--WHY DID JESUS SAY 'IT IS FINISHED?'/ WHAT WAS FINISHED?

--IT IS FINISHED!
-(JOHN 19:30)--

--OUR SAVIOR SPOKE seven times while He was crucified on Calvary's Cross on that first Good Friday. Shortly before Jesus died, He said, "It is finished."

--While it is true that the life of Jesus was coming to an end, there is much more meaning to these words. Jesus is telling us that His mission has been accomplished! What was His mission? Why did He leave Heaven and live on Earth for thirty three years? How was His mission accomplished through His death?

If we do not know why Jesus came to Earth and that He did it for us, we would still be in our sins with no hope for this life and the life to come. We would be "of all people most to be pitied" (1 Corinthians 15:19).

Jesus Himself states His mission: "The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost" (Luke 19:10). The Father sent Jesus on His mission: Jesus accepted the mission, left Heaven, became like us (except He was sinless Philippians 2:6-8), lived a perfect life as our substitute (Galatians 3:13), and suffered and died for our sins (Isaiah 53:4-5).

His seemingly impossible mission has been accomplished! What comfort and assurance we have to know His mission has been completed for us!

"Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin."-(Hebrews 9:22) Jesus died in our place. He paid our sin-debt! --"JESUS PAID IT ALL"/ Kristian Stanfill~<https://youtu.be/-FHwdx5BIvc>
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