[Pastor Ralph]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

[masika]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus' Fifth Word: "I thirst"? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

I learned that Jesus was real human

The fatigue which he had undergone, the grief he had felt, the heat of the day, and the loss of blood, were the natural causes of this thirst. This he would have borne without complaint; but he wished to give them the fullest proof of his being the Messiah, by distinctly marking how every thing relative to the Messiah, which had been written in the prophets, had its complete fulfilment in him.

[hanks]

Q5. (John 19:28)
What do you learn from Jesus' Fifth Word: "I thirst"?
What does this tell us about Jesus?
What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?
While on the cross Jesus was forsaken by God as He suffered the penalty of our sins. His cry, “I thirst!” indicated real, physical thirst, which was intensified by His crucifixion. But it also reminds us that Jesus was Man-God and that He suffered physical thirst for the salvation of our souls.

[kenny]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus' Fifth Word: "I thirst"? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

Here we get to realise that the Jesus hanging on the cross was human like us and all the emotions he showed we can identify with. He is close to death but still needed to say a few more words and fulfill a prophesy. We can sense the urgency, the need to complete His task.

We often tend to forget that Our Lord became flesh, that He could experience life like us. The difference between us was only sin, all the other emotions and feelings he endured.

On the cross and all the persecution He suffered leading up to that point was experienced like we would and not like an immortal being.
The fact that the world needs to see is that He came to earth as flesh and took it upon Himself to bear the burden of sin for all mankind.

Thank you father for sending your Son to spare us all the pain and suffering he endured for my sins. Thank you Jesus my King for taking my place on that cross and dying for me, shedding your blood that I could be saved. Thank you Father for raising Him from the dead, that I may have eternal life. Thank you Lord, your suffering for my salvation. Praise you Jesus Amen

[Janikin]

[quote name='Pastor Ralph' date='Mar 23 2009, 08:28 AM' post='43621']
Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?
It shows his humanity for sure. I am amazed by the clarity of his mind. In the midst of excruciating pain his mind is clear and he is focused on the plan and purpose of his Father as we see in his desire to fulfill the scriptures even in this seemly small request or statement.

[EuniceC]

I believe that Jesus, in order to fulfill the purpose of His mission on earth, had to be fully human, and this meant going through all that agony all for us, and having lost so much blood and so much fluid through the beatings, water was the first thing He could ask for.

It is interesting to note that this also fulfilled the prophecies written concerning the Suffering Servant.

He needed to keep up his strength for the right time to give up his spirit, He remained totally focused on the mission, even with all that pain and suffering...what greater love than this. Most of us would have given up and died there and then to end the misery.

His experience on the cross was terrifying, and none of us would be able to go through that, that is why He did it for us...Thank you Father, for sending your son to die in my place. May I remain faithful to you always.

[JanMary]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus' Fifth Word: "I thirst"?

I see my Savior at work on the cross, fulfilling every iota of prophecy so there could never be any doubt as to whether or not He is Messiah. His death was heinously painful and agonizing, and yet He did not hang there passively waiting to die and get it over with....He was conscientiously fulfilling the scripture that He knew so well, even to the very end. I learn of His humanity...his flesh was just like ours. He got hungry, tired, thirsty, felt pain as well as human emotions, yet without sin.

What does this tell us about Jesus?

It tells me that besides being human, He is God. Asking to have His thirst slaked was not only to fulfill prophecy, it was to enable Him to give the shout of victory "It is finished", in a loud cry, rather than in the whimper of a helpless victim.

What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

Jesus was in control, even on the cross. He demonstrated that "He laid down His life"....no one took it from Him. He showed that He gave His life as the final sacrificial lamb of God, dying at the moment the shofar was sounding from the temple as the high Priest slit the throat of the lamb, no longer needed, there, and as the curtain was torn from top to bottom demonstrating that the way was now opened for me to come into the presence of God in prayer...without the aid of a priest. It tells me that He was thinking of me when He took His last breath, and that for "the joy set before Him", you and I would spend eternity with Him.

[His daughter]

"If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." John 4:10

If we remember Jesus words to the woman at the well, we can put this in perspective. His sacrifice for us gives us Living Water. What an amazing gift to us. The Samaritan woman recognized Him as a prophet. What do we recognize Jesus as? Our Savior?
Our Redeemer?
Our rescuer from this world of great sin?
I am forever thankful for His sacrifice for me, forever grateful for eternal life! This is such a miracle!

[Tina]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

He was human. He thirsted.
Jesus was and is the Living Waters, the waters that save us. He was fulfilling scripture as well.

[iam4-1god]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

I have learned that Jesus suffered. I knew it all along, but the very thought of His pain-both physical and emotional-just didn't seem real to me. You know, we read about it, and we hear sermons about it, but to actually acknowledge in our own minds and hearts that it really happened is just not something that happens everyday. I don't know-maybe we just can't wrap our minds around the concept, or maybe we just don't want to-whatever the reason, it just never dawns on us.

But, here we are, and we're taking this series of lessons, and we're face to face with the greater scope of His suffering, and, I have to sayin all honesty, that I have been changed forever. I've seen a glimpse of what really went on as Jesus hung there on that cross, and I don't think I will ever be the same.

Jesus loved us and died for us before we even accepted Him! And, even after all He went through-the pain, humiliation, and loss, there are those who refuse to accept and believe. They call what He did fairy tales-stories we tell our children to get them to behave. None of it is real. That is what they say.

