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"And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes," vinegar, and not wine; sourness, and not sweetness. 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. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. V. Lastly, the cry of "I thirst" is to us THE PATTERN OF OUR DEATH WITH HIM. Our text is the shortest of all the words of Calvary; it stands as two words in our language "I thirst," but in the Greek it is only one. My well beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein." Hate sin, and heartily loathe it; but thirst to be holy as God is holy, thirst to be like Christ, thirst to bring glory to his sacred name by complete conformity to his will. III. The utterance of "I thirst" brought out A TYPE OF MAN'S TREATMENT OF HIS LORD. John 18:19-40 - Glory on Trial A. "To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise." Say not that the comparison is strained, for in a moment I will withdraw it and present the contrast. His great love makes him thirst to have us much nearer than we are; he will never be satisfied till all his redeemed are beyond gunshot of thee enemy. Let me show what I think he meant. I am glad the world expects much from us, and watches us narrowly. How harshly grate the cruel syllables, "Crucify him! That thirst was caused, perhaps, in part by the loss of blood, and by the fever created by the irritation caused by his four grievous wounds. 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. While other religions create what appear to be worship-filled gatherings, they are empty and void of fact. Some of you will not be baptized because you think people will say, "He is a professor; how holy he ought to be." Beloved, if our Master said, "I thirst," do we expect every day to drink of streams from Lebanon? And what makes him love us so? I. The great agony of being forsaken by God was over, and he felt faint when the strain was withdrawn. "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. ", 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. 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." According to modern thought man is a very fine and noble creature, struggling to become better. Jesus is formally condemned to crucifixion, but before he is led away he is given over to the Praetorian guards that those rough legionaries may insult him. If he was so poor that his garments were stripped from him, and he was hung up upon the tree, penniless and friendless, hungering and thirsting, will you henceforth groan and murmur because you bear the yoke of poverty and want? 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." 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." 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." 1. "After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst." Our religion is our glory; the Cross of Christ is our honor, and, while not ostentatiously parading it, as the Pharisees do, we ought never to be so cowardly as to conceal it. John 19:3. He is indeed "Immanuel, God with us" everywhere. This thirst had been on him from the earliest of his earthly days. He pitied the sufferer, but he thought so little of him that he joined in the voice of scorn. We may well remember our faults this day. "I thirst," is his human body tormented by grievous pain. Cover it with a cloak? Hail, everlasting King in heaven, thou dost admit to thy paradise whomsoever thou wilt! points to the anguish of his soul; "I thirst" expresses in part the torture of his body; and they were both needful, because it is written of the God of justice that he is "able to destroy both soul and body in hell," and the pangs that are due to law are of both kinds, touching both heart and flesh. A Christian living to indulge the base appetites of a brute beast, to eat and to drink almost to gluttony and drunkenness, is utterly unworthy of the name. Thus have I tried to spy out a measure of teaching, by using that one glass for the soul's eye, through which we look upon "I thirst" as the ensign of his true humanity. . As these seven sayings were so faithfully recorded, we do not wonder that they have frequently been the subject of devout meditation. Romanists of all ages have wrought upon the feelings of the people in this manner, and to a degree the attempt is commendable, but if it shall all end in tears of pity, no good is done. It is not fit that he should live." _Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. Then they said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck Him with their hands. Go ye, then, like the Master, expecting to be abused, to wear an ill-name, and to earn reproach; go ye, like him, without the camp. Rutherford says, "Whenever Christ gives us a cross, he cries, 'Halves, my love.'" You see there the multitude are leading him forth from the temple. 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. souls, I do beseech you, by the agonies of Christ, by his wounds and by his blood, do not bring upon yourselves the curse; do not bear in your own persons the awful wrath to come! He must love, it is his nature. We know from experience that the present effect of sin in every man who indulges in it is thirst of soul. Alas, man is the slave and the dupe of Satan, and a black-hearted traitor to his God. Oh! 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? I wonder he has ever received them, as one marvels why he received this vinegar; and yet he has received them, and smiled upon us for presenting them. It is the way whereby many shall be brought to Christ, when this blessed soul-thirst of true Christian charity shall be upon those who are themselves saved. January 1, 1970 A Plain Answer to an Important Enquiry "Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." John vi. are they not more like sharp vinegar? Amen. See, brethren, here is a picture of what we may expect from men if we are faithful to our Master. We ought not to forget the Jews. To-day I invite your attention to another Prince, marching in another fashion through his metropolis. It was the common place of death. If not, may that picture of Christ fainting in the streets lead you to do so this morning. Let patience have her perfect work. Fix your hearts upon some unsaved one, and thirst until he is saved. Think, dear friends, there are some in this congregation who as yet have no interest in Jesu's blood, some sitting next to you, your nearest friends who, if they were now to close their eyes in death, would open them in hell! Remember that, and expect to suffer. 