It is finished. [Archive] - Christian Recovery Forums

jane

01-29-2007, 08:47 PM

I am thinking now about the words Jesus said on the cross.

Correct me if I am wrong, it has been a long time since I have opened a Bible.

Didn't he say, "it is finished." ?

What does that mean to you?

For me, I think about everything that the church and mankind has ADDED to our salvation.

All the works, the false docterines, the contolling of our minds and actions, the list of sinful people, the division of who belongs and who doesnt, the interpreting of righteousness and church docterine....the way the churches fight against each other, the church structure and hiarchy, the church lingo .............

all the "stuff" that isn't real.

He died for our sins and sorrows.....it is finished.

That is the straight line that I am referring to.

It is simple.

We, humans, make it complex....we add to that which is not there.

just thinking outloud.

IT IS FINISHED.

so simple.

so freeing.

so peaceful.

so reassuring.

IT IS FINISHED.

IT IS COMPLETE.

think about it,

love,
jane

Voyager

01-29-2007, 10:34 PM

Didn't he say, "it is finished." ?

What does that mean to you?
It means to me that there is nothing we can add to or take away from the work that Jesus accomplished at the Cross of Calvary. We are forgiven... for our past, our present, and our future.

It is finished.

Selah.

:cool:

Jerry

01-30-2007, 05:08 AM

Starting from Genesis 4 vs.8,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"it is finished"

jane

01-30-2007, 05:16 AM

Carmen

01-30-2007, 07:28 AM

I agree with you Jane and Voyager. It is that simple. :)

SpinningHead

01-30-2007, 07:34 AM

I think it means that I don't have to do anything. He did it ALL for me. It's done. It is finished.

mary

01-30-2007, 08:26 AM

Jerry-

I FORGOT that it was said then....

hmmm I wonder, do they use the SAME hebrew words for IT IS FINISHED in the old testament as JESUS did in the new?

That would be interesting..........

jane

Now that IS interesting. I've recently been reading some things that contradict the traditional understanding that most of us had that Jesus spoke Aramaic when He walked the earth. Now some scholars are saying He spoke Hebrew in His everyday life, which would make "IT IS FINISHED" all the more poignant, wouldn't it?

"It is finished" -- this former Catholic is brought to grateful tears of joy at the very thought of it... :o :)

mary

SJPEERYVA85

01-30-2007, 09:43 AM

On Christ the Solid Rock I stand!!
All other ground is sinking sand!
All other ground is sinking sand!!!!

cryfreedom

01-30-2007, 10:34 AM

Thanks for this posting, profound simplicity! Love it:)