IT IS FINISHED
Memorise:
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor; that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2nd Corinthians 8:9
Read: John 19:28-30, (KJV)
Bible in one year: Ephesians 4:17-6:24, Psalms 18:29-42
MESSAGE
When
our Lord Jesus Christ cried, "It is finished", He really did mean that
it is finished. However, some children of God do not know the important
of that statement. Some believe that the wages of sin have been fully
paid and so we are on our way to Heaven. Correct. Some people believe
that all the misfortunes that came upon human race as a result of the
fall have been paid for. This is equally true. The problem we must
however fix in our devotional reading for today is irregularity in the
doctrine of the atonement of Jesus Christ. We must get it right and
perfect.
Some
believe that when Jesus Christ said "it is finished" He meant that He
had paid the debt of sin in full and do not believe that they are
missing a gem in the work of redemption. This category of disciples
focus on the spiritual aspect of redemption, without paying close
attention to the physical. It is needful here to say that the atonement
of Jesus Christ is all-encompassing – spiritual, physical, material,
emotional, psychological and what have you. For example, when Adam
sinned, it was not only the spiritual aspect of his life that was
affected; his career as a gardener was affected because he had to labour
more for less. Even his wife had to undergo the rigours of labour at
childbirth. In the same vain, when the cure for sin came, it came in
full. So, if you have been redeemed by His death at Calvary, I say
congratulations because your ailing business, marriage, health condition
etc are now redeemed! The Bible says:
"For
ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich,
yet, for your sakes he became poor; that ye through his poverty might be
rich."
The
Irregularity on the other hand, has to do with the belief in some
quarters that because Christ has paid our debt in full, we can indulge
in sin. This is not correct. Jesus Christ paid it in full to cater for
actual and habitual sins. This is why the Bible says:
"Whosoever
is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and
he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God
are manifest,"
1st John 3:9-10a
On her encounter with Jesus Christ, the woman whose sin of adultery was forgiven her was told to "Go and sin no more." (John 8:11). So also was the impotent man that was healed by Jesus (John 5:4).
Beloved, Jesus paid it in full for your deliverance for spiritual and
physical calamities; sin, sickness, poverty and all, but He did not pay
for you to continue in sin. (23 July 2016 open heavens)
Prayer Point
Father,
I thank you for sending your Son, Jesus to pay the debt He did not owe
on my behalf. Please let this atoning work deliver me from all woes of
sin in Jesus' name.
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