john 19 commentary spurgeon

Every word, therefore, you see teaches us some grand fundamental doctrine of our blessed faith. Rutherford used words somewhat to this effect, "I thirst for my Lord and this is joy; a joy which no man taketh from me. Beloved, there is now upon our Master, and there always has been, a thirst after the love of his people. Believing this, let us tenderly feel how very near akin to us our Lord Jesus has become. You see there the multitude are leading him forth from the temple. The power to suffer for another, the capacity to be self-denying even to an extreme to accomplish some great work for God this is a thing to be sought after, and must be gained before our work is done, and in this Jesus is before us our example and our strength. Coming fresh from the country, not knowing what was going on, he joined with the mob, and they made him carry the cross. This was the act too of man at his best, when he is moved to pity; for it seems clear that he who lifted up the wet sponge to the Redeemer's lips, did it in compassion. Bearing upon his back the sin of all his people, the offering goes without the camp. May the Holy Spirit often lead us to glean therein. See, it has been blackened with bruises, and stained with the shameful spittle of them that derided him. We know from experience that the present effect of sin in every man who indulges in it is thirst of soul. John 19:3. Certainly it is so with you; you do but carry the light end of the cross; Christ bore the heavier end. Others think that Simon carried the whole of the cross. It came from the parched lips of the Divine Victim towards the close of his agony, and after the darkness which endured from the sixth to the ninth hour. It is that he may eat and drink with you, for he promises that if we open to him he will enter in and sup with us and we with him. "The sea is his, and he made it," and all fountains and springs are of his digging. Some of those whom we loved very dearly we have seen quite unable to help themselves; the death sweat has been upon them, and this has been one of the marks of their approaching dissolution, that they have been parched with thirst, and could only mutter between their half-closed lips, "Give me to drink." "I thirst" is the fifth cry, and its utterance teaches us the truth of Scripture, for all things were accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, and therefore our Lord said, "I thirst." These solemn sentences have shone like the seven golden candlesticks or the seven stars of the Apocalypse, and have lighted multitudes of men to him who spake them. I have sometimes met with persons who have suffered much; they have lost money, they have worked hard all their lives, or they have laid for years upon a bed of sickness, and they therefore suppose that because they have suffered so much in this life, they shall thus escape the punishment of sin hereafter. They force him without the walls, and are not satisfied till they have rid themselves of his obnoxious presence. ye unregenerate men and women, and there are not a few such here now, remember that when God saw Christ in the sinner's place he did not spare him, and when he finds you without Christ, he will not spare you. "Women, behold thy son!" Even now to a large extent the true Christian is like a Pariah, lower than the lowest caste, in the judgment of some. Largest collection of Spurgeon resources online, including a complete 63 volume set of sermons, audio sermons, books, and quotes. Lectures to My Students - Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1889 Lessons from the Apostle Paul's Prayers - Charles Spurgeon 2018-02-19 Why study and pray the prayers of the Apostle Paul? Can you help feeling how very near Jesus is to us when his lips must be moistened with a sponge, and he must be so dependent upon others as to ask drink from their hand? I. He also knew well the terrible joy that comes only through suffering as he lived quite afflicted (both by illness and slander). Holy Scripture remains the basis of our faith, established by every word and act of our Redeemer. Whether a disciple then or not, we have every reason to believe that he became so afterwards; he was the father, we read, of Alexander and Rufus, two persons who appear to have been well known in the early Church; let us hope that salvation came to his house when he was compelled to bear the Savior's cross. Thirst is a common-place misery, such as may happen to peasants or beggars; it is a real pain, and not a thing of a fancy or a nightmare of dreamland. For his sake we may rejoice in self-denials, and accept Christ and a crust as all we desire between here and heaven. It is not fit that he should live." You and I have nothing else to preach. He cried, ere he bowed the head which he had held erect amid all his conflict, as one who never yielded, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." sinner, if God hides his face from Christ, how much less will he spare you! He is thirsty still, you see, for our poor love, and surely we cannot deny it to him. As not a bone of him shall be broken, so not a word shall be lost. The cup of which thou art made to drink, though it be very bitter, bears the mark of his lips about its brim. The most Scriptural way to describe the sufferings of Christ is not by laboring to excite sympathy through highly-coloured descriptions of his blood and wounds. But my Prince is hated without a cause. and the answer shall come back, "Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh." The Holy Spirit took special care that each of the sacred utterances should be fittingly recorded. It was the common place of death. For a biblical, reformed, and historic collection of commentaries, the Geneva Series is unsurpassed. In the same song he speaks of his church, and says, "The roof of thy mouth is as the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak." Jesus thirsted, then let us thirst in this dry and thirsty land where no water is. The spear broke up the very fountains of life; no human body could survive such a wound. A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. Oh! Christ must die a felon's death, and it must be upon the felon's gallows, in the place where horrid crimes had met their due reward. (7) Luke 23:46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO THY HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT. And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? Our Lord is the Maker of the ocean and the