In word one there is a request (Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.)
In word two he gives a promise to a thief (To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.)
In word three he gives an order he said (Woman, behold, thy son! And then he said to the disciple Behold, thy mother!)
In word four he asked a question Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is interpreted (My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?)
But now in verse five he makes a statement where the human side of him hits the stage (I thirst.)
The fifth word, as we look through the lens of John, we hear that Jesus is saying I thirst. When we investigate, examine, and analyze this scene, we will discover that this is the only time that Jesus speaks of his physical suffering and pain. It is the first time he speaks of his sorrow and grief, his misery agony, it is a reminder that the Passion is not only a spiritual reality, a cosmic happening, but it is a bodily act of the crucifixion of a man's body.
We noticed that these was not Jesus first words, but they were getting close to his last words.
A fulfillment of prophecy, an emphasis on Jesus' humanity, a expression of his having finished the cup of suffering, and a moving statement that the source of Living Water was drying up—these are all possible ways of understanding the meaning of what John saw in Jesus' words, “I thirst.
I don’t want to hold you too long, but I was confused for a minute, when I heard that water was looking for water, I must admit that I was baffled, confused, concerned, troubled, disturbed, mystified, perplexed, and puzzled. Ok, allow me to use a hood term, I was Jacked up.
Because back in chapter 2, Jesus who was able to change water, I mean he changes water from water to wine and now in chapter 19 he’s stating I thirst. He who controls H2o, (Hydrogen and oxygen). He who changes water to wine is now saying I thirst.
I mean this is heavy to me because doing this discourse before he changes the water to wine, his mother says Jesus, we have no more wine, and Jesus responds to his mother, my hour has not come, but yet he ask for six waterpots and then tells them to fill them to rim.
It has been stated that at most parties the best wine is always served first, so about time that you get to the bad wine you really can’t tell the difference, but Jesus took water and turned it into wine, and this wine was so good that he said take this to the governor and let him taste of this wine, even the governor concurred now this is some good stuff, but now Jesus is saying that I thirst.
In the 4th chapter at Jacob’s well where he was a well that was sitting on a well, Jesus met a woman of Samaria Jesus asked her to give me to drink.
Then the woman of Samaria said unto him, now you know that we don’t have any dealings with each other, and even if we did you don’t have anything to draw with, the well is deep, and Jesus responded with, if you knew who was asking you for the water, you would be asking me for water, but I have, and I am living water that will keep you from ever thirsting again, but now Jesus is saying I thirst.
Here it is, chapter 6, Jesus is now walking on the water, he is gliding on the very thing that he was asking for, he is walking on the identical thing that he wants inside of him. He defies nature, mother nature, must now bow down to the of father nature. He says I thirst.
Follow me, later in chapter 7, Jesus is speaking of living water,
he says “37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood,
and cried, saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
In verse he says 38 “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” Not some men, not most men, but if any man, black man, white man, Jews, Gentiles, Protestants, or Catholic’s, in other words all men. And I know that some of us might think all just mean all, but all has a deeper meaning than all. All is inclusive of all, and exclusive of none. He says if any man thirst let him come after me. But now he saying I thirst. He said it everybody heard him say it.
I’m not making this up everyone heard him say it. All of he T.V. network said that he was thirsty. The news reporter said that he cried, I thirst. MSN, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN they all agreed that he said it.
All of the T.V. anchor personalities said that he said that he was thirsty. Even from the grave. Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings, David Brinkley, they all said that he was thirsty.
All of the talk shows said that he was thirsty. Oprah Winfrey, Tara Banks, David Letterman, Conan, Wendy, Jay Lenno, Maury, and even Jerry Springer they all said that he was thirsty.
All of the Social Media said that he was thirsty
The webcom
Markco space
Hot mail
Chat mail
Boxline
YouTube
Messenger
Yahoo
God tool
Black planted
AI
Yahoo, even AOL, they all said that he was thirsty. He said I thirst.
So, the bible says that after this, after several things had happened.
After he had already asked God to forgive them because they didn’t have an idea of what they were doing.
After he had already given some directives to the mothers and the sons.
He said after this, he had already asked God why hast thou forsaken me, he had already told the thief that they would be
together in paradise, and he had already asked forgiveness for
those that did not know what they were doing, and he cried out I thirst.
Not because he had been jogging, not because he had been
sprinting, and not because he had been galloping.
But it was because the human side of him had been hanging on a cross all day. Remember, this was the first time that him human side cried out.
It was because the human side of his body had been pierced in the side, and he was losing blood. The human side of him was in pain. The human side of him of him was in agony.
Someone may ask Pastor what triggers thirst? Well, it occurs from a lack of fluids or an increase in the concentration of certain osmolites (os-mo-lites), such as the compounds of atomic number 11.
And if the water volume of the body falls below a certain threshold or if the osmolites concentration becomes too high, there are some structures in the brain that will detect a change in blood constituents, and it will signal for thirst.
Even though Jesus cried I thirst, he was fulfilling the Word of God.
I know that the next Word is coming up who will pick up from where I’m leaving off but let me say this before I go.
And if I was to feel like Jesus felt over 2000 years ago, and how I feel now in 2024, I can to say that I thirst.
I’m thirsting after, righteousness.
I’m thirsting after, love between the brother and the sisters.
But I don’t have to worry because I have the living water that will quench my thirst.
The young salesman was disappointed about losing a big sale, and as he talked with his sales manager he lamented, "I guess it just proves you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink." The manager replied,
"Son, take my advice: your job is not to make him drink. Your job is to make him thirsty."
