Dear Friends,
All of us have been relieved and gladdened by bringing a necessary task
to completion. An architect who plans and builds a bridge to connect two
towns or cities looks upon the accomplishment of his design and celebrates
with satisfaction his completed work. He may even cry out, "It is finished!"
There is one accomplishment which gives eternal significance to those
three words, which is tetelestai in the Greek. These words were said by our
Lord Jesus Christ from the Cross. They are the most significant words ever
uttered after the greatest work completed in human history. For you see, our
Lord Jesus Christ cried out these words after finishing the work, paying for
the sins of the whole world.
On the Cross at Calvary, every single sin of every single man, woman
and child was imputed, counted or charged to the One who knew no sin so that
we could be made the righteousness of God in Him. Jesus Christ finished the
work of taking away the sins of the world as God's sacrificial Lamb. It was
there that God completed a provision for us to be reconciled to Him. His
love is so great that He manifested it by the sacrifice of the only pure
Lamb that ever has been and ever will be. We are that special to Him. May
our hearts be full of Thanksgiving because, "Tetelestai!"
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(1) 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.
(2) 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours
only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
(3) 2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no
sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
(4) Revelation 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.
Bensilal Chacko/DE/USA
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