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“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished:
and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.”—John 19:30.
Main Points:
1. Hear the text and understand it – 6:32
2. Hear the text and wonder at it – 29:29
3. Hear the text and proclaim it – 36:27
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At last he cries—“It is finished,” and he gives up the ghost. Hear it, Christians, hear this shout of triumph as it rings to-day with all the freshness and force which it had eighteen hundred years ago! Hear it from the Sacred Word, and from the Saviour’s lips, and may the Spirit of God open your ears that you may hear as the learned, and understand what you hear!
[By, “it is finished”] the Saviour meant that the satisfaction which he rendered to the justice of God was finished. The debt was now, to the last farthing, all discharged. The atonement and propitiation were made once for all, and for ever, by the one offering made in Jesu’s body on the tree. There was the cup; hell was in it; the Saviour drank it—not a sip and then a pause; not a draught and then a ceasing; but he drained it till there is not a dreg left for any of his people. The great ten-thonged whip of the law was worn out upon his back; there is no lash left with which to smite one for whom Jesus died. The great cannonade of God’s justice has exhausted all its ammunition; there is nothing left to be hurled against a child of God. Sheathed is thy sword, O Justice! Silenced is thy thunder, O Law! There remaineth nothing now of all the griefs, and pains, and agonies which chosen sinners ought to have suffered for their sins, for Christ has endured all for his own beloved, and “it is finished.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
This sermon by Spurgeon is incredibly powerful, especially the imagery of the debt being discharged to the very last farthing. It really makes you think about how we handle financial and moral choices today. Lately, I’ve been wrestling with a question regarding the ethics of modern entertainment and stewardship. I was reading a detailed technical review about how corporate betting structures operate overseas, specifically analyzing data on https://guiadenovibetbrasil.com , and it got me thinking. From a Christian perspective, when we look at how these platforms are becoming so highly regulated and mathematically optimized by experts, how should we view the line between innocent recreation and falling back into financial bondage or temptation? I would love to hear how other believers approach this boundary in a modern world where these options are just a click away.