As Jesus hung there, He knew that some would reject Him. He knew that some would call Him a fake, or a liar. But He refused to back down. He loved us so much that He wouldn't call out to the Father to save Him from His mission. My brothers and sisters-He gave it all for us-you and me! There is nothing that we can do to pay Him back! There is nothing we can do to make up for the things He went through! This is love! And it is ours right now-right where you are! Gloray! We are not worthy, but it is ours! I'm shouting! Buye!

[Cooldude]

Q5: (John 19:28) What do you learn fro Jesus' Fifth Word:"I Thirst"? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tells us about His experience on the cross?

The Fifth Word tells us about the reality of Jesus' incarnation. Unthinkable punishment He has endured for our sins...hard to express what else to say except pray: LORD, HELP US TO SIN NO MORE!

Jesus' thirst did not merely pertain to bodily relief but His Thirst for belief, love, compassion, obedience and repentance from all of us.

Christ's experience of suffering on the cross tells us about His determination to fulfill what was written and His resolute surrender to God's will for our salvation.

[spazzo47]

Last night I reflected on Jesus the human, so instead of rewriting that train of thought, I think the next thought that comes to mind is that Jesus was still thinking of scripture. This probably goes to his commitment again. Psalm 69:21 is probably the best verse cited t show that. At this point the darkness has been going for hours. If I understand that passage right, the darkness probably set in when God had to turn his back on Jesus. Jesus more than anyone is feeling that separation (Why have you forsaken me?). So for three hours, Jesus is completely alone on the cross, except for the sin that he's got on Him, somethign that Jesus the divine is completely aware of. His thoughts are still on scripture. I can only think through this as a human. There's the part of me that thinks he may have been timing this out like I do on a run. For Him the goal is three days, and the first one is just about done. He did 40 days in a desert and he's been training for this throughout his ministry and even before. He just has to endure basically two more days and then he gets to set the whole world free. for me, when I have those types of thoughts, that's all I can think about, the short period of time that's left, the ultimate goal. But Jesus seems to be thinking about scripture. That's the thing that's keeping him going.

[Stan]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

That He was truly man and that He suffered the same bodly pains and wants that we do. He did not have to suffer but for the love of us and to do the will of the Father, He allow all the pain to over come Him follow the will of the
Father to completion by surrending to death. His experience on the cross was suffering that most of us will never know but it was also an act of love that each oneof us might live. Jesus was the perfect lamb, no spot or blemish, He live a life Holy unto God something no other man can do. Then He bore our sin not His own to the Cross and died a hero's death for those He loves.

[servant for Christ]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

I learned that when Jesus said " I thirst ", he was fulfilling the Scriptures and he was human, God came in the flesh. Jesus was determined to finish what he was sent to do. It tells me that Jesus loved me so much, he was willing to take my sins upon him and die a death on the cross that I would not have to pay. A most horrible death that none of us would have to pay. When I thirst, I can drink from the well of living water, never to run dry. Through the Spirit, I can have overflowing life.

[nurselaino]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

Joh 19:28 Jesus knew that he had now finished his work. And in order to make the Scriptures come true, he said, "I am thirsty!"
Joh 19:29 A jar of cheap wine was there. Someone then soaked a sponge with the wine and held it up to Jesus' mouth on the stem of a hyssop plant.

Jesus was to fulfill all prophesy. Also we see this as a cry from a man...a very ordinary man...our Lord accepted all of his humanness for us. Jesus loved us more than we can ever imagine. On the cross he felt every pain that you and I would feel and bore it all for us.

[charisbarak]

I learned that God fulfilled his Word entirely. I liked learning about the hyssop & the use at the first Passover--the relationship to the blood of the sacrifice; and also about the history of the sponge used to give him drink.
This proves Jesus was fully human.
It shows how horrendous it really was for Him to be separated from the Father & the pain of paying for our sins.

[catldog]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

It shows us how extreme his condition was. he was probably dehydrated due to massive blood loss and being exposed to the sun for 3 hours. it shows that he was man too and that he can suffer although he is god. His experience was gruesome.

[Lindap]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

That Jesus was a true human. After hanging on the cross all day he was extremely dehydrated from loss of blood and the heat of day. It tells us that Jesus suffered a great deal of pain. More pain than anyone of us could not have endured. He hung there forsaken by God, and with our sin, so that we could be saved from sin by his grace. Jesus was the perfect man and he bore our sins so that we could have everlasting life. So that we could join God and Jesus in Heaven.

[les]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

1 HE was human the suffering and thirst were real ,he suffered from exposure, dehydration and loss of blood. the thirst must have been severe
2 He knew the scriptures and fulfilled even the tiniest thing that prophesied about Him: His life, passion and up to the details of His death. every detail was fulfilled.
3He was commited to the task He had to fulfill even prepared to carry out His mission fully aware; up to the last moments, no softening of the difficulty; or horror of it all. he was so strong physically and in His will to be able to see it through to the end. the fact that He took only enough liquid to be able to speak clearly his last words show Him to be totally in control and aware when the end would be and He would see it through untill the end

[Krys]

Q5. (John 19:28) What do you learn from Jesus’ Fifth Word: “I thirst”? What does this tell us about Jesus? What does this tell us about his experience on the cross?

I learn that in this wrd ...his sacrifice was much more than i could have ever give ....i learn from this word that he did this all for me yet...i know i didnt deserve it...and even he was put through this...he still did it for me:)