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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's 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

and 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 do us upon his son, Romans chapter three, maybe the greatest paragraph in all the

Bible. God has presented Jesus as a sacrifice of a tonement through faith in his blood. God

has hored 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. It is finished. So be encouraged in a fresh way

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