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““It is It is finished”finished”
(John 19:30)(John 19:30)
Part 6 0f 7Part 6 0f 7
Introduction As Jesus our Lord was on the
cross, His “last words” teach us many lessons
In this series I hope to share with you some insight into those final moments before Jesus took His last breath and died.
In our last lessons we studied, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know
what they are doing”
Introduction As Jesus our Lord was on the
cross, His “last words” teach us many lessons
In this series I hope to share with you some insight into those final moments before Jesus took His last breath and died.
In our last lessons we studied, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise”
Introduction As Jesus our Lord was on the
cross, His “last words” teach us many lessons
In this series I hope to share with you some insight into those final moments before Jesus took His last breath and died.
In our last lessons we studied, “Woman, behold your son…Behold your mother”
Introduction As Jesus our Lord was on the
cross, His “last words” teach us many lessons
In this series I hope to share with you some insight into those final moments before Jesus took His last breath and died.
In our last lessons we studied, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken Me?”
Introduction As Jesus our Lord was on the
cross, His “last words” teach us many lessons
In this series I hope to share with you some insight into those final moments before Jesus took His last breath and died.
In our last lessons we studied, “I am thirsty”
“It is finished” Like all mankind, Jesus was
destined to die. The question that we all must be
able to answer in death is: Did I finish the task of the Father?
Jesus is the only one that can say with absolute truth that everything the Father wanted was perfectly completed in His life
Though He died a traumatic death, He died doing all of the Father’s will
“It is finished” There was nothing left in the
flesh that Jesus could do for the Father…We were redeemed and that was the
Father’s purpose in sending Jesus
The sentence “It is finished” is but one word in the Greek (“tetelestai”) which means, “to bring to an end, to complete, to accomplish”
A servant would use this word when reporting to his master after a task
“It is finished” These 3 words embody the
whole scope of our redemption
When Jesus knew that His work was done, He shouted aloud the word, “It is finished” (See Mt. 27:50; Mk. 15:37)
He never said, “I am finished” as if to sound defeated, but rather said, “It is finished” and He became victorious in His death.
“It is finished” Jesus came with a duty and
fulfilled it (John 4:34; 17:4)
From a very young age Jesus announced His need to do the work of His Father (Luke 2:49)
As Jesus continued doing His Father’s will, He often times reminded others that His time had not yet come(John 2:3-4; 7:6-8, 28-30; 8:20)
“It is finished” The Bible tells us that Jesus
came to “save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21)
The Bible also tells us that,“He saved us” (Titus 3:4-7)
OT priests offered many sacrifices for sins, yet Jesus being High Priest and sacrifice offered Himself once for our salvation (Hebrews 9:24-26)
“It is finished” When a bill would be “paid in
full” in ancient times, it would have written on it (tetelestai), “It is finished”
The debt for our sins was all paid on the cross of Calvary
My sins are not on me…but on Jesus…what a concept! Jesus is our sacrifice for sins and has carried our unrighteousness away from us
(See Lev. 16:15-22; Heb. 10:17)
“It is finished” Jesus has won the battle
against Satan for us in His death (John 12:31-32)
We are now offered life in His kingdom, after we have been forgiven of our transgressions (Col. 1:13-14; 2:9-15)
We no longer have to fear death, since Jesus gives us the hope of eternal life(Hebrews 2:14-18; Rom. 6:1-11)
“It is finished” We know that the Father
accepted the sacrifice of Jesus because the temple veil was torn in two (Matt. 27:51) With the barrier of our sins taken away the way into God’s fellowship was now open to all (Heb. 10:19-25; Eph. 2:13-22)
When Jesus rose from death and left for His home on high…God showed us that the sacrifice was acceptable
Application In His death, Jesus reassures
us that His work in redemption was complete with the words, “It is finished” Every generation must accept the completed work of Jesus and live their life in obedience to Him (Psalm 22:25-31)
Jesus shed His blood for you…will you put away your sins (Acts 22:16)
Application We often times sing
“Hallelujah What A Savior” in which a verse reads:
Lifted up was He to die,
“It is finished”, was His cry;
Now in heaven exalted high;
Hallelujah! What a Savior.
Will you accept the finished work of Jesus? Hear (John 12:48)
Believe (John 8:24) Repent (Luke 13:3, 5) Confess (Matt. 10:32-
33) Baptized (Mark 16:16)
Faithful (Rev. 2:10)