We continue on our journey today as we examine and reflect on "The Sixth Word" of our Lord Jesus Christ from the cross.

So far, we have heard our Lord from the cross share these words: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." He shares with a repentant thief the promise, "Today you will be with me in Paradise." We saw Jesus commit the care of His mother, Mary, to his closest friend John. Then we heard that powerful cry from the cross, "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?" Then, the words, "I thirst" last week. Now, the words, "It is finished."

Dr. Calvin Miller, known as the Poet Laureate of Evangelical Christianity once wrote: "No shot was ever heard around the world. In fact, in all of human history only two sounds have been heard around the entire world . . . The …