Jesus Witnessed Even On the Cross

I was reading this morning in Psalm 22, and it occurred to me for the first time that even when sin had had it's full way with the Savior, and there was a brief moment when His Father had to turn His back on Him because Jesus was laden with the sins of all mankind, He was still faithful until the end of His mortality. I believe He perhaps, cried out this Psalm for a witness to  even save the few Pharisees and Sadducees that would remember this reference and believe. I would like to ask Paul what He had heard of this reference when He was getting His marching orders to try and destroy the remnant believers in this new "cult".
This is yet another example for us to follow in our Christian walk, you see there will be many who hate you for your stand and the inevitable judgment that an uncompromising stand, no matter how loving and gentle you are, will produce in the sinner's life. Many are perfectly happy and joyful in their life of comfort and ease with no moral boundaries, or conviction that there way is even wrong. When they are faced with truth sometimes for the first time, the uncomfortable feeling is a shock to  them and will produce a reaction of hatred toward the representative of such a righteous life, sometimes without the righteous witness even knowing it.
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”-Luke 23:34
What a blessed Savior loving even His enemies, as we all were until the conviction of the Holy Spirit showed us the Messiah. The treachery of the leadership at that point, would have been enough for me to say," Destroy this wicked people, Father!". The love of Christ is unfathomable, His patience is timeless, but we must never reject the light once we see it, for darkness will surely become darker than before the revelation in our lives, hearts much harder than before that point.
Jesus not only said love your enemies, He lived and died, and ressurected it. Who are we to not also love those that dispitefully use us, and pray for them to be reconciled in holiness. Whatever Jesus thought at the moment He spoke the reference to Psalm 22, it was certainly an opportunity for those who were well acquainted with it to remember and understand. Yes, Jesus witnessed and loved, to the end of His mortal life, and continues through His righteous followers today. His current immortality and the comforter of the Holy Spirit should give us all the assurance and authority we need to witness to our enemies, and loved ones alike, loving them all enough to tell the truth without apologies or reservation. "Go Forth", Jesus said. It's your opportunity now to represent Me.

Psalm 22
 ¹ My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
         Why are You so far from helping Me,
         And from the words of My groaning?
 ² O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
         And in the night season, and am not silent.
     
 ³ But You are holy,
         Enthroned in the praises of Israel.
 ⁴ Our fathers trusted in You;
         They trusted, and You delivered them.
 ⁵ They cried to You, and were delivered;
         They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.
     
 ⁶ But I am a worm, and no man;
         A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
 ⁷ All those who see Me ridicule Me;
         They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
 ⁸ “He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him;
         Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”
     
 ⁹ But You are He who took Me out of the womb;
         You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.
 ¹⁰ I was cast upon You from birth.
         From My mother’s womb
         You have been My God.
 ¹¹ Be not far from Me,
         For trouble is near;
         For there is none to help.
     
 ¹² Many bulls have surrounded Me;
         Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.
 ¹³ They gape at Me with their mouths,
         Like a raging and roaring lion.
     
 ¹⁴ I am poured out like water,
         And all My bones are out of joint;
         My heart is like wax;
         It has melted within Me.
 ¹⁵ My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
         And My tongue clings to My jaws;
         You have brought Me to the dust of death.
     
 ¹⁶ For dogs have surrounded Me;
         The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
         They pierced My hands and My feet;
 ¹⁷ I can count all My bones.
         They look and stare at Me.
 ¹⁸ They divide My garments among them,
         And for My clothing they cast lots.
     
 ¹⁹ But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me;
         O My Strength, hasten to help Me!
 ²⁰ Deliver Me from the sword,
         My precious life from the power of the dog.
 ²¹ Save Me from the lion’s mouth
         And from the horns of the wild oxen!
     
         You have answered Me.
     
 ²² I will declare Your name to My brethren;
         In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
 ²³ You who fear the LORD, praise Him!
         All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
         And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
 ²⁴ For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
         Nor has He hidden His face from Him;
         But when He cried to Him, He heard.
     
 ²⁵ My praise shall be of You in the great assembly;
         I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
 ²⁶ The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
         Those who seek Him will praise the LORD.
         Let your heart live forever!
     
 ²⁷ All the ends of the world
         Shall remember and turn to the LORD,
         And all the families of the nations
         Shall worship before You.
 ²⁸ For the kingdom is the LORD’s,
         And He rules over the nations.
     
 ²⁹ All the prosperous of the earth
         Shall eat and worship;
         All those who go down to the dust
         Shall bow before Him,
         Even he who cannot keep himself alive.
     
 ³⁰ A posterity shall serve Him.
         It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
 ³¹ They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born,
         That He has done this