7 Sayings of Christ on the Cross-7 PARTS

7 Sayings of Christ on the Cross - 7 PARTS

PART 6 - Christ’s Sixth Saying

​…It is Finished:

John 19:30, When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and He bowed His head and gave up the ghost.

From the beginning, Satan opposed the work of redemption. Beginning with Abel’s death, he attempted to hinder the coming of the Messiah. But the Lord Jesus was not ignorant of Satan’s devices (II Corinthians 2:11). Through His life and ministry, He fought the enemy with the Word (Matthew 4:1-11). But in His death, glory be to God, the Seed of the woman crushed the head of him “…that had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14).

The word ‘finished’ occurs 3 times:
a) Genesis 2:1. At the completion of God’s physical creation,
b) John 19:30. When salvation was completed on the cross.
c) Revelation 16:17. “It is done” at the 7’ vial judgment.

Here our Lord Jesus used the Greek word “Tetelestai” meaning, “It is finished, and as a result it is forever done.” The very words of the Lord Jesus, “It is finished,” make it clear that He did win! When Jesus cried, “It is finished,” the redemptive work He came to accomplish was done. Nothing else needed to be added to it.

The word “Tetelestai” speaks of accomplishment, satisfaction, and victory!

Examples of this are:

• A servant reporting to his master would say “I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” (John 17:4)

• A farmer would use this term when there was born into his herd an animal so well-rounded, beautiful, and healthy that it seemed to be without defects and fault.
• An artist, or sculptor, who finished a great masterpiece would stand back and say “Tetelestai. Tetelestai,” meaning that the painting is so perfect that nothing can be added to it. It needed no corrections nor any improvements.
• A merchant would say this when “The debt is paid in full”. As our Kinsman Redeemer, the Lord Jesus paid the exacted payment to set us free from the bondage of sin.
• A priest would use this word when examining a perfect animal sacrifice when the devout worshipper brought a lamb without blemish, a male of the first year (according to God's instructions in Exodus 12:5), to be offered as a sacrifice.
• The greatest example is when Christ said it to describe His payment for our sins on the cross. When our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, offered Himself as the Lamb of God on the altar at Calvary, being such a full, complete and perfect payment that nothing could he added to it. Jesus fully met the righteous demands of a holy law. He paid our sin debt in full. The Lamb of God shed His blood to take away the sins of the world (John 1:29; Hebrews 9:24-28). His Sacrifice for sins which was perfect, pure, powerful, once for all, eternal, finished and done forever. Amen and amen!!!!

Paul said “I have finished my course.” II Timothy 4:6-8. Will you finish your life’s work that God has given you to do?

PRAYER: Father in Heaven, thank You for sending Jesus to shed His blood, to die, and pay the price for my sins. Thank You for giving Him the strength to finish the work He did at Calvary. He did it all. He finished the work You sent Him to do. In Jesus name, Amen.

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