This coming Lord’s day we will gaze on Matthew 27:46, “My God, my God why have you forsaken me?” I believe this is the central focus of Matthew’s entire theology of the cross. It is the only statement Matthew records Jesus saying, and it has been interpreted with much controversy. The Puritan commentator Matthew Henry speaks succinctly about this verse and its “God forsakenness” when he writes, “Jesus says this himself, who we are sure was under no mistake.” At the simplest level we believe Jesus meant what he said and did say it because the Bible says He said it.
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