waters that are above the firmament: it is his hand that stays or opens the bottles of heaven, and sendeth rain upon the evil and upon the good. We care, however, far more for the fact that he went forth carrying his cross upon his shoulders. The nails were fastened in the most sensitive parts of the body, and the wounds were widened as the weight of his body dragged the nails through his blessed flesh, and tore his tender nerves. We are in the world, but we must never be of it; we are not to be secluded like monks in the cloister, but we are to be separated like Jews among Gentiles; men, but not of men; helping, aiding, befriending, teaching, comforting, instructing, but not sinning either to escape a frown or to win a smile. We are to reckon upon all this, and should the worst befal us, it is to be no strange thing to us. Beware of rendering him homage and dishonouring his name at the same time. We see in Simon's carrying the cross a picture of what the Church is to do throughout all generations. The next time we are in pain or are suffering depression of spirit we will remember that our Lord understands it all, for he has had practical, personal experience of it. It seems to me very wonderful that this "I thirst" should be, as it were, the clearance of it all. Our glorious Samson had been fighting our foes; heaps upon heaps he had slain his thousands, and now like Samson he was sore athirst. No, no; we must not make a cross of our own. The ceremonial of the Jewish religion denies him any participation in its pomps; the priests condemn him never again to tread the hallowed floors, never again to look upon the consecrated altars in the place of his people's worship. In the former cry, as he opened Paradise, you saw the Son of God; now you see him who was verily and truly born of a women, made under the law; and under the law you see him still, for he honours his mother and cares for her in the last article of death. I have shown you, believer, your position; let me now show you your service. Usually the crier went before with an announcement such as this, "This is Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, who for making himself a King, and stirring up the people, has been condemned to die." It is done. That man is a fool and deserves no pity, who purposely excites the disgust of other people. There are some who in company hold their tongues, and never say a good word for Christ. It is not likely that we shall be able to worship with their worship. The great agony of being forsaken by God was over, and he felt faint when the strain was withdrawn. Spurgeon's Bible Commentary John 19 John 19:1-16 John 19:1. He said, "I thirst," in order that one might bring him drink, even as you have wished to have a cooling draught handed to you when you could not help yourself. The whole universe shall hiss you; angels shall be ashamed of you; your own friends, yes, your sainted mother, shall say "Amen" to your condemnation; and those who loved you best shall sit as assessors with Christ to judge you and condemn you! The conquest of the appetites, the entire subjugation of the flesh, must be achieved, for before our great Exemplar said, "It is finished," wherein methinks he reached the greatest height of all, he stood as only upon the next lower step to that elevation, and said, "I thirst." Yet, dear friends, to some eyes there will be more attraction in the procession of sorrow, of shame, and of blood, than in you display of grandeur and joy. They take matters very gently; they think it unnecessary to be soldiers of the cross. "I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk; eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved." John 19:4-5. You may die so, you may die now. It was one of Death's castles; here he stored his gloomiest trophies; he was the grim lord of that stronghold. Perhaps they are your children, the objects of your fondest love, with no interest in Christ, without God and without hope in the world! We see how the Holy Spirit wants us to pray. So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. My heart shall not be content till he is all in all to me, and I am altogether lost in him. Romanists pretend to know; in fact they know the very spot where Veronica wiped the blessed face with her handkerchief, and found his likeness impressed upon it; we also know very well where that was not done; in fact they know the very spot where Jesus fainted, and if you go to Jerusalem you can see all these different places if you only carry enough credulity with you; but the fact is the city has been so razed, and burned, and ploughed, that there is little chance of distinguishing any of these positions, with the exception, it may be, of Mount Calvary, which being outside the walls may possibly still remain. Great and worshipful being that he is, truth is to be altered for him, the gospel is to be modulated to suit the tone of his various generations, and all the arrangements of the universe are to be rendered subservient to his interests. Jesus took the wrath; Jesus carried the sin; and now all that you endure is but for his sake, that you may be conformed unto his image, and may aid in gathering his people into his family. I have heard sermons, and studied works by Romish writers upon the passion and agony, which have moved me to copious tears, but I am not clear that all the emotion was profitable. We all know that a different dress will often raise a doubt about the identity of an individual; but lo! If we be true to our Master we shall soon lose the friendship of the world. III. Christ was always thirsty to save men, and to be loved of men; and we see a type of his life-long desire when, being weary, he sat thus on the well and said to the woman of Samaria, "Give me to drink." The mind of man is like the daughters of the horseleech, which cry for ever, "Give, give." ", When a brother makes confession of his transgressions, when on his knees before God he humbles himself with many tears, I am sure the Lord thinks far more of the tears of repentance than he would do of the mere drops of human sympathy. How they led him forth we do not know. "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" here we see the Mediator interceding: Jesus standing before the Father pleading for the guilty. Jesus said, "I thirst," and this is the complaint of a man. Shall carnal appetites be indulged and bodies pampered when Jesus cried :I thirst"? But power is wanted to dash down those idols, to overcome the hosts of