Words From the Cross: It is Finished

On this Palm Sunday, we remember the triumphal parade into the city of Jerusalem.  Jesus was hailed that day as the conquering King.   When did Jesus win?  Do you ever wonder?  Was it on Sunday or Friday?  What does Jesus’ sixth word from the cross mean to us?  “It is finished!”  Message based on John 19:30.Quotes:Kenneth Bell: I was thinking how you do so little around here, how do you know when you are done? Cecil Rhodes: So much to do, so little done.Duane Brooks: On the cross, Jesus knew and spoke when he had finished his work.Duane Brooks: Jesus saying, “It is finished,” was not a surrender, but shout of victory.Duane Brooks: Unless and until we believe that Jesus finished our salvation on the cross, we will forever labor under the weight of our own sin. Duane Brooks: The goal is not just a transaction, but transformation.John Stott: It has been and will forever remain finished.Oswald Chambers: Our Lord does not pretend we are all right when we are all wrong. The atonement is a propitiation whereby God, through the death of Jesus, makes an unholy person holy. The greatest note of triumph ever sounded in the ears of a startled universe was that sounded on the Cross of Christ.F. B. Meyer: Christ’s work needs no repetition. It is final because it is perfect.Oskar Schindler: I could have done more.Stanley Hauerwas: The cross is not a sign of the church's quiet, suffering submission to the powers-that-be, but rather the church's revolutionary participation in the victory of Christ over those powers. The cross is not a symbol for general human suffering and oppression. Rather, the cross is a sign of what happens when one takes God's account of reality more seriously than Caesar's. The cross stands as God's (and our) eternal no to the powers of death, as well as God's eternal yes to humanity, God's remarkable determination not to leave us to our own devices.John Flavel:  Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us.Brandon Lake: Let Him turn it in your favor, Watch Him work it for your good, He's not done with what He's started, He's not done until it's good.#finished #complete #perfect #victory #crucifixion #triumph #cross #fulfillmentTo discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/.Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbcFollow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptistFollow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist