Northside Church
One of the last things Jesus said while hanging between Heaven and Earth was the statement, "It is finished". What was "finished"? What does that mean? What does His finished work provide for us?
Luke 23:34 ESV
John 19:30 ESV
Luke 23:46 ESV
Because “It is finished”, you are free from the impossible burden of having to earn God’s love.
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV
Because "it is finished", there is nothing you can ever do or fail to do that will tempt God to leave you, forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV
Hebrews 13:5-6 ESV
Because "it is finished", you cannot sin beyond the coverage of God’s forgiveness.
1 John 1:9 ESV
Because "it is finished", the sins you can’t forget, God doesn’t remember.
Hebrews 8:12 ESV
Psalm 103:12 ESV
Because "it is finished", you are NOT defined by your worst moments or your greatest accomplishments; your struggles or your successes; your strengths or your weaknesses. You ARE defined by who you belong to.
1 Corinthians 3:23 ESV
1 Corinthians 6:20 ESV
Because "it is finished", you can talk truthfully about the worst parts of you without being afraid of others’ disapproval because the only approval that ultimately matters is God’s and you already have it.
1 Timothy 1:15 ESV
Because "it is finished", you can endure rejection from others because you will never have to endure rejection from God.
Romans 8:36-39 ESV
Because "it is finished", you can freely admit when you are wrong because your value is not dependent on being right, but rather on the rightness of Jesus that covers you.
2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV
Because "it is finished", God loves you and that means you are free from needing everybody else to like you.
Psalm 136:1-26 ESV
Because "it is finished:, you can love others without needing them to love you back because all of the love you need, you already have.
Romans 12:20-21 ESV
Because "it is finished", who you ultimately are has nothing to do with you. Your identity is firmly anchored in Jesus’ performance, not yours; his record, not yours. You are not what you do (or don’t do). You are what Jesus has done for you.
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV