Devotion 607
“Forsaken By God”
Reference: Psalms Chapter 88
Matthew 27:45-46 “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. [46] And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
He had no place to be born.
He had no place to lay His head.
He had no place to die except on a Cross.
He had no place to be buried except in a borrowed tomb.
He was forsaken by friends and acquaintances.
He was forsaken by God.
Jesus Christ. Forsaken by earth, forsaken by Heaven.
The Psalmist writes.
Let’s read:
Psalm 88:1-4 “O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: [2] Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; [3] For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. [4] I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:”
He made His bed with transgressors.
Isaiah 53:12 “Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
He hanged between two thieves in opened shame.
We continue our reading:
Psalm 88:5-6 “Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. [6] Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.”
He came from the Highest of Heaven to the Lowest darkest pit of Earth, only to redeem the Believer.
We continue our reading:
Psalm 88:7-11 “Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. [8] Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. [9] Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. [10] Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. [11] Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?”
The answer is yes. For the Cross preaches even to this day. His death was my death so that His resurrection my resurrection. It’s yours if you will believe.
We continue our reading:
Psalm 88:12 “Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?”
He preached to the sinners in hell.
1 Peter 3:18-20 “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: [19] By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; [20] Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”
It was too late for them to repent. Don’t wait to repent.
Today is the Day of repentance.
We conclude our reading:
Psalm 88:13-18 “But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. [14] LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? [15] I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. [16] Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. [17] They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. [18] Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.”
It’s not too late to repent. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Suffering Servant as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. He has done it all for you, in Christ!
Reference: Psalms Chapter 88
Matthew 27:45-46 “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. [46] And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
He had no place to be born.
He had no place to lay His head.
He had no place to die except on a Cross.
He had no place to be buried except in a borrowed tomb.
He was forsaken by friends and acquaintances.
He was forsaken by God.
Jesus Christ. Forsaken by earth, forsaken by Heaven.
The Psalmist writes.
Let’s read:
Psalm 88:1-4 “O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: [2] Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; [3] For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. [4] I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:”
He made His bed with transgressors.
Isaiah 53:12 “Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
He hanged between two thieves in opened shame.
We continue our reading:
Psalm 88:5-6 “Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. [6] Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.”
He came from the Highest of Heaven to the Lowest darkest pit of Earth, only to redeem the Believer.
We continue our reading:
Psalm 88:7-11 “Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. [8] Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. [9] Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. [10] Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. [11] Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?”
The answer is yes. For the Cross preaches even to this day. His death was my death so that His resurrection my resurrection. It’s yours if you will believe.
We continue our reading:
Psalm 88:12 “Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?”
He preached to the sinners in hell.
1 Peter 3:18-20 “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: [19] By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; [20] Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.”
It was too late for them to repent. Don’t wait to repent.
Today is the Day of repentance.
We conclude our reading:
Psalm 88:13-18 “But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. [14] LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? [15] I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. [16] Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. [17] They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. [18] Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.”
It’s not too late to repent. BELIEVE and confess Christ the Suffering Servant as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. He has done it all for you, in Christ!
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