It Is Finished

I want to thank the Women's Ministry for last night's fellowship. It was just a great time sharing with other women.

This is from a book entitled Grace for the Moment by Max Lucado. It's about the three words...IT IS FINISHED. I thought how grand this would be on Good Friday!

"Stop and listen a moment. Let the words wind through your heart. Imagine the cry from the cross. The sky is dark. The other two victims are moaning. Jeering mouths of the crowd are silent. Perhaps there is thunder. Perhaps there is weeping. Perhaps there is silence.

Then Jesus draws in adeep breath, pushes his feet down on that Roman nail, and cries, "It is finished!" What was finished? The history-long plan of redeeming man was finished. The message of God to man was finished. The works done by Jesus as a man on earth were finished. The sting of death had been removed. It was over."

Max Lucado... No Wonder They Call Him The Savior

When Jesus tasted the vinegar, He said, "It is finisheed." Then He bowed His head and died. John 19:30

Reflections

I went to the dentist on Thursday morning and I was having two cavities filled. As my dentist drilled out the decay, I was thinking about sin and how sin represents the decay of a tooth. How Jesus took out all of our "decay", our sins. It would not help to just remove the decay, like the sins of our lives. He has to fix the decayed tooth by placing a "seal of LOVE" for us, like sealant a dentist uses. I was ever reminded that God uses Jesus Christ as our sealant for our lives. He is the bond between us and God. What would we do without "sealant"?

"Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day." 2 Corinthians 4:16

"Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." Ephesians 4:30