Clarification of an Article in April Issue

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It would have been better if the article had read, "When on the cross in the three hours of darkness, when it was expiation, He does not say, 'Father,' until, all being over, He commends His spirit to Him, but `My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?' " If the words here given in italics had been added, they would have made it clear that the Lord Jesus only addressed God as God, not Father, when being made sin. This was doubtless the author's meaning, but it could have been misunderstood to mean all the time He was on the cross, including the first three hours when He was suffering as a martyr from the hand of man. In that time He addressed God as Father, saying, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Luke 23:3434Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. (Luke 23:34).
We give below a list of the seven utterances of the Lord upon the cross as compiled by a brother. There may be a little question as to the order in which they were uttered, but in general it would seem this was the sequence.-