"No spoken word, or collection of words, in all of human history can come even remotely close to the meaning, magnificence, and resulting meditation of the seven solemn sentences uttered by the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross.”
So begins this book, Solemn Sentences: The Seven Statements of Christ on the Cross. This small volume (97 pages) plunges deep into these solemn sentences:
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do (Lk. 23:34) are the words of forgiveness;
“To day shalt thou be with me in paradise” (Lk. 23:43) are the words of salvation;
“Woman, behold thy son!” and then to John, “Behold thy mother!” (Jn. 19:26–27) are the words of love;
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matt. 27:46) are the words of misery;
“I thirst” (Jn. 19:28) are the words of agony;
“It is finished (Jn. 19:30)” are the words of completion;
and “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit” (Lk. 23:46), are the words of communion.
These solemn sentences do not merely recount the events that purchased our salvation, but they also reflect our Lord’s character, and they reveal to us how we should live.
Paperback, 97 pages.
ISBN- 9798748764872