Red Letter Day - It is finished
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It is Finished
It is Finished
Tetelestai - complete discharge debt
Servant return - job done
Merchant declares - debt paid
Priest - sacrifice is perfect
What’s Finished?
Prophecy - Isaiah, Psalms
God’s plan - judgement for sin
He finished, but we aren’t done
Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.
Unfinished Business
Start strong , but don’t finish
Knew christ at young age - Lord after 19 yrs old
What’s yours - forgive, restore, finish school, loose weight, share faith, etc
Finishing Strong
Make a commitment
A lot start, but few finish - keep options open
2 Cor - Paul
So now finish doing it as well, so that your readiness in desiring it may be matched by your completing it out of what you have.
Finishing Strong
1519 - Cortez - new world - burned the ships
Jesus did this in the Garden
saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
Finishing Strong
Take next step
Chasm from where we are to where God wants us - overwehelming
Baby steps
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
Finishing Strong
Take next step
Leave a church to plant a church
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Finished on the Cross
We can because HE did - Betrayed, rejected, forsaken, wounded, crucified
Hardest work done
What’s next
Come, and see the victories of the cross. Christ’s wounds are thy healings, His agonies thy repose, His conflicts thy conquests, His groans thy songs, His pains thine ease, His shame thy glory, His death thy life, His sufferings thy salvation. Matthew Henry
It is Finished
It is Finished
John 19:28-30
