:28-29

  1. The Exclamation of the Savior’s Humanity

  2. THE EXAMPLE OF SCRIPTURE FULFILLED – Psalm 69:21 Psalm 69:28 “Knowing that all things had already been accomplished…”
    Fulfilled prophecies.
    Betrayed by a friend – Psalm 41:9
    Forsaken by disciples – Psalm 3 1: 11
    False accusations – Psalm 35: 11
    Silence before His accusers – Isaiah 53:7
    Crucifixion – Psalm 22: 16
    Mocking at the cross – Psalm 109:25
    Taunting to save Himself – Psalm 22:7, 8
    Gambling over his garments – Psalm 22: 18
    Praying for His enemies – Isaiah 53:12
    Forsaken by God – Psalm 22:1
    His thirst – Psalm 69:21
    Yielding His Spirit to the Father – Psalm 3 1:5
    No broken bones – Psalm 34:20
    Buried in a borrowed tomb – Isaiah 53:9

  3. The Exhortation to Find Your Thirst Quenched
    1. We find our thirst for life quenched in Jesus. John 4:14
    2. We are to thirst after righteousness. Matt. 5:6
    3. We are to thirst after God. Psalm 42:1, 2; Psalm 63: 1
    4. We are to minister to thirsty people. Matt. 25:40
    5. We are promised a day when we’ll never thirst. Rev. 22:17