Each year on Good Friday, the churches of the Ministerium of Penns Grove, Carneys Point, and Pedricktown hold a joint worship service from Noon until 3 PM. The Seven Last Wods of Christ on the Cross are presented, with worship music and sermon messages for each word. Each year for the last six years I have participated in this service, and each year I have preached on a different word. This year was to be my seventh year, but because of the Coronavirus, the service was cancelled. And so, because I had already written the sermon, I recorded it... But I also decided to compile all seven of the messages into one podcast for Good Friday. And so, in the order below, I present to you the Seven Last Words of Christ from the Cross.
“Father, forgive them…” Sermon #387
Luke 23:34
April 10, 2020 – Ebenezer UMC
“Today, you will be with me in Paradise.”
Luke 23:43
“The Tale of the Thief” Sermon #51
April 18, 2014 – St. Paul’s UMC
“Behold your son…Behold your mother”
John 19:26-27
“The Heart of the Master” Sermon #161
March 25, 2016 – St. Paul’s UMC
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Matthew 27:46
“Forsaken” Sermon #219
April 14, 2017 – St. Paul’s UMC
“I Thirst.” Sermon #107
John 19:28
April 13, 2015 – St. Paul’s UMC
“It is finished.” Sermon #332
John 19:30
April 19, 2019 – New Hope UMC
“Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit” Sermon #273
Luke 23:46
March 30, 2018 – New Hope UMC
Compiled on April 5, 2020 (originally published April 10, 2020)
S.D.G.