Taking Care Of His Mother By Imparting His Life To His Disciple
TAKING CARE OF HIS MOTHER
BY IMPARTING HIS LIFE
TO HIS DISCIPLE
Probably most Christians know that when the Lord was on the cross He spoke seven words. These seven words from the cross are quite fa mous. The first word the Lord spoke was, "Fa ther, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing" (Luke 23:34); the second was, "Today you shall be with Me in Paradise" (Luke 23:43); and the third was, "Woman, behold your son…Behold, your mother" (John 19:26-27). These three words were spoken during the first three hours of the Lord's crucifixion. The Lord was on the cross for six hours—from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. This is recorded very clearly in the four Gospels. During the first three hours, everything that was done to Him was done by man. The people persecuted, mocked, and crucified Him. But during the final three hours, everything that hap pened to Him was done by God. God looked upon Him as the sinner and as the substitute for sin, and judged Him. During the second period of three hours, He spoke four other words. In Matthew 27:46 the Lord Jesus said, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" This was the