In Matthew 27:46 Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, Lama sabachthani – which means “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”
Notice Psalm 22 also starts with this same cry! Read Psalm 22:1-18 and Matthew 27:32-46 and you will see Matthew tells the story of Jesus on the cross from the ground looking up at the cross. Psalm 22 is the story of Jesus from the cross looking down. In Jesus day the Bible was not divided into chapter and verse. If you wanted to draw attention to a passage you would quote the beginning of that passage. Is it possible that Jesus was telling us from the cross to look at Psalm 22?
He did not have to go to the Cross. John 18:1-6 says Six hundred soldiers fell to the ground when Jesus said “I Am He”. Incredible! They just fell to the ground! He did not have to go to the Cross! But He Did! And then He Rose and that is what we will celebrate this Sunday morning. Resurrection Sunday! The Choir will bring three wonderful songs about our Beautiful Savior. Our foundation hymn is “He Lives” followed by “Christ Arose” and then we will proclaim “How Great is Our God”. Finally we will sing a song called “My Savior, My God”. The words to this song come from a poem written in 1873 by Dora Greenwell. Here is the poen.

I am not skilled to understand
What God hath willed, what God hath planned;
I only know that at His right hand
Is One Who is my Savior!

I take Him at His word and deed;
“Christ died for sinners”—this I read;
For in my heart I find a need
Of Him to be my Savior!

That He should leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die,
You count it strange? So once did I,
Before I knew my Savior!

Yea, living, dying, let me bring
My strength, my solace from this Spring;
That He Who lives to be my King
Once died to be my Savior!

See you Sunday!
The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed!