The Finished Work of Christ

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this Good Friday message, Dr. Michael Youssef unpacks Jesus’ final words from the Cross: “It is finished” (tetelestai). Christ’s work of redemption is complete—so forgiveness and eternal life are available to all who repent and trust in Him.

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0:00.0	Thank you for opening time in your busy day for a powerful, life-changing message from Dr. Michael Youseth on this episode of Leading the Way audio.
0:11.6	When Jesus said, it is finished, the result of that finished work will endure for all of eternity.
0:20.4	It is finished means that every nation and every generation,
0:26.5	that anyone comes to him confessing their sin, repenting of their sin and receiving him as their
0:33.6	only Savior and Lord, they will be blessed by that finished work of Christ and be
0:39.9	eternally saved from hell.
0:43.8	Today, the last words Jesus spoke while hanging on the cross, words that echo loudly
0:50.1	into this Easter season and throughout eternity.
0:54.3	Listen with me to Dr. Michael Youseth as he begins this episode of leading the way.
1:01.1	When our Lord and Savior was hanging on that cross, he, in perfect agony, made seven statements from the cross.
1:10.0	Today, I will focus on the very last word.
1:15.4	And it was one word in Aramaic, as it is in Greek, but as several words in English.
1:23.7	Only John, who stood at the foot of the cross with the other Mary's, recorded verbatim what that last word was.
1:32.4	In John chapter 19, verse 30, when Jesus received the vinegar, he said, it is finished.
1:41.0	He bowed his head and dismissed his spirit. Mark said that Jesus gave up a loud cry and he died.
1:50.7	Matthew said Jesus again gave a loud cry and breathed his lust. Luke said, then Jesus gave a loud cry. Only John in chapter 19 of his gospel, verse 30, can tell us what that last cry was, because he was there.
2:12.1	The three words in English, it is finished, is one word in the Greek as well as the Aramaic which Jesus spoke.
2:22.1	Three English words got the meaning of one Greek word as it recorded in the New Testament.
2:30.2	More accurately translated into English is actually four words. It has been finished. It has been
2:42.0	finished. I'm going to explain that in a minute. One of the things I really stunk at is grammar and
2:48.3	syntax. That was the bane in every language I studied. But when I began studying
2:54.3	Greek in seminary, it was the first time I began to absolutely value grammar and syntax like I have
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