When
the disciples of Christ asked Jesus how to pray He instructed them to address
God as “Our Father.” When Jesus prayed, He also called God “Father.” Yet on the
cross, Jesus cries out to God addressing Him as “My God, My God.” This is the
only time in Scripture that Jesus directly addresses His Father as “My God.”
This
special terminology seems to indicate that something profound was happening
within the relationship between God the Father and God the Son. Perhaps it was
that at the moment Christ was becoming sin on our behalf He related to God not
as His special Father, but as a just and powerful “God.”At the cross "My
Father" became "My God."
God
told Israel that He would be “their God.” He rewarded their righteousness and
punished their wickedness. He was a source of provision and judgment. Many know
God is “their God.” He gives them daily provision, but someday will exact
justice and respond to sin with appropriate condemnation. But through salvation
I do not address God as just "my God" Because of the cross "my
God" became "my Father."
Daniel
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