I came across this verse, Matthew 27:46, or should I say the verse came to my mind during my Bible study a couple of days ago, and it suddenly struck me: Why did God forsake Jesus? I began to scour the internet to see if I could find any answers. I found many answers, but none answered my heart’s questions.

Some of them said that the sin of the whole world was upon Jesus, and because God cannot bear sin, he forsook Jesus on the cross. Others say that Jesus was a man and, as such, was expressing the human feeling of feeling forsaken. But then, I began to think, is that really what happened? With the amount of sin and not just sin, terrible sin upon the face of the earth, was it the sin that made God forsake Jesus? Especially as they were very close in their relationship, John 10:30. I also thought, God is all knowing and as such would he not have known what would happen to Jesus? Acts 2:23

I was beginning to try to accept these explanations when the Holy Spirit gave me an analogy. He impressed on my heart the image of a parent taking their baby to get a shot—like an immunization to protect against deadly diseases. What usually happens in that moment?

When a parent takes a baby to get a shot, most time it can be traumatic for both the parent and the baby. For the baby, it’s a shock. The pain is intense and unfamiliar, and they often cry out in distress. For the parent, it can be just as hard. They know the shot is necessary, but watching their child in pain, feeling powerless to take it away, can move them to tears. Their love doesn’t lessen in that moment—it’s possibly felt even more deeply.

The child has to go through the process of getting the shot, and the parent has to endure it as well. Most times, it can feel like the parent is abandoning or forsaking the child to the process and the pain, but the parent knows the importance of the shot and knows that it needs to happen. Immediately, it dawned on me that yes, this is it. God did not abandon Jesus, at least not the way I thought he did, but he knew that Jesus had to go through the process of crucifixion and pain for salvation to come to man. He did not abandon Jesus to be violated and murdered the way he was just for the sake of suffering, nor did he “forsake” him in the way that I thought he did.

This understanding is bearable for me, because it helps me see God more as a Father. Even knowing the depth of pain His Son, Jesus, would endure, He still had to bear the agony of watching Him be mistreated, mocked, and ultimately murdered. He had to remain still—almost idly by—not because He didn’t care, but because this was the only way that salvation could come to mankind.

Jesus, the Son, had to suffer and be crucified so that we could receive the gift of eternal life. It’s a hard truth, but a true one.

And yet, this truth also gives me hope. If God, as a good and loving Father, allowed His own Son to suffer for a greater purpose, then I can trust that He will also do what is best for me—even when I don’t understand it. His love doesn’t always remove pain, but it always leads to redemption.

This isn’t just a story or a religious idea — it’s a personal invitation. God loves you. No matter your past, no matter where you are right now, He’s offering forgiveness, freedom, and a relationship with Him through Jesus.

All it takes is a heart that’s willing to believe, to turn toward Him, and to say, “Yes, I need You”.

So, you, reading this post, yes you, have you accepted the sacrifice of Jesus by making him your personal savior? Are you born again? do you have eternal life?

If not, then allow me to share the good news with you.

The Bible says that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God – Romans 3:23. This means that every one of us is born estranged from God due to our sinful fleshly nature. This nature was passed down to us through Adam, the first man. It was through him that sin came into our lives – Romans 5:12. God told Adam in Genesis 2:17 that if he ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he would certainly die. But the devil deceived him that he would not die, but instead he would become like God, being able to tell good from evil- Genesis 3:4-5.

Was it bad for Adam to know good from evil? no, but knowing means his nature, which is also our nature, is no longer pure from the knowledge of evil. Before this time, there was no evil in the world, and Adam and Eve were both naked and unashamed; they were pure – Genesis 2:25. The knowledge or experience of evil means you now know that something is bad or good. There is a corruption in you (you are no longer pure), which also means that you experience good and evil. This is contrary to the pure and good nature that God initially planned for us, not to experience evil.

