Crucifixion: Words of Victory•
Jn 19:30a When Jesus had drunk of the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!”
I. HEAR AND COMPREHEND “IT IS FINISHED”
A. IT IS FINISHED!
1. tetelestai was used in Greco-Roman culture—all of them illustrative of Jesus’ finished work on the cross
a. An ATHLETE might say tetelestai
b. A MERCHANT might say tetelestai
c. An ARTIST might say tetelestai
d. A SERVANT might say confidently tetelestai
e. A JUDGE might say tetelestai
f. A PRIEST might say tetelestai
g. A SOLDIER might have said tetelestai
h. Jesus Christ is the Artisan, the Servant, the Judge, the Priest, the Merchant, and the Victor – WE are not.
2. SINGLE WORD
Perfect passive indicative in the Greek
>Perfect tense indicates that the progress of an action has been completed and the result of that action is ongoing and with full effect.
>Passive voice indicates that the subject of the sentence is being acted upon
>Indicative mood indicates a statement of fact or an actual occurrence from the writer’s or speaker’s perspective
B. IT IS FINISHED
1. NOT “I” AM FINISHED
John 19:28 “After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished…”
John 4:34 Jesus said unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work
John 12:24-27 “The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour? No, for this cause came I unto this hour.”
2. “WORK” IS FINISHED
II Cor 5:17-21 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
II. HEAR AND UNDERSTAND “IT IS FINISHED”
A. WHAT STOPPED?
1. TYPES
2. PROPHECIES
3. PROMISES
4. SACRIFICES
5. LAW Rom 10:3-4 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Christ is the end [telos] of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
6. PENALTY
7. SIN Col 2:13-15 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
8. SATAN DEFEATED Ps 76:3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle.
9. DEATH & HELL
B. WHAT WAS SECURED?
1. NEW COVENANT
2. FATHER’S LOVE
3. SON GLORIFICATION
4. SPIRIT PROCURED
5. HEAVEN GUARANTEE
6. SALVATION! Ps 105:1-5 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. Remember his marvelous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth
7. CHURCH
8. VICTORY – Rom 6:6-12 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
III. HEAR AND APPRECIATE “IT IS FINISHED”
A. APPLY IT PERSONALLY
1. MORE THAN “FACTS”
2. REPENT & BELIEVE Eph 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith”; John 3:36 “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him”
B. PROCLAIM IT TO THE WORLD!
1. THOSE WORKING FOR SALVATION
2. THOSE FOLLOWING RELIGIOUS RITUALS
3. THOSE SEEKING NEW REVELATION/TONGUES
4. THOSE WHO WORK TO KEEP SAVED
5. THOSE WHO DO NOT CARE