The Apostle Paul's longing in Philippians 3:10–11—to know Christ by both experiencing the power of His resurrection and participating in His sufferings—reminds us that resurrection life comes only through the path of death, and through Jesus' final six hours on the cross, His seven last sayings powerfully reveal timeless truths about forgiveness, grace, selflessness, and abandonment that embody what it means to share in His sufferings and be conformed to His death.