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." Sit at his feet with Mary, lean on his breast with John; yea, come with the spouse in the song and say, "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for his love is better than wine." And said, Hail, King of the Jews! 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. Christ does exempt you from sin, but not from sorrow; he does take the curse of the cross, but he does not take the cross of the curse away from you. Was not the Redeemer led thither to aggravate his shame? Let us magnify and bless our Redeemer's name. 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. 'Tis his cross, and he goes before you as a shepherd goes before his sheep. "'Twere you my sins, my cruel sins, His chief tormentors were; Each of my grimes became a nail, And unbelief the spear. Glorious stoop of our exalted Head! Did he not tell his disciples, "I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished?" Add to Cart. Angels cannot suffer thirst. Appetite was the door of sin, and therefore in that point our Lord was put to pain. Let us muse upon the fact that Jesus was conducted without the gates of the city. You may think that this remark is not needed; but I have met with one or two cases where it was required; and I have often said I would preach a sermon for even one person, and, therefore, I make this remark, even though it should rebuke but one. May the Holy Ghost work in you the complete pattern of Christ crucified, and to him shall be praise for ever and ever. There is bread upon your table to-day, and there will be at least a cup of cold water to refresh you. "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." Did we not do so years ago before we knew him? While thus we admire his condescension let our thoughts also turn with delight to his sure sympathy: for if Jesus said, "I thirst," then he knows all our frailties and woes. The arrow which has lately pierced thee, my brother, was first stained with his blood. the people saw him in the street, not arrayed in the purple robe, but wearing his garment without seam, woven from the top throughout, the common smock-frock, in fact, of the countrymen of Palestine, and they said at once, "Yes, 'tis he, the man who healed the sick, and raised the dead; the mighty teacher who was wont to sit upon the mountain-top, or stand in the temple courts and preach with authority, and not as the Scribes." Secondly, we shall regard these words, "I thirst," as THE TOKEN OF HIS SUFFERING SUBSTITUTION. Methinks Death thought it a splendid triumph when he saw the Master impaled and bleeding in the dominions of destruction; little did he know that the grave was to be rifled, and himself destroyed, by that crucified Son of man. April 14th, 1878 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892). The Geneva Series of Commentaries include historic commentaries on biblical books written by some of the great theologians in the history of the church. Perhaps they are your children, the objects of your fondest love, with no interest in Christ, without God and without hope in the world! I invite your attention to CHRIST AS LED FORTH. I suppose that the "I thirst" was uttered softly, so that perhaps only one and another who stood near the cross heard it at all; in contrast with the louder cry of "Lama sabachthani" and the triumphant shout of "It is finished": but that soft, expiring sigh, "I thirst," has ended for us the thirst which else, insatiably fierce, had preyed upon us throughout eternity. Then the goat was led away by a fit man into the wilderness, and it carried away the sins of the people, so that if they were sought for, they could not be found. Today! They force him without the walls, and are not satisfied till they have rid themselves of his obnoxious presence. The last of his last words is also taken from the Scriptures, and shows where his mind was feeding. It is almost done, thou Christ of God; thou hast almost saved thy people; there remaineth but one thing more, that thou shouldst actually die, and hence thy strong desire to come to the end and complete thy labour. God forbid! Yes, he loves to be with his people; they are the garden where he walks for refreshment, and their love, their graces, are the milk and wine which he delights to drink. Will ye raise a clamor of tumultuous shouting? The Christian faith and motives for Christian worship are based on the certainty of facts. A refined and heavenly appetite, a craving for our Lord. Acts 19 Acts 19 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. "Women, behold thy son!" Every word, therefore, you see teaches us some grand fundamental doctrine of our blessed faith. Shall carnal appetites be indulged and bodies pampered when Jesus cried :I thirst"? Take up your cross, and go without the camp, following your Lord, even until death. My heart shall not be content till he is all in all to me, and I am altogether lost in him. 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. It is done. Beloved, let us thirst for the souls of our fellow-men. The Lord bless you, for Jesus' own sake. I know he loves to receive from you, because he delights even in a cup of cold water that you give to one of his disciples; how much more will he delight in the giving of your whole self to him? Jesus was deserted of God; and if he, who was only imputedly a sinner, was deserted, how much more shall you be? "I thirst" meant that his heart was thirsting to save men. These are awful words, but they are not mine; they are the very words of God in Scripture. The spear broke up the very fountains of life; no human body could survive such a wound. 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