The Seven Last Sayings of Christ—part 6

The Seven Last Sayings of Christ—part 6

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.”

            The sixth saying of Jesus when He was being crucified was, “It is finished”.  Albert Barnes stated in his commentary on the Book of John, “It is finished. The sufferings and agonies in redeeming man are over.  The work long contemplated, long promised, long expected by prophets and saints, and is done. The toils in the ministry, the persecutions and mockeries, and the pangs of the garden and the cross, are ended, and man is redeemed. What a wonderful declaration was this! How full of consolation to man! And how should this dying declaration of the Savior reach every heart and affect every soul!”

            In His letter to the Hebrews Paul explains in 10:3, “But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.  For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.”  Hebrews 7:25-27 further explains, “Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.  For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.”

Song for the Day “It is Finished” by Bill and Gloria Gaither