Jesus Has Died

Monday, March 30, 2015
Matthew 27:45-50 KJV 

45 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? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) As our Lord Jesus was being crucified, what happened between the sixth and the ninth hour? (v.45)
2) What was Jesus' cry at about the ninth hour? (v.46)
3) What did some of the onlookers say about Jesus after hearing him cry out? (v.47) 
4) What did one of the onlookers do to Jesus? (v.48)
5) What did the rest of the onlookers say? (v.49)
6) What happened after Jesus cried out again? (v.50)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
7) Have you ever felt forsaken by, or distant from, the Father? If so, what is that like?

LIFE LESSONS
8) The Father distances Himself from us when we have unconfessed sin in our lives.
9) Though He was sinless, Jesus was forsaken by the Father because He bore the sins of all who would believe on Him.