This is a quote shown in my New Testament class today by my teacher Brother Satterfield. It really brought to my understanding in a better and deeper way the things which Christ felt on the cross. I know that my Savior lives and that He loves each and every one of us. I love him and know that He is my Savior.
"Unlike Gethsemane where he received divine help, the Savior's suffering on the cross left him destitute of his Father comforting influence. Suffering the eternal consequences of our sins forced him into the misery of banishment from God's presence. At this point the Savior uttered painfully, "I thirst" (John 19:28). He to whom all must go to receive the "living waters" that they may "never thirst" again (John 4:14), now thirsted! Bearing our infirmities, fears, guilt, and remorse, he had become like "the poor and needy" who "seek water, and there is none" (Isaiah 41:17). He had become like us, lost and alone. When finally he had suffered the full extreme of man's suffering, the lesson of compassion was learned. With the eternal consequences paid, satisfying justice, the Savior sighed, "It is finished." He then "bowed his head and gave up the ghost" (John 19:30)."
Gethsemane and Golgotha: Why and What the Savior Suffered
Bruce Satterfield
Department of Religious Education,
Brigham Young University - Idaho
