Podcasts about scripture: john 19:16-19:30

Trust in the Lord with all your heart

Living Way Community Church

Jesus cried "It is finished" when He was on the cross. Was this the end of everything? Or was this just the end of the beginning? Jesus' work here on earth was complete. He was the perfect sacrifice. This is all we need to have eternal life in Heaven. Jesus has now gone to prepare a place for us, and we will meet Him there if we are born again.

Jesus cried "It is finished" when He was on the cross. Was this the end of everything? Or was this just the end of the beginning? Jesus' work here on earth was complete. He was the perfect sacrifice. This is all we need to have eternal life in Heaven. Jesus has now gone to prepare a place for us, and we will meet Him there if we are born again.

Evangelical Free Church of Canton

Evangelical Free Church of Canton

This is an audio version from our YouTube channel. Morning devotional, prayer and communion. This morning, Good Friday, Rob will be leading us through a thought from the story of Jesus on the cross.

"When Jesus had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit." John 19 v30

A in-depth, verse-by-verse, expositional study examining the "backstage pass" Gospel from the perspective of the Apostle John

A in-depth, verse-by-verse, expositional study examining the "backstage pass" Gospel from the perspective of the Apostle John

Our text tonight contains some of the last words of Jesus. The most striking here is the phrase: “It is finished.” There are many sermons that could come from this declaration. It signaled the end of His earthly ministry. They also could refer to his very life. In the closing hours of His life, Jesus showed us how to overcome and to win the victory in whatever we are going through. He did not simply mean that it was over. He did not mean that it was the end. There is a world of difference between ended and completed. He was not uttering words of endurance or perseverance. It was not merely saying that He had survived. When He said It is Finished, He was not simply saying that He had come to the end, but actually was reaching the place of overcoming. Everything had been accomplished. It was an hour of victory and triumph. How do we get to the point of being able to declare It Is Finished in that way? The story of this victory starts well before the cross or the garden. In order to reach the point of victory, we have to learn to live beyond betrayal. Even the ones that are supposed to be closest to us, will let us down or turn on us. We will have to accept the fact that men will fail us, but God never will. Secondly, Jesus had to be able to handle the disappointments from those that were closest to Him. Jesus had sent 3 years with the disciples and poured Himself into them, but in the Garden of Gethsemane, they could not even stay awake while He went to pray. He went to pray a second time, and found them asleep again. He came back a third time to find them asleep. He simply told them to move on as His time was at hand. As the soldiers took him away, the disciples fled. Jesus did not let these multiple failures distract Him. Third, we have to learn to accept some things. The bible says that Jesus drank from a butter cup. He did not want to do that, but He did. He may have drank the bitter cup, but He did not allow it to make Him bitter. Forth, in order to reach the place of it is finished, we have to learn to die. Not in a physical sense, but we have to put down our flesh in order to reach the victory. Fifth when to reach that place, we have to learn to keep our mouth shut. Standing before Pilate, Jesus said not a word. Even though they mocked Him, beat Him and taunted Him, He did not answer. Like keeping His mouth shut, He had to become deaf to some things. They taunted Him saying “come down from the cross and we will believe you.” That was not the plan, so Jesus had to just ignore them in order to get to the place of it is finished. To reach that point, we will have to live some through undeserved paint. We have to learn to refuse some things. At one point on the cross, they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh. That mixture was the pain killer of that time. Jesus took the gall and the vinegar, but refused the thing that might have killed some of the pain. Finally to reach the place of victory, we have to cling to God even when there seems to be no God. Jesus ask why God had forsaken Him. He held onto His faith until the very end. The story of Jesus’ victory begins well before the cross. By applying these principles to our lives, we can also come to the place where we declare victory by saying It Is Finished.

Jesus finishes His greatest work on the cross by bearing the shame and guilt of all His people.

What is so unbelievable about this understated account of Jesus Christ's crucifixion? To his followers it was a cruel anti-climax, but actually how familiar are you with the events of this historically undeniable occasion?

Finished