OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SATURDAY-23/07/2016-IT IS FINISHED -BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
IT IS FINISHED
Memorise
For
ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for
your sakes he became poor; that ye through his poverty might be rich. 2nd
Corinthians 8:9
Read
John
19:28-30,
28 After
this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture
might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
29 Now
there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar,
and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30 When
Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, it is finished: and he bowed
his head, and gave up the ghost.
KJV
MESSAGE
When our Lord
Jesus Christ cried, “It is finished”, He really did mean that it is finished.
However, some children of God do not know the important of that statement. Some
believe that the wages of sin have been fully paid and so we are on our way to
Heaven. Correct. Some people believe that all the misfortunes that came upon
human race as a result of the fall have been paid for. This is equally true.
The problem we must however fix in our devotional reading for today is
irregularity in the doctrine of the atonement of Jesus Christ. We must get it
right and perfect.
Some believe
that when Jesus Christ said “it is finished” He meant that He had paid the debt
of sin in full and do not believe that they are missing a gem in the work of
redemption. This category of disciples focus on the spiritual aspect of
redemption, without paying close attention to the physical. It is needful here
to say that the atonement of Jesus Christ is all-encompassing – spiritual,
physical, material, emotional, psychological and what have you. For example,
when Adam sinned, it was not only the spiritual aspect of his life that was
affected; his career as a gardener was affected because he had to labour more
for less. Even his wife had to undergo the rigours of labour at childbirth. In
the same vain, when the cure for sin came, it came in full. So, if you have
been redeemed by His death at Calvary, I say congratulations because your
ailing business, marriage, health condition etc are now redeemed! The Bible
says:
“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that,
though he was rich, yet, for your sakes he became poor; that ye through his
poverty might be rich.”
2nd Corinthians 8:9
The
Irregularity on the other hand, has to do with the belief in some quarters that
because Christ has paid our debt in full, we can indulge in sin. This is not
correct. Jesus Christ paid it in full to cater for actual and habitual sins.
This is why the Bible says:
“Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his
seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this
the children of God are manifest,”
1st John 3:9-10a
On her
encounter with Jesus Christ, the woman whose sin of adultery was forgiven her
was told to “Go and sin no
more.” (John 8:11). So also
was the impotent man that was healed by Jesus (John 5:4).
Beloved, Jesus paid it in full for your deliverance for spiritual and
physical calamities; sin, sickness, poverty and all, but He did not pay for you
to continue in sin. (23 July 2016 open heavens)
Prayer Point
Father, I thank you for
sending your Son, Jesus to pay the debt He did not owe on my behalf. Please let
this atoning work deliver me from all woes of sin in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year
Ephesians 4:17-6:24, Psalms
18:29-42
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