Jesus said on the cross “It Is Finished”

                                      Jesus said on the cross “It Is Finished”

      (Hindi Translation below)

 Gospel John Chapter 19:28-30, After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a vessel full of sour wine was kept there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.  So, when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.

The above verse says Jesus knowing that all things are now accomplished that the Scripture might be fulfilled. Now the question arises why Jesus came to this fallen world, what was His purpose and meaning of last words uttered “It is finished”. There is a very high price paid and work is already finished, Let us look through the scripture for what Christ finished on the cross.

1.Jesus was Propitiation and ransom for us:

1.Propitiation

 a) Romans 3:25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed.

 

b) Hebrew 2:17, Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

 c) 1 John 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

 2.Ransome:

a) 1 timothy 2:6, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

I would like to summarize based upon above just for example imagine that “God said, “If I punish man for his sin, man will die and go to hell. On the other hand, if I don’t punish man for his sin, My justice will never be satisfied.”

The solution? God said that Jesus would become our substitute. He would take the sin of mankind upon Himself, a righteous judgment and substitute for sin to fulfill the righteous demand of the God.

2.Jesus redeemed us from the Sins as well as consequences of the Sins also:

a)  Galatians 4:5, To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

b) Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

 c) Ephes.1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

 d) Hebrews 9:15. And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

 e) Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and return to me, For I have redeemed you.

 So, with the death and resurrection of Jesus, sinfull man who trusts on Him, has been redeemed. We do not have to dobwork or do some deeds for atonement of  our sins. Just confess your sins and believe that on the cross Jesus said "it is finished" and believe that our sins are paid off. 

 3.Reconcilation with God.

1) Eph.2:16 “and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity”.

 

2) Colo. 1:20 “and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross”.

 3) Romans 5:10 -11 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.  And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

 4) 2 Corinthian 5 :19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

 We all stand in need of God’s forgiveness. Our relationship with was God was broken. We need to be reconciled to him. And the good news is that God has provided us with what we most need: forgiveness and reconciliation which is through His Son only.

 The above work is just the grace of God alone and we have not done anything for this. Let us believe in the same way. If we still believer on performance based Christianly then it is not possible to walk in Victory because performance based Christianly will make us to continue to perform every day and there is no end of it. Let us not do whatever is finished by our Lord Jesus on the Cross but just proclaim and believer on it for ourselves.

 If we have to overcome the sin and satan in our life we must go to the Father trusting on the first and finished work of the Lord Jesus as mentioned above and stand under His grace keeping in our mind what He has done for us. We must remind the satan by proclaiming the work Lord has done for us on the cross and heavenly Father himself will lead us into the victory which He has been completed through His Son Jesus Christ.

 God bless you

 Your brother in Christ

Ramesh C Koundal

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