FATHER, INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT

LUKE 23:44-46, 24:1-8

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE RELATIONSHIP RESTORED [v. 46] “Father…”

1. Reestablishes the Fellowship Broken by Christ’s becoming Sin [Lk. 23:34, Mt. 27:46, Lk. 23:46]

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

2. Reaffirms the Payment was Satisfactorily Made for Sin [Heb. 10:10-14]

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool . For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

3. Recognizes the Path Christ took was Divinely Ordained [Acts 4:27-28, Rev. 13:8]

For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

- the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

 

 II. THE DEITY OF CHRIST DEMONSTRATED [v. 46] “into thy hands I commend My Spirit”

1. The Demonstration of the Scriptures [Ps. 31:5]

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

2. The Demonstration of the Trinity [Jn. 10:17-18, Romans 10:9, 8:11]

- Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

- That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

-But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

3. The Demonstration of Divine Power [v. 46, Mt. 27:50, Mk. 15:37-39, Jn. 10:17-18, Eccl. 8:8]

-Jesus, when, he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded, up the ghost.

-And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

-Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

-There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death:

 

III. THE DISTINCTION OF DOCTRINES [v. 46]

1. The Way to God Made Clear [v. 45, Heb. 9:24-28]

For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

2. The Direction Christ Travelled Made Clear [v. 46] He was not tortured by Satan for 3 days

3. The Place of Paradise is Made Clear [v. 46, Jn. 14:2, Luke 23:43, 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, Revelation 2:7]

-In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

-And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

- I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

-He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.