Good morning brothers and sisters in Christ!

Let’s take a look together at 2 Peter 1:3.  It says,

• By His divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life.  We have received all of this by coming to know Him, the One Who called us to Himself by means of His marvelous glory and excellence.

Our healing, prosperity, and deliverance are all finished works.  Do you remember what Jesus said in John 19:30?  When He had received the sour wine, He said,

• “IT IS FINISHED!”  With that, He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.

You may be asking, “What is finished?”  

First of all, the Greek Word translated, “IT IS FINISHED” is “tetelestai” and is an accounting term that means, “PAID IN FULL“.  So, when Jesus said, “IT IS FINISHED“, He was declaring the debt owed to His Father was wiped away completely and forever.  Not that Jesus wiped away any dept that HE owed to the Father; Jesus eliminated the debt owed by mankind – the debt of sin.

Secondly, He completed the fulfillment of all of the Old Testament prophecies, symbols, and foreshadowings of the coming Messiah.  From Genesis to Malachi, there are over 300 specific prophecies detailing the coming of the Anointed One, and they were all fulfilled by Jesus.  From the “Seed” Who would crush the serpents head (Genesis 3:15), to the suffering servant of Isaiah 53, to the precision of the “messenger” of the Lord (John the Baptist) who would “prepare the way” for the Messiah, all the prophecies of Jesus’ life, ministry, and death were all fulfilled and finished at the cross.

Thirdly, God’s will for Jesus was accomplished in His perfect obedience to the Father (John 5:30; 6:38).

Forth and most importantly, the power of sin and Satan was finished.  Mankind would no longer have to suffer the “flaming arrows of the evil one” (Ephesians 6:16).  By raising the “Shield of Faith” in the One Who completed the work of redemption and salvation, we can, by faith, live as new creations in Christ.

Jesus’ finished work on the cross was the beginning of new life for everyone who were once “dead in trespasses and sins”.  Now they can be made “alive with Christ” (Ephesians 2:1).

IT IS FINISHED, HALLELUJAH!

Walking in His finished works,

Lisa Gordon

Assistant Pastor

Jesus City Church