FATHER INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT!

LUKE 23:46

And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

PSLAMS 31:5          

Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O lord God of Truth.

FATHER

2) a) the originator and transmitter of anything 1) the authors of a family or society of persons

animated by the same spirit as himself 2) one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and

governs their minds

COMMEND

2) to place down (from one's self or for one's self) with any one a) to deposit b) to entrust, commit to one's charge

New Living Translation

Luke 23:46

Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” and with those words he breathed his last.

Psalms 31:5

I entrust my spirit into your hand. Rescue me, Lord, for you are a faithful God.

Why does Christ speak Father into thy hands I commend my spirit?

     After the work of God is done through his people in his spirit his spirit has to be given, place down for the glory of God. We can translation this verse into “the originator into your hands do I entrust your spirit” for all that we do is not of our own works but the works that God has given unto us. Christ main purpose was to lay his life down for our sins and that’s what he did. Christ laid his life down and returned the spirit of God which God gave him to do his will, at the finishing of his purpose.

In contrast, Psalms 30 is a dedication unto the house of David which Solomon has finished in 1kings 8:63, then it goes forth in Psalms 31:5 “Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, Lord God of truth” After the work that God has instructed David to store up for, which Solomon will complete is finished, the author of this Psalms also entrusting his spirit into the Father’s hands.

Everything that is done in the name of the Father that has originated from the Father has to go back unto the Father. The spirit that God had place in Christ to complete the mission had to be released from Christ so he could receive rest.

We can see the same with Solomon after he finished the building of the temple he received rest; he also received more instruction for him and his people to follow so God’s Glory would stay with them at all times… Christ in this verse also shows his sonship with God.

Through his whole journey he has proclaimed his self to be the Son of God. When we have sonship we look towards our Father for protection and security, which is our place of rest. Christ has turned his spirit back unto his Father so that there can be rest and protection.

The peace knowing that the work is done, and he has fulfilled everything the Father has commanded him to do.

Which has made us all children of God for it says in Galatians 3:26, "Ye are children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.", all truths are parallel just as Solomon had to finish the work of the temple and follow the laws that God has set forth so did his people which made them apart of a sonship, the covenant that God had with David.

In sonship there is also security….. Even though God had turned his face from Christ his son, because of the sins that weighed upon him, Christ was still able to entrust God with his spirit because Christ had a security with in God, knowing that after the work of my Father is done I shall receive rest and be seated in high places.  

We can also be ensured from the passage that when we are saved God places us in his hand which there is safety in. For it says in Ephesians 1:13-14 “ In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

Father into thy hands I commend my spirit shows Christ sonship, security, protection, and peace which we all have in God.