crucify him!" I invite your attention to CHRIST AS LED FORTH. When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. Are you lukewarm? Simon was an African; he came from Cyrene. But power is wanted to dash down those idols, to overcome the hosts of error; where is it to be found? You have, then, no true sympathy for Christ if you have not an earnest sympathy with those who would win souls for Christ. Of the many benefits we have in learning from Paul, a few stand out:1. No longer sink below the brim; But overflow, and pour me down A living and life-giving stream.". 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. O souls, burdened with sin, rest ye here, and resting live. It showed that he had laid down his life of himself. Alas poor African, thou hast been compelled to carry the cross even until now. This very plainly sets forth the true and proper humanity of Christ, who to the end recognised his human relationship to Mary, of whom he was born. Thirst is a common-place misery, such as may happen to peasants or beggars; it is a real pain, and not a thing of a fancy or a nightmare of dreamland. If not, may that picture of Christ fainting in the streets lead you to do so this morning. The nails were fastened in the most sensitive parts of the body, and the wounds were widened as the weight of his body dragged the nails through his blessed flesh, and tore his tender nerves. Come let us pour out full flagons, until his joy is fulfilled in us. Those pictures which represent our Lord as wearing the crown of thorns upon the tree have therefore at least some scriptural warrant. I have already told you that such was our Lord's mystical desire; let it be ours also. Your noble Prince is preparing for his marriage: mine is hastening to his doom. John 19:28 . They are created in the minds of men. March 1st, 1863 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892). What learn we here as we see Christ led forth? I am glad the world expects much from us, and watches us narrowly. We do not read that they removed the crown of thorns, and therefore it is most probable, though not absolutely certain, that our Savior wore it along the Via Dolorosa, and also bore it upon his head when he was fastened to the cross. As Christ went through the streets, a great multitude looked on. There was nothing behind in the price, but there is something behind in the manifested power, and we must continue to fill up that measure of revealed power, carrying each one of us the cross with Christ, till the last shame shall have been poured upon his cause, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Bearing upon his back the sin of all his people, the offering goes without the camp. We thought sometimes that we loved him as we heard the story of his death, but we did not change our lives for his sake, nor put our trust in him, and so we gave him vinegar to drink. The high places of earth's worship and honor are not for us. We may therefore come before him, with all the rest of our race, when God subdues them to repentance by his love, and look on him whom we have pierced, and mourn for him as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. Your heir of royalty is magnificently drawn along the streets in his stately chariot, sitting at his ease: my princely sufferer walks with weary feet, marking the road with crimson drops; not borne, but bearing; not carried, but carrying his cross. Let me add, that when we look at the sufferings of Christ, we ought to sorrow deeply for the souls of all unregenerate men and women. And they asked him, What then? 2 And the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head, . The spear broke up the very fountains of life; no human body could survive such a wound. He died in less time than persons crucified commonly did. 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. Our Lord in his death-cries, as in all else, was perfection itself. I do not think we should seek after needless persecution. There have been times, and the days may come again, when faithfulness to Christ has entailed exclusion from what is called "society." The Christian faith and motives for Christian worship are based on the certainty of facts. When they had mocked him they pulled off the purple garment he had worn, this rough operation would cause much pain. The woes which broke the Savior's heart must crush theirs. 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. Next Saturday all eyes will be fixed on a great Prince who shall ride through our streets with his Royal Bride. April 14th, 1878 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892). What knocks he for? We do not thirst after the old manner wherein we were bitterly afflicted, for he hath said, "He that drinketh of this water shall never thirst:" but now we covet a new thirst. To-day I invite your attention to another Prince, marching in another fashion through his metropolis. Come hither, ye lovers of Immanuel, and I will show you this great sight the King of sorrow marching to his throne of grief, the cross. Now Christ standing in the stead of the ungodly suffers thirst as a type of his enduring the result of sin. So were the streets of Jerusalem; for great multitudes followed him. O my hearers, beware of praising Jesus and denying his atoning sacrifice. Barrabas may go free; the thief and the murderer may be spared; but for Christ there is no word, but "Away with such a fellow from the earth! The Church, the bride of Christ, was there conformed to the image of her Lord; she was there, I say, in Simon, bearing the cross, and in the women weeping and lamenting. If he carried all the cross, yet he only carried the wood of it; he did not bear the sin which made it such a load. The platted crown of thorns, the purple robe, the reed with which they smote him, and the spittle with which they disfigured him, all these marked the contempt in which they held the King of the Jews. We used to melt when we heard about his sufferings, but we did not turn from our sins. Fathers and confessors, preachers and divines have delighted to dwell upon every syllable of these matchless cries. The Redeemer's cry of "I thirst" is a solemn lesson of patience to his afflicted. Beloved, let us comfort ourselves with this thought, that in our case, as in Simon's, it is not our cross, but Christ's cross which we carry. "The sea is his, and he made it," and all fountains and springs are of his digging. This is man's treatment of his Saviour. The words, "I thirst," are a common voice in death chambers. What doth he say? Amen. According to the sacred canticle of love, in the fifth chapter of the Song of Songs, we learn that when he drank in those olden times it was in the garden of his church that he was refreshed. 