"My God, My God,
Why Have You Forsaken Me?"
"My God, My God,
Why Have You Forsaken Me?"
Message by Pastor Bill Tucker
Message by Pastor Bill Tucker
Darkness covers the land, and Jesus cries out in anguish. This is the raw center of the cross. Jesus experiences abandonment and gives voice to suffering that feels overwhelming and unanswered. This sermon speaks to those who have felt forgotten, unheard, or alone. Jesus does not avoid our pain. He enters it. God is not offended by honest prayer or hard questions. In Jesus, God meets us in the darkness and carries our suffering Himself.
Darkness covers the land, and Jesus cries out in anguish. This is the raw center of the cross. Jesus experiences abandonment and gives voice to suffering that feels overwhelming and unanswered. This sermon speaks to those who have felt forgotten, unheard, or alone. Jesus does not avoid our pain. He enters it. God is not offended by honest prayer or hard questions. In Jesus, God meets us in the darkness and carries our suffering Himself.
Scripture: Matthew 27:45–46
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”—which means, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Scripture: Matthew 27:45–46
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”—which means, “My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?”
