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Gospel Light: Volume 6 (1916)
• 2 min. read • grade level: 5
IT is very clear that when a thing
is
finished nothing can be done to make it so.
When we have finished a piece of work it would be folly for another to come and attempt to complete it.
Just so is it with the Lord Jesus. His work He finished. His dying words were “It is finished” (
John 19:30
30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:30)
).
JOH 19:30
30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:30)
What then was the work of Christ which He came to do? Christ's work was “to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself" (
Heb. 9:26
26
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (Hebrews 9:26)
).
HEB 9:26
26
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (Hebrews 9:26)
This work He has done. He came to suffer, "the Just for the unjust" (
1 Peter 3:18
18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1 Peter 3:18)
).
1PE 3:18
18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1 Peter 3:18)
This He has done, once and forever.
He came to pay the wages of sin, which is death (
Rom. 6:23
23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
).
ROM 6:23
23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
This He has done to the very uttermost.
The wrath of God was upon the sinner, and Jesus came to do the will of God by bearing His wrath for us, so that we might not perish, but have everlasting life (
Heb. 10:9-13
9
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. (Hebrews 10:9‑13)
).
HEB 10:9-13
9
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. (Hebrews 10:9‑13)
He was forsaken of God on account of the sinner. “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” was the question of Jesus when on the cross. And what is the answer?
It is that those who believe might never be forsaken; that the sinner, who by nature is at enmity against God, might have peace with God. This peace Jesus has made by His death, and now he who believes on Him is justified, and has peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 5). ROM 5
The death of Christ has met all the demands of God against the sinner. His death has fully paid the wages of sin, which is death, and God is just in pardoning and in justifying the ungodly one who believes in Jesus, and by whom all who believe are justified from all things, from which by the law of Moses they could not be justified (
Rom. 3:23-26
23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Romans 3:23‑26)
;
Acts 13:39
39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. (Acts 13:39)
).
ROM 3:23-26
23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Romans 3:23‑26)
ACT 13:39
39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. (Acts 13:39)
The sinner, then, has nothing to do to make the salvation of God more complete than it is.
“It is finished," and it is free to all who believe in Jesus.
THE WORK OF CHRIST IS FINISHED.
(
John 19:30
30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:30)
;
Heb. 10:12
12
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; (Hebrews 10:12)
.)
JOH 19:30
30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John 19:30)
HEB 19:30
SIN IS FINISHED.
(
Heb. 9:26, 28
26
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (Hebrews 9:26)
28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:28)
.)
HEB 9:26-28
26
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:26‑28)
CONDEMNATION IS FINISHED.
(
Rom. 8:1, 2
1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1‑2)
.)
ROM 8:1-2
1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1‑2)
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