1. Is not this a fertile field of thought? He thirsted to pluck us from between the jaws of hell, to pay our redemption price, and set us free from the eternal condemnation which hung over us; and when on the cross the work was almost done his thirst was not assuaged, and could not be till he could say, "It is finished." Among other things methinks he meant this "If I, the innocent substitute for sinners, suffer thus, what will be done when the sinner himself the dry tree whose sins are his own, and not merely imputed to him, shall fall into the hands of an angry God." And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe. For him they have no tolerance. John 19:16 . Exposition of the Gospel according to John by Hendriksen, William, 1900-1982 (1953) 526 pages 19 ratings He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. Weep not for him, but for these. Alas, man is the slave and the dupe of Satan, and a black-hearted traitor to his God. Can you help feeling how very near Jesus is to us when his lips must be moistened with a sponge, and he must be so dependent upon others as to ask drink from their hand? Nor dost thou set a time for waiting, but instantly thou dost set wide the gate of pearl; thou hast all power in heaven as well as upon earth. Though Simon had to bear the cross for a very little while, it gave him lasting honor. Some of us, indeed, confess that, if we had read this narrative of suffering in a romance, we should have wept copiously, but the story of Christ's sufferings does not cause the excitement and emotion one would expect. See, it has been blackened with bruises, and stained with the shameful spittle of them that derided him. Conservative, but not too much depth. Rutherford used words somewhat to this effect, "I thirst for my Lord and this is joy; a joy which no man taketh from me. And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. Coming fresh from the country, not knowing what was going on, he joined with the mob, and they made him carry the cross. Do we not see here the truth of that which was set forth in shadow by the scape-goat? He believed, as a Roman in gods many. In that cry there is reconciliation to God. Beloved, let us thirst for the souls of our fellow-men. Let patience have her perfect work. We shall by the assistance of the Holy Spirit try to regard these words of our Saviour in a five-fold light. We read, "The soldiers also mocked him, offering him vinegar." Like the steps of a ladder or the links of a golden chain, there is a mutual dependence and interlinking of each of the cries, so that one leads to another and that to a third. Complain not, then. Dear fountain of delight unknown! It came from the parched lips of the Divine Victim towards the close of his agony, and after the darkness which endured from the sixth to the ninth hour. NOTICE the connection, or you will miss the meaning of the words; for at first sight it looks as if our Saviour taught us that it John:6:29 The Marvellous Magnet Your Prince is surrounded by a multitude of friends; hark how they joyously welcome him! O to be enlarged in soul so as to take deeper draughts of his sweet love, for our heart cannot have enough. III. Beloved, if our Master said, "I thirst," do we expect every day to drink of streams from Lebanon? 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." It does not often happen that five or six thousand people meet together twice; it never does, I suppose; the scythe of death must cut some of you down before my voice shall warn you again! Simon had to carry the cross but for a very little time, yet his name is in this Book for ever, and we may envy him his honor. I think that Roman soldier meant well, at least well for a rough warrior with his little light and knowledge. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was born in Essex, England. Christians, will you refuse to be cross-bearers for Christ? You must consider Jesus, and not yourself; turn your eye to Christ, the great substitute for sinners, but never dream of trusting in yourselves. Did we not do so years ago before we knew him? For his sake we may rejoice in self-denials, and accept Christ and a crust as all we desire between here and heaven. I differ from them greatly, but I will say this, that next to the actual enjoyment of my Lord's presence I love to hunger and to thirst after him. John 1 19-51 Spurgeon's Bible Commentary John 1:19-51 John 1:19. I am ashamed of some professed Christians, heartily ashamed of them! Oh! Largest collection of Spurgeon resources online, including a complete 63 volume set of sermons, audio sermons, books, and quotes. Today! May the Holy Spirit often lead us to glean therein. You and I have nothing else to preach. Today! Even when man compassionates the sufferings of Christ, and man would have ceased to be human if he did not, still he scorns him; the very cup which man gives to Jesus is at once scorn and pity, for "the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel." He sipped of the vinegar, and he was refreshed, and no sooner has he thrown off the thirst than he shouted like a conqueror, "It is finished," and quitted the field, covered with renown. Remember how Paul said, "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. The most careless eye discerns it. 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. Did not the prophecies say that man would give to his incarnate God gall to eat and vinegar to drink? Inductive Bible study on John 19. They put on him his own clothes that the multitudes might discern him to be the same man, the very man who had professed to be the Messias. "'Twere you my sins, my cruel sins, His chief tormentors were; Each of my grimes became a nail, And unbelief the spear. What, then, dear friends, should be the sorrows excited by a view of Christ's sufferings? I have now a third picture to present to you CHRIST AND HIS MOURNERS. 