When Christ Jesus died on that unholy, fly-infested cross for mankind, He never divided the Godhead! We are assured from the earliest Church fathers that the Father in heaven, His eternal Son, and the Holy Ghost are forever One—inseparable, indivisible—and can never be anything else. Not all of Nero’s swords could ever cut down through the substance of the Godhead to cut off the Father from the Son. It was Mary’s Son who cried out, “Why hast Thou forsaken me?” It was the human body, which God had given Him. It was the sacrifice that cried—the Lamb about to die! The Son of Man knew himself forsaken. God dumped that vast, filthy, slimy mass of human sin on the soul of the Savior and then backed away. Believe it that the ancient and timeless Deity was never separated. He was still in the bosom of the Father when He cried, “Into Thy hands I commend my spirit!” Little wonder that we are amazed and marvel every day at the wonder of the ancient theology of the Christian church!
Verse
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. Luke 23:46
Thought
Not all of Nero’s swords could ever cut down through the substance of the Godhead to cut off the Father from the Son.
Prayer
Lord, I am amazed at the gulf that You spanned for us. I could never fully understand, but I simply believe.