“It Is Finished”
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Psalm 22:27-31, Luke 23:44-49, Mark 15:33-39, John 19:28-30
BY Raechel Myers
Text: Psalm 22:27-31, Luke 23:44-49, Mark 15:33-39, John 19:28-30
I wish I could greet each one of you with a quiet hug on this day of mourning. It is perhaps the most bittersweet day of the year, but somehow, in the darkness, the “sweetness” is harder to find.
Have you read through today’s passages yet? If you haven’t, I’d love if you’d do that first. Today we’ll sit in three gospel accounts of Christ’s crucifixion. Allow your heart to enter the text and ask the Holy Spirit to quiet distractions as you give ear to this sacred narrative.
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Do you feel the weight of what you just read? It’s hard to read without deep sighs and even tears, isn’t it? The reality of a real man—my God—enduring what He did. It makes me painfully uncomfortable. Yet, as I read these words, I’ve never felt so deeply loved.
Christ’s final words came with His dying breath—”It is finished.” And it was.
He bore the wrath of the one, true, holy God against sin—wrath that was due to literally anyone and everyone but Him. And it was finally over. His death completed the work of salvation for His people. It was truly finished then, and it still is.
It is finished. Complete.
And hear this today—really hear it: Because it is finished, there is nothing that any one of us can contribute to Jesus’ work on the Cross to bring us any closer to salvation.
Let’s worship the One who was wounded for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities. As we observe this holy day of sacrifice for salvation, let’s remember the chastisement that brought peace for you and me, and receive the healing that comes to us from the stripes He bore.
“So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is life-giving justification, for everyone. For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.”
Romans 5:18,19, HCSB
It is finished, friends.
Thanks be to God.
98 thoughts on "“It Is Finished”"
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We Believe in God the Father
We Believe in Jesus Christ
We Believe in the the Holy Spirit
That's given us new life
We Believe in the crucifixion
We Believe He conquered death
We Believe in the resurrection
And that He's coming back again
We BelieveThis amazing song has been in my head all week! Thank you Newsboys for the song, thank you SRT for the vehicle to react so many & above ALL…thank you sweet Lord for you sacrifice & Jesus for your suffering. We dont have to repay you, WE BELIEVE!
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I’ve dreaded reading this day for days. Actually put it off because I was so ill at ease. To think of God suffering such pain, derision, scorn, and rejection innocently. He did nothing wrong. The sin He died for was not His own. It’s just not right! Why would He do such a thing? Why should He not just let all of us fend for ourselves? How can He love people who have rejected Him so thoroughly? Who take delight in going astray? And then I read, “It is finished”. 3 simple words that are loaded with so much meaning. He died. So that the world could live.
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I have been meditating and studying the reference made to hyssop in the passage in John from today’s reading. I love how it pulls together God’s redemptive act from the first Passover to Jesus our Passover.
I wrote about it this week, and it is too long to post all of it here. I’ll post a link in case you are interested. http://www.flockandfeast.com/blog/2015/3/29/cleanse-me-with-hyssop -
Something different spoke to me as I read this scripture again. I am blessed beyond belief that Jesus died for me on the cross, but I saw a verse and it reminded me so starkly of human nature.
When the people saw what had happened, they went home beating their chests.
Why is it that we always have to SEE God's love for us manifested in something — Jesus, or an answered prayer, or a miracle — before we believe that God is truly God? That He is capable and willing and loves us? Why do we only then regret when we see the truth?
Jesus, I want to see you as you are, every single day. I want to not have to beat my chest, but thank you for my belief and faith. I want to be strengthened and wise and know that You are God, every single day of my life.
Thank you for dying for me. <3
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There is so much power in Jesus’ last words: “It is finished”.
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As I went through my day, the significance of today has been in my mind all day. A few times this past week I was on the verge of tears as I looked into the future of what was to come in Scripture. It wasn’t always like this. I grew up in a Christian home but was a rebel but 7 years ago I saw the light and while the road has been bumpy, and not always easy– I am thankful and never take for granted what God has done but especially the significance of today. IT IS FINISHED”. Those words closed the circle of the events in the Garden of Eden. Even though I had an amazing time today, the heaviness of this day was on my mind. What this day means, and the gift that was giving to us. GRACE and REDEMPTION. In my heart there is heaviness that this was necessary but there’s also joy that God loves us SO MUCH! Amazing Grace indeed!
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Judges 6:23. Peace. Do not be afraid. You will not die.
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Amazing.
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