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0656. The Intensity of His Calvary Prayer

0656. The Intensity of His Calvary Prayer

The Intensity of His Calvary Prayer

"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?" (Mat_27:46).

It is impossible for any of us to enter into the full meaning of the cry which passed the lips of the dying Saviour. We will only use the passage as expressing the intensity of Christ in His prayer life. Jesus had always been wont to pray, but now, in the climax of His suffering, His intensity reaches its height in "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?"

The early Church was born upon its knees. All through the Book of Acts, prayer is a dominant note in the characteristics of God’s children.

When Dr. Bachus, the former president of Hamilton College was dying, and when he was told that he had but thirty minutes to live, he said, "Then take me to my bed and put me upon my knees, and let me spend it calling upon God for the salvation of the world."

David Livingstone gave his life for his beloved work in Africa. Often did he spend the night in prayer for those barbarian tribes, and finally when Livingstone died, he died upon his knees, praying for the souls of men.

David Brainerd, one of the early preachers to the American Indians, prayed with such anguish of soul, that we read of his kneeling under the leafless trees with his knees upon the snow, praying until his body was in a perspiration from the anguish of his soul.

Charles D. Finney felt that much of his success was due to the earnest prayers of Father Nash and Abel Clary.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR