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I Thirst
Script JOHN 19.28-30
Intro: "I am thirsty", that is what a plant losing its green is saying
when it begins to droop; it's what the flower says the first time it drops a petal to the flutter of the wind; that's what the body says on a hot day spent hiking in the sun. "I am thirsty", is the whining call of a little girl who is making a last attempt at staying up beyond her bedtime. It's what the little baby was crying about, and one of the first things a child says when he is wringing wet from playing in the yard.
I am thirsty is what a dying man said long ago, while hanging from a cross. Thirst and something wet to quench it represents a universal request meeting a universal demand. For parched lips and dry tongue cannot live long without the universal demand being met. Said one way or another one can hear it spoken in a gas station, a restaurant, on the basketball court, at a cocktail lounge, wherever there are men and women, there will be the words, I am thirsty.
But these words were are hearing this morning are spoken from a cross. Those tending the crosses must have heard this often. And if the request was made they were prepared. Dipping their hyssop sponge into their cheap wine and lifting it to a dying man's lips was part of the duty Rome performed in seeing its executed received the most humane treatment possible
I. The riddle of redemption.
A. The suffering of God's Servant is vital in John's witness.
1. For the writer of this Gospel, John whoever he was, is not simply recording a phrase that could be heard coming from the lips of a majority of dying men on crosses during the first century.
He is not sitting at the foot of the cross, pen in hand waiting to catch every word as it was spoken, quickly taking them down for posterity.
2. This isn't simply "the crying of a dying man whose mouth is bearing the ugliness easily cured by chap-stick.
B. This is a man who said.
1. "I am thirsty," to the Samaritan woman at the well. Requesting her to pull water for him. Then he promised: "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
2. "If anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water,
3. Later he prays that the cup might pass. To Peter, "Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?
4. This last word, "I am thirsty", is not coming from simply another man who has been crucified.
C. John is using symbolism like so many of his day did.
1. John is attempting to piece together the Good News, the one Gospel. His imagery is rich. Water, wine, bread, vines, he busily paints word pictures that lend themselves to analogy.
Object Description
| Title of Sermon | I Thirst (1) |
| Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
| Subject | Sacrifice of Jesus, Redemption |
| Date of sermon | n/a |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Number of Pages | 3 |
| Language | English |
| Biblical Book | John |
| Verses | 19:28-30 |
| Rights | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact The Styberg Library by phone (847)866-3909 or email styberg.library@garrett.edu |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Identifier | 594 I Thirst (1).pdf |
Description
| Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
| Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
| Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
| Transcript | I Thirst Script JOHN 19.28-30 Intro: "I am thirsty", that is what a plant losing its green is saying when it begins to droop; it's what the flower says the first time it drops a petal to the flutter of the wind; that's what the body says on a hot day spent hiking in the sun. "I am thirsty", is the whining call of a little girl who is making a last attempt at staying up beyond her bedtime. It's what the little baby was crying about, and one of the first things a child says when he is wringing wet from playing in the yard. I am thirsty is what a dying man said long ago, while hanging from a cross. Thirst and something wet to quench it represents a universal request meeting a universal demand. For parched lips and dry tongue cannot live long without the universal demand being met. Said one way or another one can hear it spoken in a gas station, a restaurant, on the basketball court, at a cocktail lounge, wherever there are men and women, there will be the words, I am thirsty. But these words were are hearing this morning are spoken from a cross. Those tending the crosses must have heard this often. And if the request was made they were prepared. Dipping their hyssop sponge into their cheap wine and lifting it to a dying man's lips was part of the duty Rome performed in seeing its executed received the most humane treatment possible I. The riddle of redemption. A. The suffering of God's Servant is vital in John's witness. 1. For the writer of this Gospel, John whoever he was, is not simply recording a phrase that could be heard coming from the lips of a majority of dying men on crosses during the first century. He is not sitting at the foot of the cross, pen in hand waiting to catch every word as it was spoken, quickly taking them down for posterity. 2. This isn't simply "the crying of a dying man whose mouth is bearing the ugliness easily cured by chap-stick. B. This is a man who said. 1. "I am thirsty," to the Samaritan woman at the well. Requesting her to pull water for him. Then he promised: "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." 2. "If anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water, 3. Later he prays that the cup might pass. To Peter, "Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me? 4. This last word, "I am thirsty", is not coming from simply another man who has been crucified. C. John is using symbolism like so many of his day did. 1. John is attempting to piece together the Good News, the one Gospel. His imagery is rich. Water, wine, bread, vines, he busily paints word pictures that lend themselves to analogy. |
