‘It is finished’ (John 19:30)

1. ‘It is finished’ (John 19:30)

2. The love song of the 1904 Welsh revival • Here is love vast as the ocean, • Loving kindness as the flood, • When the Prince of life, our ransom, • Shed for us his precious blood. • Who his love will not remember? • Who can cease to sing his praise? • He can never be forgotten • Throughout heaven’s eternal days.

3. On the Mount of Crucifixion, • Fountains opened deep and wide; • Through the floodgates of God’s mercy • Flowed a vast and gracious tide. • Grace and love, like mighty rivers, • Poured incessant from above, • And heaven’s peace and perfect justice • Kissed a guilty world in love. • That’s what Calvary is all about

4. There is … • no preacher like the dying Christ • no pulpit like the wooden cross • no congregation like those gathered • no sermon like his seven last words

5. Seven words of love … When Jesus was doing his greatest work on earth, he was saying some of his finest words Words are like windows – when we look through them, we gaze into eternity and catch a glimpse of the heart of God

6. The tragedy of Calvary • Lord, make Calvary real to me! • Jesus, dying in agony; • Thy great sacrifice let me see – • Lord, make Calvary real to me! • The triumph of Calvary • The cross answers the question we • often ask: ‘Where was God when …?’

7. Jesus did not say: ‘I am finished’ • It means that Calvary covers it all – • yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever • ‘Having entered with his own blood into the holy place, he has obtained eternal redemption for us’ (Hebrews 9:12) • The Greek word is ‘tetelestai’ – a word • used by different types of people, e.g.

8. It was used by an artist when he had • finished his painting … • The OT was God’s picture gallery in the • shadows – however, when Jesus came, • he completed the picture • Before the stars were hung or planets fashioned, • Before the clay was formed to make a man, • Christ was the Lamb of God for sinner’s offered, • This was redemption’s one and only plan.

9. It was used by a slave when he had • finished his task … • Suffered viciously at hands of cruel men • Suffered vindictively and vengefully at • the hand of Satan • Suffered vicariously at the hand of God • O teach me what it meaneth, • That cross uplifted high, • With one – the man of sorrows – • Condemned to bleed and die.

10. It was used by a priest when he had • finished examining the sacrifice … • Jesus – a Lamb without spot or blemish • The Day of Atonement – once a year • Jesus did what no one else had done • The head that once was crowned with thorns, • Is crowned with glory now; • A royal diadem adorns • The mighty victor’s brow.

11. By his death, Jesus conquered death • The devil met his Waterloo at Calvary • The battle is fought – the victory is won • Lifted up was he to die, • ‘It is finished’ was his cry; • Now in heaven, exalted high, • Hallelujah! What a Saviour!

12. The message of a finished work is this … There was no other way, A God of love could find, To reconcile the world, And save a lost mankind. It took the death of his own Son Upon a tree; There was no other way – But Calvary!