Today many Christians believe God the Father abandoned His only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, during the crucifixion. The primary reason for this, at least to me, dreadfully mistaken belief is what theologians refer to as the “Cry of Dereliction” when Jesus, quoting the first line of Psalm 22, cries out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” After all, the reasoning goes, does Jesus Himself not plainly state that the Father, having turned His face away from the Son, has forsaken Him? In this sermon, I provide what I believe to be the correct—that is, the church’s historic—understanding of Jesus’ cry. Contrary to popular, contemporary belief, the Father does not turn His face away from His Son when Christ suffers unto death on Calvary’s cross.
The sermon begins at 20:35.
(The sermon begins at 20:35.)
Blountly Stated 