1. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Roman 1:16
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God
1 Corinthians 1:18

2. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Roman 1:16
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God
1 Corinthians 1:18

3. For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Roman 1:16
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God
1 Corinthians 1:18

4. What Do These Words Mean?
Sayings From The Cross
“I thirst."
What Do These Words Mean?
✞ Is this addressing Jesus’ physical
suffering?

5. He was simply asking a personal favor for Himself because His thirst was so excruciating.
He was seeking relief so He could loudly make the final two statements, declaring His victory.
John recorded this to combat the early development of gnosticism - Jesus really was human.

6. What Do These Words Mean?
Sayings From The Cross
“I thirst."
What Do These Words Mean?
✞ Is this addressing Jesus’ physical
suffering?
✞ Underlying Jesus’ physical thirst is
another kind of thirst - SPIRITUAL THIRST.
Jesus said this, fulfilling Scripture -
Psalm 69:21; Psalm 22:15

7. What Do These Words Mean?
Sayings From The Cross
“I thirst."
What Do These Words Mean?
✞ Is this addressing Jesus’ physical
suffering?
✞ Underlying Jesus’ physical thirst is
another kind of thirst - SPIRITUAL THIRST.
“Thirst” as it is used in John’s gospel.
John 4:13-15; 6:35; 7:37-38

8. What was really going on?
This was the Son of God who as a man offered Himself as the perfect sin offering to resolve the problem of sin.
God-forsakenness!
Prior to, and during His incarnation He had a deep intimate fellowship with the Father...
Thirsting for God!
...until He was hung on the cross!

9. ➟ What We Learn... Sayings From The Cross “I thirst."
✓ The horror of sin.
✓ The payment for sin - ➟
DEATH
Separation from God!
✓ Jesus has solved the problem of sin.

10. ...whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty forever.
John 4:14