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    Finding Hope in the Last Words of Jesus
    Finding Hope in the Last Words of Jesus
    Finding Hope in the Last Words of Jesus
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    Finding Hope in the Last Words of Jesus

    By Greg Laurie

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    Jesus was known for his attention-commanding teachings, but his dying words were extraordinary. Simply uttered, yet profoundly meaningful, they resonate even today with revelations about his spiritual nature, his human character, and his divine mission. Greg Laurie mines each statement for its treasure and presents insightful nuggets that give this compact volume multiplied value as

    a discussion starter an aid to personal meditation an inspirational gift
    a tool for outreach

    Within these pages, devotional readers will find core truths for daily life, and seekers will see a loving call to accept new life in the risen Christ of the cross.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateJan 1, 2009
    ISBN9781441203847
    Finding Hope in the Last Words of Jesus
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    Greg Laurie

    Greg Laurie, the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, one of the largest churches in America, has written more than seventy books. Featured on the syndicated radio program A New Beginning and on a weekly television show on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, he serves on the board of directors of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He and his wife, Cathe, have two children and five grandchildren.

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      Finding Hope in the Last Words of Jesus - Greg Laurie

      FINDING HOPE

      in the

      LAST WORDS OF

      JESUS

      FINDING HOPE

      in the

      LAST WORDS OF

      JESUS

      GREG LAURIE

      © 2009 by Greg Laurie

      Published by Baker Books

      a division of Baker Publishing Group

      P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

      www.bakerbooks.com

      Printed in the United States of America

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

                  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Laurie, Greg.

             Finding hope in the last words of Jesus / Greg Laurie.

                p. cm.

             ISBN 978-0-8010-7190-4 (pbk.)

             1. Jesus Christ—Seven last words. I. Title.

           BT457.L38 2008

           232.9635—dc22                  2008038689

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture is taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture marked NIV is taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

      Scripture marked NLT is taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction: Famous Last Words

      Statement One: Father, Forgive Them

      Statement Two: Today You Will Be with Me

      Statement Three: Woman, Behold Your Son

      Statement Four: Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?

      Statement Five: I Thirst!

      Statement Six: It Is Finished!

      Statement Seven: Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

      The Power of Christ’s Words

      A Letter to New Christians

      Introduction

      FAMOUS LAST WORDS

      Anumber of years ago, I read a newspaper article about opera tenor Richard Versalle of the New York City Metropolitan Opera. During a performance, he climbed up on a ladder for a special scene and sang these words: Too bad you can only live so long. At that moment, Versalle fell from the ladder and died on the spot. He couldn’t have known that those would be his last words.

      In every life there will come an end. We all will have a last meal. We all will take a last breath. Of course, we all will give a last statement. We may have the luxury of knowing what our last statement will be. Then again, we may not. No one knows with any certainty when the end will come. I think that we each will die pretty much as we have lived, and our last statements will tend to sum up what our

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