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Pastor Jamie continues our "Seven Sayings From The Cross" series this week.
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Tetelestai: "It is finished"
It can be really satisfying to finish something you've been working on. It's probably pretty rare to look back and think all your work went perfectly. Nothing could have gone better, there's no room for improvement or additions. This is what Jesus means though when he says it is finished. He knew humanity couldn't earn its way into heaven so he carried out a perfect plan:
He took human form while somehow remaining God
He lived a perfectly obedient life despite feeling every human temptation
He delivered himself into the hands of those he knew would condemn him
He accepted the false charges against him just as he accepted our sin which he had no part in
He allowed himself to die to take the punishment that we are all owed
He looked to the Father throughout all of this and for his faith he was risen from death
He ascended and took his seat next to the Father because his work is finished. It is finished.
Believe that this is what he did for you.
Obey his teachings because he knows better than we do.
Worship him in celebration of all he has done.
Find others to share this with, whether they've heard it before or not. We all need to be reminded of what has been done, and that it is finished.
Pastor Jamie continues our "Seven Sayings From The Cross" series this week.
τετέλεσται
Tetelestai: "It is finished"
It can be really satisfying to finish something you've been working on. It's probably pretty rare to look back and think all your work went perfectly. Nothing could have gone better, there's no room for improvement or additions. This is what Jesus means though when he says it is finished. He knew humanity couldn't earn its way into heaven so he carried out a perfect plan:
He took human form while somehow remaining God
He lived a perfectly obedient life despite feeling every human temptation
He delivered himself into the hands of those he knew would condemn him
He accepted the false charges against him just as he accepted our sin which he had no part in
He allowed himself to die to take the punishment that we are all owed
He looked to the Father throughout all of this and for his faith he was risen from death
He ascended and took his seat next to the Father because his work is finished. It is finished.
Believe that this is what he did for you.
Obey his teachings because he knows better than we do.
Worship him in celebration of all he has done.
Find others to share this with, whether they've heard it before or not. We all need to be reminded of what has been done, and that it is finished.