The cross of Christ is the single most important event in all of human
history. But what Jesus said while He was up on the cross, those are some
of the greatest statements that have ever been made. We're going to be
thinking about those in the scripture today. We're going to be studying
about the seven statements of Jesus on the cross. And so, I want to
encourage you to find your Bible and have it read as we're going to look at
some very powerful statements of Jesus that He made in the midst of great
anguish and suffering.
As we introduce this idea, I want you to understand that these
statements must have been very important- for it would've been very
difficult for Jesus to say much on the cross because of what He had
suffered. Think about the beatings leading up to this. Jesus was slapped in
the Praetorium. Jesus had a crown of thorns placed on His head. He was
flogged with a cat of nine tails, beaten over and over again. A purple robe
was placed on Him, and His hands and His feet were nailed to a wooden
cross. He hung there in agony. For every breath, Jesus would have to put
pressure on the nails in His ankles to exhale. He had to put pressure on the
nails in His hands.

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