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John chapter 19, verse 30, when Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, it is finished.

And he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Wow.

I mean, every time you read one of the chapters in the Gospels that describes Jesus' death on the cross is so

sobering, humbling, overwhelming. You think about the magnitude of what was happening in that

moment, the darkest day in one sense and all of history as God in the flesh is nailed to a cross by the people he created by

rebellious sinners to pay the price for all of our sin, my sin, your sin, all of the sins we've

committed against God that we deserve eternal judgment for, which makes these

last three words in John's account of Jesus' crucifixion so awesome. I wish I could think of a better

word. I just don't think there is a sufficient word to describe the wonder of Jesus saying as he pays the price for

my sin on a cross and your sin on a cross assuming you put your trust in Jesus he declares

it is finished the price has been paid Jesus has taken your sin and my sin, the sins of all who trust in him upon himself.

And in this moment, he speaks a final word over our sin. It's finished. As far as the east is from the

west, a quote from Psalm 103, God has removed our transgressions from us

by pouring out the judgment due us upon his son. Romans chapter 3, maybe the greatest paragraph in all

the Bible. God has presented Jesus as a sacrifice of atonement through faith in his blood. God has poured out the

judgment we deserve upon his son in our place so that we might be justified before God through

faith in Jesus and his blood through faith in the finished work of Jesus. There's no more

atonement for you and I to do, no more work for us to do to overcome our sin, to remove our sin.

Jesus has done all that work. It is finished. And we live today in freedom from the penalty of

sin, from the power of sin.

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