IT IS FINISHED

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Text:  John 19:30


 *When Jesus had tasted it, he said, "It is finished!" Then he bowed his head and released his spirit* . 


 _IT IS FINISHED!_ The last three words our Lord Jesus issued on the cross before He released His spirit. These words showed the accomplishment of the task He was given by the Father. 


Let us look at the details of the task our Lord Jesus Christ finished on the cross. He proclaimed the completion of our salvation right before he rose from the grave. So, when you proclaim Jesus as your Lord and Saviour, you simply come into the finished work of salvation that He wrought on the cross.


Our Lord completed the work of:


 *1. Redemption from Sin:*


Before the advent  and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, no man living or dead could pay for sin and its wages(death). Sin rides over all men. But when Christ came, he conquered sin in his flesh and nailed it to the cross. 


 _For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:Romans  8:3._ 


 *Jesus had already conquered sin, it can no longer reign over you except by your own choice.* 

Jesus, who knew and committed no sin took upon Himself the full wrath and consequences of our sins on the cross. He felt all the consequences of sin on the cross. God poured upon Him all the wrath of sin, in order that God's wrath may not abide over anyone. 

Hence, Jesus Christ must be received and believed in order to realise freedom from Sin and its wrath.  _He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him._ John  3:36.


 *2. Redemption from Curse:* 


 _Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:_  Galatians  3:13. 


Our Lord became a curse for you on the cross, hence you have no business with any form of curse any longer. You are free from the curse of the law or any generational curse. 


Jesus had already taken your curse upon Himself. The consequence of your own curse has been perfected in Him, so that you can be a blessing and no more an accursed.


 *The gruesome death of Jesus Christ on the cross is the Blessing of all humanity* 


 *PRAYER FOCUS* 


1. Father, give me the grace to receive  and come into all that you have completed on the cross.


 *Bible Reading:* John 19:28-40


 *CHRIST IMAGE ASSEMBLY* 

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