Pastor Eduardo Alves was in blessed service at Ministerios Adoracion church, preaching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcsFFtl7e3s
DEBT CANCELED
John 19:30 "When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”
The last words of our Lord Jesus Christ before he gave up his spirit. "It's finished." Well, we do not use these words much today, do we? Maybe we're talking about a marriage being consummated ... But, well, it's something else, is not it? No, here when Christ says "finished is," is announcing something very important. In Greek, the original language of the New Testament, this phrase is nothing more than a word, and is the word used in accounts (in debts) when they were canceled. Christ with his last breath, announced the victory we have. "It is finished; All is paid; The debt of his sins is canceled. "Now in our meditation we are going to talk about these consoling words of Christ and we will see how he paid the debt of our sins: 1) He paid for it with his life and 2) He paid it With his death.
The last words of our Lord Jesus Christ before he gave up his spirit. "It's finished." Well, we do not use these words much today, do we? Maybe we're talking about a marriage being consummated ... But, well, it's something else, is not it? No, here when Christ says "finished is," is announcing something very important. In Greek, the original language of the New Testament, this phrase is nothing more than a word, and is the word used in accounts (in debts) when they were canceled. Christ with his last breath, announced the victory we have. "It is finished; All is paid; The debt of his sins is canceled. "Now in our meditation we are going to talk about these consoling words of Christ and we will see how he paid the debt of our sins: 1) He paid for it with his life and 2) He paid it With his death.
I. He paid with his life.
When your credit card receipt arrives every month, we get a little nervous. How do we accumulate so much debt? We want to know exactly where the charges came from. Then, we check the receipt, checking each expense to see where our money went. Well, on Good Friday we remember how Christ paid our debt, I think it is worth checking our receipt to remind us where our debt comes from. Let's see...
When your credit card receipt arrives every month, we get a little nervous. How do we accumulate so much debt? We want to know exactly where the charges came from. Then, we check the receipt, checking each expense to see where our money went. Well, on Good Friday we remember how Christ paid our debt, I think it is worth checking our receipt to remind us where our debt comes from. Let's see...
In part we inherit it from our parents ... that is to say that we are born with sin, with original sin. As the psalmist says Psalms 51:5,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
that from the moment of conception we have been sinners.
But the truth is that Christ began to pay our sins long before he was nailed to the cross, because he was born and lived as our substitute under the law. He led the perfect life which, as we have seen, we do not carry.
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
that from the moment of conception we have been sinners.
But the truth is that Christ began to pay our sins long before he was nailed to the cross, because he was born and lived as our substitute under the law. He led the perfect life which, as we have seen, we do not carry.
II. He paid for it with his death.
God had sent forth continual sacrifices to remind people of the cost of their sins, as a vivid illustration, that "the wages of sin is death," that is, that it is necessary to shed blood to remove sin. But the Jews stopped being moved by the sacrifices and carried them out without thinking about their meaning.
And, now let's see this cross. It does not matter? After hearing each year the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, after seeing the mini-series that are on television, after seeing so many crosses, are we still impacted by the cost of our sins?
John 19:30 “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
God had sent forth continual sacrifices to remind people of the cost of their sins, as a vivid illustration, that "the wages of sin is death," that is, that it is necessary to shed blood to remove sin. But the Jews stopped being moved by the sacrifices and carried them out without thinking about their meaning.
And, now let's see this cross. It does not matter? After hearing each year the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, after seeing the mini-series that are on television, after seeing so many crosses, are we still impacted by the cost of our sins?
John 19:30 “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
Well, let's see again what Christ suffered: He had not slept in more than 36 hours ... they put a crown of thorns on his head ... he suffered whips and taunts ... with a hammer they nailed his hands and his feet to wood ... And that's nothing compared to what he suffered while hanging on the cross. Because on the cross, he suffered what is eternal death, the punishment of God, the hell of all people of all times. Until the very Son of God shouted, Matthew 27:46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,[a] lemasabachthani?” (which means "My God, my God, because you have forsaken me." Also in Psalms 22:1 This is the cost of our sins.
And this is the love of God for us sinners: that he suffered the punishment we deserve. And after suffering all, he shouted in victory, "It is finished." "All is paid." And he died. We have heard this story a thousand times. Has it stopped us from impacting? It was my debt that.
And this is the love of God for us sinners: that he suffered the punishment we deserve. And after suffering all, he shouted in victory, "It is finished." "All is paid." And he died. We have heard this story a thousand times. Has it stopped us from impacting? It was my debt that.