error; where is it to be found? This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did. The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel, they cannot spare him the agonies of dying on the cross, they will therefore remit the labor of carrying it. I will give you one of his thirsty prayers "Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory." Certain philosophers have said that they love the pursuit of truth even better than the knowledge of truth. What joy, what satisfaotion this will give if we can sing, "My soul looks back to see The burden thou didst bear, When hastening to the accursed tree, And knows her guilt was there!". April 14th, 1878 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892). O souls, burdened with sin, rest ye here, and resting live. Betrayal and arrest in the garden. Let there be nothing but your religion to object to, and then if that offends them let them be offended, it is a cross which you must carry joyfully. And well they may; the son of such noble parents deserves a nation's love. Let us muse upon the fact that Jesus was conducted without the gates of the city. Borrowed from his lips it well suiteth my mouth. Grant me only thus much of likeness: we have here a Prince with his bride, bearing his banner, and wearing his royal robes, traversing the streets of his own city, surrounded by a throng who shout aloud, and a multitude who gaze with interest profound. Either Christ must die for me, or else I must die for myself the second death; if he did not carry the curse for me, then on me must it rest for ever and ever. The sharpness of that sentence no exposition can fully disclose to us: it is keen as the very edge and point of the sword which pierced his heart. Have you repented of sin? Neither in torture of body nor in sadness of heart are we deserted by our Lord; his line is parallel with ours. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. C.H. Was not the Redeemer led thither to aggravate his shame? One word: transformation. It was a thirst such as none of us have ever known, for not yet has the death dew condensed upon our brows. He thirsted to pluck us from between the jaws of hell, to pay our redemption price, and set us free from the eternal condemnation which hung over us; and when on the cross the work was almost done his thirst was not assuaged, and could not be till he could say, "It is finished." He saw its streets flowing like bloody rivers; he saw the temple naming up to heaven; he marked the walls loaded with Jewish captives crucified by command of Titus; he saw the city razed to the ground and sown with salt, and he said, "Weep not for me, but for yourselves and for your children, for the day shall come when ye shall say to the rocks, Hide us, and to the mountains, Fall upon us." If not, bestir yourselves at once. Do you not remember how that thirst of his was strong in the old days of the prophet? The arrow which has lately pierced thee, my brother, was first stained with his blood. They would be very proper, very proper; God forbid that we should stay them, except with the gentle words of Christ, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me." Our sinful tongues, blistered by the fever of passion, must have burned for ever had not his tongue been tormented with thirst in our stead. We do not know what may have been the color of alimony face, but it was most likely black. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. "'Twere you my sins, my cruel sins, His chief tormentors were; Each of my grimes became a nail, And unbelief the spear. Separately or in connection our Master's words overflow with instruction to thoughtful minds: but of all save one I must say, "Of which we cannot now speak particularly." The "I thirst" was the bearing of the last pang; what if I say it was the expression of the fact that his pangs had at last begun to cease, and their fury had spent itself, and left him able to note his lessor pains? It is a blow at the fable of purgatory which strikes it to the heart. There are more unlikely things than that you will be dead before next Sunday. You must consider Jesus, and not yourself; turn your eye to Christ, the great substitute for sinners, but never dream of trusting in yourselves. Commentators like Thomas Manton and John Calvin are represented in this series. Our Lord says, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink," that thirst being the result of sin in every ungodly man at this moment. Jesus was deserted of God; and if he, who was only imputedly a sinner, was deserted, how much more shall you be? Beloved, let us comfort ourselves with this thought, that in our case, as in Simon's, it is not our cross, but Christ's cross which we carry. From the sky the angels viewed him with wonder and amazement; the spirits of the just looked from the windows of heaven upon the scene, yea, the great God and Father watched each movement of his suffering Son. Add to Cart. According to modern thought man is a very fine and noble creature, struggling to become better. I think that Roman soldier meant well, at least well for a rough warrior with his little light and knowledge. Appetite was the door of sin, and therefore in that point our Lord was put to pain. Jesus is therefore hunted out of the city, beyond the gate, with the will and force of his oven nation, but he journeys not against his own will; even as the lamb goeth as willingly to the shambles as to the meadow, so doth Christ cheerfully take up his cross and go without the camp. You carry the cross after him. Our Lord in his death-cries, as in all else, was perfection itself. Dear friend, if you think that you suffer all that a Christian can suffer; if all God's billows roll over you, yet, remember, there is not one drop of wrath in all your sea of sorrow. Weep not for him, but for these. They put his own clothes upon him, because they were the perquisites of the executioner, as modern hangmen take the garments of those whom they execute, so did the four soldiers claim a right to his raiment. "I thirst," is his human body tormented by grievous pain. He would have sacrificed himself to save his countrymen, so heartily did he desire their eternal welfare. Brother, thirst I pray you to have your workpeople saved. Think of that! This was the homage which the Son of God received from men; harmless and gentle, he came here with no purpose but that of doing good, and this is how mankind treated him.

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