Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” (Luke 23:46 NIV).
Praying at Gethsemane, a word which means “oil press,” as in olive oil, there at the foot of the Mount of Olives, Jesus submitted to the Father:
“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done” (Luke 22:42).
When being arrested, Jesus submitted to the Father:
“Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?” (Matthew 26:53-54).
And after suffering on the cross for six hours, as He was about to die, this sixth statement made by Jesus from the cross recorded in Scripture reveals that Jesus submitted to the Father.
The pinnacle of His mission in this world was to be the atoning sacrifice for sins. Trusting God the Father, Jesus fulfilled His mission.
Hunter Irvine
Scripture Love Blog
