Amid the awful darkness, apparently forsaken of God, Christ had drained the last dregs in the cup of human woe. In those dreadful hours He had relied upon the evidence of His Father's acceptance heretofore given Him. He was acquainted with the character of His Father; He understood His justice, His mercy, and His great love. By faith He rested in Him whom it had ever been His joy to obey. And as in submission He committed Himself to God, the sense of the loss of His Father's favor was withdrawn. By faith, Christ was victor.

Midt i det frygtelige mørke og tilsyneladende forladt af Gud havde Kristus tømt de menneskelige lidelsers kalk til bærmen. I disse forfærdelige timer havde han sat sin lid til de vidnesbyrd om sin Faders velbehag, som han tidligere havde fået. Han kendte sin Faders guddommelige væsen; han forstod hans retfærdighed, hans barmhjertighed og hans store kærlighed. Ved troen hvilede han i ham, som det altid havde været hans fryd at adlyde. Og da han i ydmyghed overgav sig selv til Gud, forsvandt følelsen af at have mistet sin Faders velbehag. Ved troen var Kristus blevet sejrherre.