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Christโs physical thirst reveals his full humanity and why that matters for our salvation.
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๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด, ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ (๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ), โ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต.โ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ข๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ต:๐ฎ๐ดโ๐ฎ๐ต
Additional Reading: ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ด:๐ฏโ๐ฐ; ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ฒโ๐ญ๐ญ; ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ:๐ฑโ๐ฒ; ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฎ:๐ญ๐ฐ
Every year for generations, the Israelites sacrificed animals to atone for their sins. This was Godโs provision if they believed in the innocent substitute to come. But most of the Israelites put their trust in their work of giving the sacrifice. That was a mere bandage for a broken bone. What Israel (and mankind) needed to heal their brokenness was the perfect exchange of a sinless human. The only perfect, sinless human to ever live was Jesus.
John describes him as the โWord made flesh.โ Our holy God descended into humanity while retaining His divinity. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus experienced the human condition without the burden of sin. Forty days of fasting made Him hungry (Matthew 4:2). A long day of ministry left Him tired and asleep on a boat (Matthew 8:24). He wept at the grave of His friend Lazarus (John 11:35). And here on the cross, He is in agony, beaten and thirsty.
Jesus is fully God and fully man, never one more than the other, making Him our perfect sacrifice forever. As He hung on the cross, faultless for our forgiveness, โI thirstโ revealed Him as our perfect high priest who identified with us. His sacrifice was more than just a bandageโit was redemption.
Because of Christโs humanity, He meets all the requirements of the sacrifice needed to redeem us fully. Be encouraged, for He completely heals all our brokenness, not just once but for a lifetime.ย
๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด
๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ?
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ด
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด
"๐๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ" (written by David Funk, Aaron Moses, Matt Redman, and Nate Moore)
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What is the significance of Jesus saying โI thirstโ on the cross? Why is it essential for our salvation that Jesus experienced the full range of human needs and sufferings?
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Ask Jesus to give you a heart of compassion for other people. Search for an opportunity to serve someone in your community who is in need or suffering.ย
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Heavenly Father,
When we hear the words โI thirstโ spoken from the cross, we remember that our Savior experienced the depths of human suffering and need. Thank You for sending Jesus to experience humanity fully.ย
We are grateful for Jesusโ perfect sacrifice, bearing our sins and offering healing for our brokenness. His humanity allows Him to understand our struggles and intercede for us. Help us to live in gratitude and extend Your compassion to others, reflecting Jesusโ love.
In Jesusโ name, Amen.