Bible Questions Answered:
“If Jesus had been so faithful to the
father, why did he pray “why hast thou forsaken me”?
Sandra/ Sao Paulo, Brazil (South
America)
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Mark 15:34 KJV
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is,
being interpreted, My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?
The Apostle Paul, says concerning The Lord Jesus....
Hebrews 5:7-9
NLT
7 While Jesus
was here on earth, He offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry
and tears, to The One who could rescue Him from death. And God heard
His prayers because of His deep reverence for God.
8 Even
though Jesus was God’s Son, He learned obedience from the things He
suffered.
9 In this way,
God qualified Him as a perfect High Priest, and He became the
source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him.
Philippians
2:5-11 KJV (Apostle Paul)
5 Let this mind
be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made
Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of A Servant,
and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being
found in fashion as A Man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God
also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above
every name:
10 That at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
of
God The Father.
(First)
Why
did Jesus say in dying, “My God, My God, why hast thou
forsaken Me?
Habakkuk 1:13 KJV
Thou art of
purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity..."
Almighty God's purity, and holiness, dictates that He cannot look
upon sin, and at Calvary, Jesus had taken upon Himself the sins of
the world.
II Corinthians
5:21 KJV
For He (God
The Father) hath made Him (Christ
His Son) to be sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.
II Corinthians
5:21 NLT
For God made
Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our
sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
Christ, became guilty for the sins of the world, that He might have
victory over them.
“For He hath
made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in Him.”
The judgment of sin is death and hell, this our Lord suffered,
vicariously taking our place.
But thank God that was not the end of the story!
Psalm 16:10 KJV
For thou wilt
not leave My soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to
see corruption.
Matthew
28:5-7 KJV (Scene at the
tomb.)
5 And the angel
answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye
seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not
here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where
The Lord lay.
7 And go
quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the
dead..."
(Second)
Why
did Jesus say in dying, “My God, My God, why hast thou
forsaken Me?
Jesus was reciting Psalm 22, a prophetic Psalm of His death. Verse
one was audible, but many believe in His heart he recited the whole
Psalm. Psalm 22 is a Psalm of Praise to The Faithful Living God.
Psalm 22:1-31
KJV (Prophetic Psalm, written
many Centuries before Christ.)
1 My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken Me? why art thou so far from
helping Me, and from the words of My roaring?
2 O My God, I
cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season,
and am not silent.
3 But thou art
holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers
trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried
unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not
confounded.
6 But I am a
worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7 All they that
see Me laugh Me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the
head, saying,
8 He trusted on
The Lord that He would deliver Him: let Him deliver Him, seeing He
delighted in Him.
9 But thou art
He that took Me out of the womb: thou didst make Me hope when I was
upon My mother's breasts.
10 I was cast
upon thee from the womb: thou art My God from My mother's belly.
11 Be not far
from Me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
12 Many bulls
have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset Me round.
13 They gaped
upon Me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured
out like water, and all My bones are out of joint: My heart is like
wax; it is melted in the midst of My bowels.
15 My strength
is dried up like a potsherd; and My tongue cleaveth to My jaws; and
thou hast brought Me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs
have compassed Me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed Me: they
pierced My hands and My feet.
17 I may tell
all My bones: they look and stare upon Me.
18 They part My
garments among them, and cast lots upon My vesture.
19 But be not
thou far from Me, O Lord: O My strength, haste thee to help Me.
20 Deliver My
soul from the sword; My darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save Me from
the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard Me from the horns of the
unicorns.
22 I will
declare thy name unto My brethren: in the midst of the congregation
will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear
The Lord, praise Him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify Him; and fear
Him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For He hath
not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither
hath He hid His face from him; but when he cried unto Him, He heard.
25 My praise
shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay My vows before
them that fear Him.
26 The meek
shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise The Lord that seek Him:
your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends
of the world shall remember and turn unto The Lord: and all the
kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the
kingdom is The Lord's: and He is The Governor Among The Nations.
29 All they
that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down
to the dust shall bow before Him: and none can keep alive his own
soul.
30 A seed shall
serve Him; it shall be accounted to The Lord for a generation.
31 They shall
come, and shall declare His righteousness unto a people that shall be
born, that He hath done this.
Jesus Christ God's sinless Son, paid the price in judgment for the
sins of the whole world!
When one receives Christ in his heart, his sins are forgiven,
cleansed vicariously through the sacrifice of The Lord. Our
life is “just-as-if,” (justification) they had never sinned,
because of the “finished,” work of The Lord.
John 3:14-21 KJV
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness (Numbers
21:4-9), even so must
The Son Of Man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but
that the world through Him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth
not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of
The Only Begotten Son Of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were
evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth The Light, neither cometh to
The Light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth Truth cometh to The Light, that his deeds may be
made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Hebrews 13:20,21
NLT
20 Now may The
God Of Peace— who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus,
The Great
Shepherd Of The Sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with His
Blood—
21 may He equip
you with all you need for doing His will. May He produce in you,
through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing
to Him. All glory to Him forever and ever! Amen.