1 So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him. (1-4) Pilate hopes to satisfy the mob by having Jesus whipped and mocked. They are these Weep not because the Savior bled, but because your sins made him bleed. He wants you brother, he wants you, dear sister, he longs to have you wholly to himself. Well might the Master say, "Weep not for me, but for yourselves." July 2nd, 1882 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them." John 17:26 . What but for the juice of the vine that he might be refreshed? What joy, what satisfaotion this will give if we can sing, "My soul looks back to see The burden thou didst bear, When hastening to the accursed tree, And knows her guilt was there!". It is the opinion of some commentators that Simon only carried one end of the cross, and not the whole of it. 29. God forbid! For the thousands of eyes which shall gaze upon the youthful Prince, I offer the gaze of men and angels. Think of that! There was a deeper meaning in his words than she dreamed of, as a verse further down fully proves, when he said to his disciples, "I have meat to eat that ye know not of." 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. John 19:28 J.R. Thomson This is both the shortest of all the dying utterances of Jesus, and it is the one which is most closely related to himself. He came to save, and man denied him hospitality: at the first there was no room for him at the inn, and at the last there was not one cool cup of water for him to drink; but when he thirsted they gave him vinegar to drink. And well they may; the son of such noble parents deserves a nation's love. The sufferings of Christ should make us weep over those who have brought that blood upon their heads. 1089 - The Man Greatly Beloved . He is not allowed to worship with them. And yet he placed himself for our sakes into a position of shame and suffering where none would wait upon him, but when he cried, "I thirst," they gave him vinegar to drink. There is the complete justification of the believer, since the work by which he is accepted is fully accomplished. The ceremonial of the Jewish religion denies him any participation in its pomps; the priests condemn him never again to tread the hallowed floors, never again to look upon the consecrated altars in the place of his people's worship. John and Herod 1549 - Good News for Thirsty Souls 1550 - The Unspeakable Gift 1551 - Today! He is thirsty still, you see, for our poor love, and surely we cannot deny it to him. How truly man he is; he is, indeed, "bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh," for he bears our infirmities. In the multitude there was a sparse sprinkling of tender-hearted women, probably those who had been healed, or whose children had been blessed by him. He knew once how to turn water into wine, and in matchless love he has often turned our sour drink-offerings into something sweet to himself, though in themselves, methinks, they have been the juice of sour grapes, sharp enough to set his teeth on edge. How near akin the thirsty Saviour is to us; let us love him more and more. Spurgeon's Bible Commentary John 19 John 19:1-16 John 19:1. Certain philosophers have said that they love the pursuit of truth even better than the knowledge of truth. In the fourth place, one or two words upon CHRIST'S FELLOW-SUFFERERS. The sinful find our conversation distasteful; in our pursuits the carnal have no interest; things dear to us are dross to worldlings, while things precious to them are contemptible to us. It is that he may eat and drink with you, for he promises that if we open to him he will enter in and sup with us and we with him. We ought not to forget the Jews. Who among us would not willingly pour out his soul unto death if he might but give refreshment to the Lord? We shall perhaps know it in our measure in our dying hour, but not yet, nor ever so terribly as he did. Know ye not, beloved, for I speak to those who know the Lord, that ye are crucified together with Christ? Hast thou laid thy hand upon his head, confessed thy sin, and trusted in him? You have been ill, and you have been parched with fever as he was, and then you too have gasped out "I thirst." He saith, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." The mind of man is like the daughters of the horseleech, which cry for ever, "Give, give." This thirst had been on him from the earliest of his earthly days. The flood of his grief has passed the high-water mark, and began to be assuaged. and they smote him with their hands. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. As Spurgeon puts it "Faith is described as 'receiving' Jesus. One would have said, If he were thirsty he would not tell us, for all the clouds and rains would be glad to refresh his brow, and the brooks and streams would joyously flow at his feet. 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. Mine is adorned with garments crimsoned with his own blood. 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. Jesus was proved to be really man, because he suffered the pains which belong to manhood. Acts 19 Acts 19 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. "I thirst," ay, this is my soul's word with her Lord. It was most fitting that every word of our Lord upon the cross should be gathered up and preserved. We care, however, far more for the fact that he went forth carrying his cross upon his shoulders. He who stood in our stead has finished all his work, and now his spirit comes back to the Father, and he brings us with him. Some of them have no objection to worship with a poor congregation till they grow rich, and then, forsooth, they must go with the world's church, to mingle with fashion and gentility. How great the love which led him to such a condescension as this! When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid: It shows he was afraid all along the coward the vacillating coward and now a fresh superstition seizes upon him. " And having said this, He breathed His last. IV. That man is a fool and deserves no pity, who purposely excites the disgust of other people. "Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise" this is the Lord Jesus in kingly power, opening with the key of David a door which none can shut, admitting into the gates of heaven the poor soul who had confessed him on the tree. A phantom, as some have called him, could not suffer in his fashion: but Jesus really suffered, not only the more refined pains of delicate and sensitive minds, but the rougher and commoner pangs of flesh and blood. Oh! We do not know what may have been the color of alimony face, but it was most likely black. Henceforth, also, let us cultivate the spirit of resignation, for we may well rejoice to carry a cross which his shoulders have borne before us. We should love the cross, and count it very dear, because it works out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. 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