Father, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do

The cross of Jesus Christ is the strangest spectacle the world has ever seen. Here the only begotten and well-beloved Son of God, cried out in the anguish of His heart, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?’ Here He who possessed
all power in heaven and in earth from all eternity, was being put to death at the hands of His own creatures, crucified Paul said, ‘in weakness.” Here the incarnate God-man, Christ Jesus, by universal consent, the world’s greatest benefactor; was dying on the cross between two malefactors, 2 murderous thieves—the strangest spectacle the world has ever seen. Such a strange spectacle must, of necessity, carry with it a tremendous amount of significance. Before turning to the 7 last words of Jesus, we must ask first, “What is the significance of the cross of Christ?”