So, by disobeying God, sin entered the earth. Sin is simply the corruption of our human nature. Before sin, man communed intimately with God from a pure heart, a pure spirit, with no obstruction. After sin, it was man’s spirit becoming estranged from God, so much so that fear and shame entered into our world, Genesis 3:8-10. Adam and Eve acquired the knowledge of good and evil, and with it came sin, which is a corruption of our nature. Our sinful nature is all about self. It is hostile to God. We want to do things the way we want to do things and be the Lord of our lives- we do not want anyone telling us what to do, let alone a God we cannot see. Our sinful nature tells us there is no God, even though it says in Romans 1:19-22 that the knowledge of God is evident to man.

This is evident in us even from birth, as children, we tend to lean towards selfishness first. As a child grows, you will notice a natural tendency for the child to lean towards selfishness and want things done their way. This is where parents come in and try to train them towards good rather than evil. This is the corrupt human nature at work, and the bible warns us that if we continue in this way, then we will die, not just a physical death but also a spiritual death Romans 6:23. God told Adam and Eve that they would die if they ate of the forbidden fruit. One can argue that they did not die until very much later. But Adam and Eve died. First, they died spiritually by losing their spiritual connection with God due to sin (Genesis 3:8-11), and also died physical deaths, Genesis 5:5, for Adam, but Eve’s death date is not mentioned.

God’s plan for mankind is eternal life, a life of intimate communion with him forever, as it was in the beginning – no death. Unfortunately, our nature only has one end, death – Romans 3:23. Not just a physical death- which we must all suffer but also a spiritual death which means eternal separation from God- Isaiah 59:2. You see man is not just a physical being, though many will argue that we are just that. Man is made up of a spirit (your inner being), your soul (how you express this inner being), and a body- the physical aspect that you and I see.

On the other hand, God is a Spirit John 4:24. We cannot see God with our physical eyes. This is often what challenges us to believe in him or his existence. This is because God does not have a physical body, and we come to know him through our spirits- our hearts. The Bible says we are made by God for God (Isaiah 43:21, I Samuel 12:22). We are made to serve him, to love him, to be loved by him, and to be led by him – Ephesians 2:10. Because we are made by him, he put in each of us a homing device- that navigates us to him (Romans 1:19-20). But our natural disposition is hostility towards God and his ways, which is the sinful nature I talked about earlier, and it estranges us from God.

The good news is that God has a way for our spirits to be reunited with him so that we do not spend eternity away from him in condemnation with the devil in hell when we die physically. God sent his son, Jesus Christ- God in human form to reconcile us to him – John 3:16. How? Jesus was not born with our sinful nature. How? He was born instead with God’s spiritual nature, even though he was born as a man Luke 1:35. He was born and lived sinless because his nature was not hostile towards God. This is why he could die for us, and his death was acceptable before God because he was pure. All we have to do now is believe and accept him as our savior – be born again. This means God gives us a new nature- a new spirit nature. This nature is the only nature that God accepts, as it is not hostile to him. This new nature enables us to know God and to form a relationship with him

This new nature is also the only guarantee we have that we will not spend eternity apart from God when we eventually die on this earth.

My dear friend who is reading this, will you accept this great gift that God offers? God has made everything easy for us, and all we have to do is believe and accept him. Trying to please God ourselves is impossible, as our conscience always points to an area we fall short of (read the previous blog – Do I trust God? – Quiet Time blog). But when we accept Jesus Christ as our savior, he comes in and lovingly helps us to know God with the help of His Spirit, the Holy Spirit.

What are you waiting for? Will you make him lord of your life today? If so, repeat this prayer, “Dear God, I am a sinner, and I admit that I do things my way. Please forgive me, I believe in you, accept me in Jesus name.

If you say this prayer sincerely and believe it in your heart, your inner being, your spirit, then God will make you a new person. You will be born again and be grafted into the family of Almighty God. Allow me to welcome you to the family. Please find a bible based church where you can fellowship and be discipled; your life will never be the same again. I would love to hear from you, so please be in touch.

God bless.