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Journeying With Jesus - 40 Days Lent DevotionalSample

Journeying With Jesus - 40 Days Lent Devotional

DAY 27 OF 40

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

Those three words – It is finished - are a declaration of victory

Jesus uses a rather unusual sentence syntax. Correct grammar would have been: It has been finished. 

Yet, Jesus deliberately compromises his grammar to declare that the effect of his sacrifice is for all time. He is for today. His sacrifice is for now, as much as it was for then. 

Jesus had completed the mission he had come for. It was completed to perfection. He had poured out his life even unto death. He made it possible for a sinful humanity to have an eternal relationship with a Holy God.

Nothing needs to be added to it. No good works. No more sacrifice. This was the greatest victory in the human race. Victory over sin and death. 

Bringing It Home

Do I believe that I have victory over sin because of the Cross? Or do I somehow feel like I’m not strong enough to withstand the tides of depravity that the world brings in? Do I cling to the Cross not only for salvation but for daily triumph over sin?

Lean In

Father God, Sometimes, I fall into habitual sin. I forget that you have won the victory. Help me grasp that “it is finished.” All I do is accept that gift and rest in what you have accomplished. Amen

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About this Plan

Journeying With Jesus - 40 Days Lent Devotional

‘Journeying With Jesus’ is a Bible plan to help us walk with Jesus through the last two chapters of Matthew. We stop to focus on Jesus' last days on this earth and what that means to us. How does that change who I am and Whose I am today? We will take time to dwell on Scripture and “bring it home” with questions that make us consider where we are on the journey of knowing Jesus.   

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