It is Finished ~

It is Finished.

"It was the briefest and yet the fullest of Jesus' utterances from the cross.

Eternity will be needed to make manifest all it contains.

All things had been done which the law of God required;

All things established which prophecy predicted;

All things brought to pass which the types foreshadowed;

All things accomplished which the Father had given Him to do;

All things performed which were needed for our redemption.

Nothing was left wanting.

The costly ransom was given,

The great conflict had been endured,

Sins wages had been paid.,

Divine justice satisfied.

True, there was the committal of His Spirit into the hands of His Father,

which immediately followed His word here;

There was His resurrection and ascension,

but these are the fruit and reward of that work which He completed.

Nothing more remained for Him to do:

Nothing more awaited its fulfillment;

His work on earth was consummated.

It is Finished.

This was not the despairing cry of a helpless martyr.

It was the declaration on the part of the Divine Redeemer 

that all for which He came from heaven to earth to do was now done."

Hallelujah!

What a Saviour!

Thank You, Jesus!

Exposition of the Gospel of John

Arthur Pink

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Christ Laying Down His Life